Tag: Maritime Security

  • China’s first aircraft carrier

    China’s first aircraft carrier has entered into service, the Defence Ministry says. The 300m (990ft) Liaoning – named after the province where it was refitted – is a refurbished Soviet […]

  • Coastal Surveillance System

    A special ceremony in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, marked the completion of the installation of an integrated radar and automatic identification system (AIS) coastal surveillance system in Tanzania. Tanzania maritime […]

  • IMO Revise ECDIS Course

    The IMO’s Electronic Chart Display and Information System Model Course (1.27) has been revised to ensure that navigators understand ECDIS in the context of navigation and can demonstrate all competencies […]

  • Iranian Sub Returns to Persian Gulf

    According to the official Iranian news agency, Tehran has ordered the return of a Russian-built Project 877 class (NATO Kilo) diesel-electric submarine to the waters of the Persian Gulf following a refit. […]

  • South China Sea Accord

    The Indonesian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Marty Natalegawa, has called Asean members define a common position on the South China Sea dispute. Marty Keeps Pushing for South China Sea Accord By Ulma Haryanto, […]

  • Protests Resume

    18 September is the anniversary of the day in 1931 when Japan staged the excuse for its later invasion of China. This year’s anniversary is particularly tense because of a mounting […]

  • Boosting Bandwidth

    US Navy awards $7M contract for ITT Exelis and Novasol to build a line-of-sight system to handle escalating data needs Free-space laser comms to boost Marines’ bandwidth The US firms […]

  • Killing of Fishermen

    …From 500 meters away, gunshots erupted from the tanker toward Quanas’s skiff and its unarmed fishermen. Two rounds pierced the water on the motorboat’s starboard side, and a third slammed into […]

  • Royal Navy survey ship departs

    HMS Enterprise has sailed from Falmouth in Cornwall to the Middle East for nine months on operations. The survey ship will be protecting the nation’s interests and contributing to the […]

  • A Clean Sweep

    Naval Sea Systems Command announced last week that the U.S. Navy has completed its acceptance trials of the first of the new Joint High Speed Vessel Spearhead catamaran transports. LCS’s […]