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  • Change of command ceremony

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    Commodore Ali Abbas of the Pakistan Navy has taken command of the Combined Maritime Forces counter-piracy operations in the Middle East at a handover ceremony. Denmark handover to Pakistan at […]

  • A new piece in Nato’s missile defence jigsaw

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    This month, the USS Donald Cook, under Commander Scott Jones, became the first of four US Navy BMD-equipped destroyers to be forward-based in Europe, at Rota in southern Spain. A […]

  • Ship loses more than 500 containers in heavy seas

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    Last week, as hurricane-force winds battered the Atlantic coast of Europe the Maersk Svendborg began losing containers off northern France amid waves of 30 feet and winds of 60 knots. Ship […]

  • Importance of maritime security

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    “In the Mediterranean, NATO ships continue to patrol and to monitor shipping for terrorist activity. We also conduct counter-piracy operations off the Horn of Africa, in cooperation with the European […]

  • NATO Ballistic Missile Defense

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    The first of four US Navy destroyers, which will form a centerpiece of NATO’s Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) arrived in its new home port at the Spanish Naval Base of […]

  • More than 1,100 migrants rescued in 1 day

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    Italy’s navy has rescued 1,123 people from inflatable boats in the space of 24 hours, as clandestine migration from North Africa reaches record levels. More than 1,100 migrants rescued off […]

  • Italy migrant influx incessant

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    More than 2,000 migrants landed on Italian shores in January, the government says, compared to just 217 in the same month last year. Italy migrant influx incessant and massive, says […]

  • Syria ‘to complete chemical weapon shipments by March’

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    Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov told the RIA Novosti news agency that the authorities in Damascus were planning “a large shipment” this month. Syria ‘to complete chemical weapon shipments by […]

  • Syria chemical weapons

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    US Secretary of State John Kerry has asked Russia to press its ally Syria into speeding up the removal of chemical weapons. Only about 4% of chemical weapons declared by […]

  • English Channel collision

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    A tug and a barge involved in a three-vessel collision in the English Channel have returned to shore. No-one was injured in the incident. English Channel collision boats return to shore […]

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