Construction Begins on Second Bulgarian MMPV
On December 14th, NVL Group and its local partner MTG Dolphin, together with representatives of the customer, started production of the second of two modular multipurpose patrol vessels (MMPV) for…
JMSDF Detects Chinese Survey Ship off Kagoshima
At around 3:20 a.m. on Monday, December 19, 2020, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) launched a Chinese Navy Shupan-class survey ship (ship number “26”) in the waters about 50…
USS South Dakota Returns Home for the Holidays
With Santa Claus waving onboard topside, the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS South Dakota (SSN 790) returned home to Naval Submarine Base New London on Sunday, Dec. 18, after a five-month…
JMSDF Monitors Liaoning CSG Passage
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) confirmed the following Chinese naval vessels on Thursday, December 15. (1) Around 10:00 a.m. December 16th, in the sea area about 440 km west…
Plasan to Armor Royal Navy Batch II Type 26 Frigates
Plasan Announcement Plasan announces that they have signed a contract with BAE Systems for the armoring of Type 26 Global Combat Ships for the UK Royal Navy – Batch 2.…
Colombia Commissions Two New Ships
Today at the facilities of the ARC “Bolívar” Naval Logistics Base, the affirmation ceremony of the Pavilion of the ARC “Simón Bolívar” marine scientific research vessel and the ARC “CTCIM…
Type 055 Lhasa Heads Task Group for Japan Provocation Operation
Led by a 10,000 ton-class large destroyer, a group of warships of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy reportedly sailed beyond the first island chain on Wednesday via two…
Indonesian Navy on Display at Nusantara Day
After supporting the Archipelago Day activities in Wakatobi, elements of the Fast Boat Unit (Satkat) Koarmada II under the command of Satkat Koarmada II Commander Marine Colonel (P) Nurul Muchlis,…