WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States and New Zealand signed an agreement to expand defense cooperation but the deal does not alter Auckland’s longstanding ban on port visits by nuclear-armed American warships, officials said. The accord was the latest in a series marking US attempts to shift its strategic focus to the Asia-Pacific, as Washington […]
Rear Admiral Dupuis met Rear Admira Mohammed Al-Farsi, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Royal Omani Navy, to discuss the current situation of piracy in the region. During a port visit by EU Naval Force Flag Ship FS MARNE in Salalah (Oman), the EUNAVFOR Force Commander Rear Admiral Dupuis flew to Muscat on June 12 […]
Published on June 19, 2012 by Mark Lowe · No Comments An Interfax news report has quoted a Russian navy official as saying that two vessels are nearly ready to head for port of Tartus in Syria to protect Russian nationals and defend the nation’s base there. Russian navy ships ‘to set sail for Syria’ […]
The extremes of Mumbai, the possibility of pirates near Somalia, threatened islands in the Indian Ocean and safaris in Africa. As several friends said when we returned to Canada, “That was a serious cruise!” Like many Canadians, we enjoy cruising but are always on the lookout for something different. We found it on the Indian […]
By ANDREW E. KRAMER and ALAN COWELL Published: June 18, 2012 MOSCOW — Introducing an unpredictable new element into the Syrian crisis, a news agency said on Monday that two Russian naval vessels with marines on board were ready to head for Syria to protect Russian citizens and a naval base there, in what would […]
Published on June 18, 2012 by Mark Lowe · No Comments According to U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Robert Papp, Jr., the U.S. Coast Guard needs a comprehensive legal framework that addresses activities on, over, and under the world’s oceans to further its statutory missions. It also needs a solid legal framework that customary international […]
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is preparing to send marines to Syria in the event that it needs to protect personnel and remove equipment from its naval facility in the Mediterranean port of Tartus, Interfax news agency reported on Monday. Syria is Moscow’s firmest foothold in the Middle East, buys weapons from Russia worth billions of […]
Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said Saturday that President Benigno Aquino III has ordered their two coast guard ships back to port because of a passing typhoon. He says they have not decided whether to send the ships back to the area after the weather clears. Del Rosario said Friday that Manila is waiting for […]
INQUIRER.net 6:51 pm | Friday, June 15th, 2012 The berthing of USNS Mercy is seen at Manila’s port on June 15, 2008. The ship, which is equipped with sophisticated medical equipment, is on a tour of various Philippine cities on a goodwill outreach mission providing humanitarian and civic assistance to the Filipino people. AFP PHOTO/Jay […]
NEW DELHI: Apiring to play a leading role in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), India has deployed several of its ships in the area, including a fleet of four vessels which entered a Chinese port today as part of their sailing mission in South China sea. Along with the deployment in South China sea and […]