Industry Sector

  • President Obama prioritises food stamps over defence

    President Barack Obama “would rather spend the money on food stamps than he would on a strong military or support for our troops”. Dick Cheney: President Obama prioritises food stamps […]

  • Navy says missing sailors are dead

    Two sailors who went missing after an accident on board a submarine off the coast of Mumbai on Wednesday are dead, India’s navy confirms. India submarine INS Sindhuratna: Navy says […]

  • EU Naval Force Visits Kenyan Military

    During their recent 3-day port visit to Mombasa, the Force Commander of the EU Naval Force paid a visit to Kenyan military and civilian authorities. EU Naval Force Commander Visits […]

  • A new piece in Nato’s missile defence jigsaw

    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

    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 […]

  • Has Britain’s defence budget been cut too much?

    Has Britain cut defence spending too much in recent years? Are our armed forces stretched too far or should we accept we are no longer a military world power? Has […]

  • Engine failure vessel protected

    EU Naval Force frigate, Hetman Sagaidachniy, provided close protection at sea for a Lebanese-flagged merchant vessel, which had suffered engine failure and was drifting in the piracy high risk area […]

  • Maersk deaths

    Two ex-Navy Seals found dead last week aboard the ship made famous in the film Captain Phillips died of respiratory failure after suspected heart attacks. Heart attack and respiratory failure […]

  • N Korea ‘violates’ sea border

    A North Korean patrol boat violated a sea border with the South several times late on Monday, officials in Seoul say. North Korea ‘violates’ sea border with South amid drills […]

  • Octopus launch

    MRQ launches OCTOPUS a web based matching platform where ship managers can select, match and contract qualified PMSCs to secure their transits through the HRA. Octopus Launch MRQ launches OCTOPUS […]