The US Coast Guard is moving forward with Austal USA on the detail design phase of up to 11 vessels in the service’s offshore patrol cutter (OPC) acquisition program. The Coast Guard announced on 5 October that the Mobile, Alabama-based…
On 27 September 2022 COTECMAR and Damen signed a contract for the co-development of the Contractual Design for the next generation of frigates for the Colombian Navy. The signing ceremony took place on board of the ARC Almirante Padilla in…
The October issue of Ships Monthly is out now, and is packed with all the usual news and features, including many outstanding articles and features. Get your copy here: shop.kelsey.co.uk/ships-monthly-magazine NEWS WATERFRONT – Felixstowe workers go on strike, drought affects…
In Genova, on 22 September, at a ceremony held in the presence of the Minister of Economy and Finance Daniele Franco and the Commander General of the Guardia di Finanza, Gen. C.A. Giuseppe Zafarana, the P.04 Osum, built to a…
On 25 August 2022 Mike Kelloway, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard and Mario Pelletier, Commissioner of the Canadian Coast Guard, officially welcomed the new CCGS Jean Goodwill, the second of the three…
The September issue of Ships Monthly is out now, and is packed with all the usual news and features, including many outstanding articles and features. NEWS Waterfront – Finnlines’ hybrid Finnecos vessels arrive from China, Orkney vessel taken to Belfast…
In a ceremony held at Her Majesty’s Naval Base (HMNB) Portsmouth on 29 July, the UK’s Royal Navy ‘NavyX’ innovation team took delivery of a modified Damen Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 4008. Named XV Patrick Blackett after a distinguished naval…
SHIPS MONTHLY August 2022 The August issue of Ships Monthly is out now, and is packed with all the usual news and features, including outstanding articles and features. LATEST NEWS Waterfront – Greek ships registered in the Isle of…
The Indian Navy recently took delivery of two new ship assist tugs from local state-owned enterprise Hindustan Shipyard (HSL). Sister vessels INS Balraj and INS Balbir are the final two in a batch of four tugs that were ordered by…
USNS John L. Canley (ESB 6), the fourth ship for the US Navy’s reclassified Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) programme, was christened in San Diego on 26 June 2022, being named after Medal of Honour recipient Marine Sgt. Maj. John Canley.…
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