ESPS Neptuno Returns From Tunisia
On June 17th, the search and rescue (SAR) ship Neptuno (A20) returned to her home base in Cartagena (SE Spain) after a series of cooperative security exercises with the Tunisian…
USCGC Eagle Begins Summer Cruise 2024
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle (WIX 327) departed Fort Trumbull in New London, May 11, at 2:30 p.m. to begin the training vessel’s annual summer cruise. U.S. Coast Guard Academy…
Colombian Navy OPV Juan Nepomuceno Eslava Retired
In the midst of an emotional ceremony held at the facilities of the ARC “Bolívar” Naval Base in the city of Cartagena, the ARC sea patrol boat “Juan Nepomuceno Eslava”,…
Minehunter Tambre Returns From SNMCMG2 Deployment
On December 22nd the Spanish Navy minehunter ‘Tambre’ (M-33) returned to her home port in Cartagena (SE Spain) after more than 3 months deployed in NATO’s Standing Mine Countermeasures Group…
Spanish Navy Accepts Delivery of Submarine Isaac Peral
On November 30, the S-81 submarine, “Isaac Peral”, has been delivered to the Submarine Flotilla at the Cartagena Arsenal, the first submarine of the S-80 class, built by Navantia in…
USCG Bear Returns From Caribbean Patrol
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bear (WMEC 901) returned to their homeport in Portsmouth, Friday, following a 56-day deployment in the Windward Pass and Central Caribbean. Bear worked alongside other Coast…
First Cadet Instruction and Training Cruise of 2023
69 students from the Naval School of Cadets “Almirante Padilla”, among which are seven women, were part of this cruise. Yesterday morning, the ARC Training Ship “Gloria” docked in Cartagena,…
Netherlands and Colombia Strengthen Maritime Ties
The Netherlands and Colombia announced September 28th they will work more closely together for security in the Caribbean region. This includes, for example, combating cross-border crime such as drug smuggling.…
CNS Comandante Toro Returns From UNITAS LXIV-2023 Colombia
UNITAS is an activity organized by the Southern Command of the United States that had more than four thousand five hundred people, who carried out joint operations in order to…
French Frigate Ventose Participates in UNITAS 2023
Since July 12, 2023, the surveillance frigate Ventôse and its Panther helicopter of the FAA, and a detachment of the Groupement d’Appui à l’Engagement Amphibious of the 9th Marine Infantry…