Development is underway to design the modern world’s first 100 per cent fossil fuel free sailing cargo ships. With rising fossil fuel prices and the global challenge of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, this project is set to change the shipping industry by providing efficient and affordable low-carbon shipping. The project combines proven technology, using the […]
Follow @CSIS for live updatesThe CSIS Southeast Asia Program will host its second annual conference on Maritime Security in the South China Sea June 27-28, 2012. The conference is a timely policy level discussion of the complex and important issues around the South China Sea. The program will take place a week before Secretary of State […]
Published on June 22, 2012 by Mark Lowe · No Comments According to a report by the US-based One Earth Future foundation and International Maritime Bureau, Somali pirates were responsible for at least 35 hostage deaths in 2011. While solid data on previous years is limited, the total of 35 is seen as by far the highest number […]
PACOM Headlines George Washington Carrier Strike Group Trilateral Exercise By Commander, U.S. Seventh Fleet Public Affairs ABOARD USS BLUE RIDGE, At sea – The U.S. Navy’s only forward deployed aircraft carrier strike group is conducting a trilateral event in the East China Sea June 21-22. The George Washington (CVN 73) carrier strike group (GWCSG) is […]
The Irish Times – Friday, June 22, 2012 LORNA SIGGINS The new concept of an Irish Maritime and Energy Resource Cluster in Cork has received a public service excellence award by Taoiseach Enda Kenny. The cluster, which involves the Naval Service, University College Cork and the Cork Institute of Technology, is the first such project […]
By Marketwire . Article Rating: June 21, 2012 05:25 PM EDT Reads: 109 VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 06/21/12 — Maritime Resources Corp. (TSX VENTURE:MAE) has commenced a 3,000 metre drill program on the Green Bay property located near Kings Point, Newfoundland. The current drill program is designed to test the Muddy Shag zone […]
New Kongsberg Maritime simulators for extensive upgrade to South Tyneside College facilities Kongsberg Maritime has been chosen to supply a suite of upgraded navigation, engine room and Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) simulator hardware and software for an extensive facilities upgrade to the School of Simulation & Senior Marine at South Tyneside College. The upgrade project […]
The Law of the Sea Convention is one avenue toward peacefully resolving competing maritime claims that could otherwise lead to conflict, the leader of U.S. Pacific Command said. Navy Adm. Samuel J. Locklear III spoke to Pentagon reporters following his testimony as part of a military panel addressing the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the […]
Usually the pontoon at the Maritime Museum in Falmouth is home to historic ships and boats from the past, but from 29 June to 1 July, visitors will be able to get a glimpse of the future. Moored on the pontoon will be what appears to be a standard cruising yacht, but you should never […]
MINA SALMON PIER, Bahrain (NNS) — Combined Task Force (CTF) 151 (counter-piracy) held a a change of command ceremony aboard British Royal Fleet Auxiliary Fort Victoria, June 18. Rear Adm. Anho Chung, Republic of Korea navy, relieved Rear Adm. Tanin Likitawong, royal Thai navy, as commander. The ceremony concluded the royal Thai Navy’s first command […]