Americas

  • Hybrid drives for US destroyers

    New engines set to save fuel. Navy Set to Install Hybrid Electric Drives in Destroyer Fleet Staring Next Year By: Sam LaGrone Next year the Navy will begin installing a […]

  • USCG nabs 7.5 tons of cocaine

    Seized contraband is worth an estimated $227 million. U.S. Coast Guard, CBP Stop Semi-Submersible with 7.5 Tons of Cocaine in Eastern Pacific Ocean ALAMEDA, Calif. — The U.S. Coast Guard and […]

  • US says China’s Jin-class sub ready

    JL-2 missile could hit all 50 U.S. states from east of Hawaii. Pentagon Says Chinese Sub That Can Hit U.S. to Go on Patrol Soon By Anthony Capaccio David Tweed […]

  • Dutch Teacher Killed Onboard Sailboat

    Six armed men boarded yacht. Dutch Teacher Killed Onboard Sailboat in Cartagena Cartagena – A DUTCH citizen, Durdana Bruijn, aged 54 (stated as 60 in other reports), was apparently killed […]

  • Venezuela detains three vessels

    Subsidised petrol smuggled to neighbouring countries. Venezuela detains three vessels for suspected fuel smuggling: navy BY MIRCELY GUANIPA Three vessels suspected of smuggling subsidized fuel from Venezuela’s refinery-rich Paraguana peninsula […]

  • Moscow building Nuclear Armed Drone Sub?

    Vessel code named Kanyon according to reports. Moscow building Nuclear Armed Drone Submarine Russia is building a drone submarine to deliver large-scale nuclear weapons against U.S. harbors and coastal cities, […]

  • Canadian Navy ships head to NATO drills

    Joint Warrior, Trident Juncture exercises involve ships, aircraft, thousands of personnel. HMCS Halifax, Athabaskan depart for NATO exercises Two Royal Canadian Navy ships left Halifax Harbour on Tuesday to join […]

  • Port Security: no afterthought

    Keeping facilities secure should be paramount. BMT: Port Security Should Not Be an Afterthought Port security has too often lagged behind the demands of ever more vulnerable facilities with new […]

  • Indo-Asia Pacific Explained

    The new strategy contains an explicit focus on the region that it calls the “Indo-Asia-Pacific.”  ‘Indo-Asia Pacific’ Explained: An Assessment of US Maritime Strategy 2015 GURPREET SINGH KHURANA In March […]

  • Cargo takes to the skies?

    Possible long range maritime patrol applications? World’s Largest Aircraft, Revolutionary Self-Ballasting Aeroscraft Cargo Airship, Now in Development in California The Aeroscraft Corporation (Aeros) today revealed another milestone completed in the […]