Muscat: Oman can play a greater role in combating piracy -“ which is costing a whopping $7 billion annual loss to global shipping lines by developing a legal framework and by sharing counter-piracy information with other agencies. The country could also use its coast guard and naval forces for counter-piracy efforts. This was stated by […]
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Alongside an armada of paramilitary patrol vessels and fishing boats, China has fired off a barrage of historical records to reinforce its claim over a disputed shoal near the Philippines in the South China Sea. While this propaganda broadside makes it clear Beijing will take a tough line with Manila as […]
YOKOSUKA, Japan – The U.S. Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington’s (CVN 73) departed from Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka on May 26 for its 2012 patrol. This patrol marks another patrol in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operation since relieving the now decommissioned carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) in 2008. George Washington […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – For decades, Western navies have built ever larger, more expensive warships. Those vessels now look increasingly vulnerable to thousands of small, fast Iranian attack boats that could dominate the Gulf in the event conflict there. In response, the U.S. Navy has sent almost its entire fleet of small patrol boats and minesweepers […]
Manila (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) – Japan is planning to provide maritime vessels, including 1,000-tonne patrol ships, to the Philippines to “support the island country in its territorial dispute against China,” a Japanese newspaper reported in March, weeks before tensions erupted over the Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal. The Philippine Navy said it welcomed any form of assistance […]
Published on May 17, 2012 by Mark Lowe · No Comments According to James Brokenshire, the UK Crime and Security Minister, security preparations for the Olympic sailing events in Dorset have been ‘tested and are ready’. London 2012: Dorset sailing security ‘tested and ready’ Security preparations for the Olympic sailing events in Dorset have been tested and […]
HONG KONG (Reuters) – In a month-long standoff between China and the Philippines over a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, Beijing has so far refrained from sending warships from its increasingly powerful and modern navy to enforce its territorial claims. Instead, China has deployed patrol vessels from its expanding fleet of paramilitary ships […]
HONG KONG (Reuters) – In a month-long standoff between China and the Philippines over a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, Beijing has so far refrained from sending warships from its increasingly powerful and modern navy to enforce its territorial claims. Instead, China has deployed patrol vessels from its expanding fleet of paramilitary ships […]
16-May-12, 6:32 PM | David Lague, Reuters A combination file photo shows two Chinese surveillance ships which sailed between a Philippine warship and eight Chinese fishing boats to prevent the arrest of any fishermen in the Scarborough Shoal, a small group of rocky formations whose sovereignty is contested by the Philippines and China, in the […]
HONG KONG – In a monthlong standoff between China and the Philippines over a disputed shoal in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), Beijing has so far refrained from sending warships from its increasingly powerful and modern navy to enforce its territorial claims. Instead, China has deployed patrol vessels from its expanding fleet of […]