Black Sea

Erik Froste, CEO Swedish Roadferries – take 2, improved sound quality

On a maritime mission in Ukraine

Meet Erik Froste, CEO of Swedish Roadferries, assigned by the European Union Advisory Mission for Civilian Security Sector Reform Ukraine (EUAM Ukraine), to go to Odesa and find out when Ukraine can fulfil the crucial maritime requirements of becoming a member of the European Union.

Erik was on this mission for six months earlier this year, and you must listen to his story about everyday life in Ukraine. He also speaks about the brave people he met and how he...

https://shippingpodcast.com/erik-froste-ceo-swedish-roadferries-take-2-improved-sound-quality/

U.S., Ukrainian Navies Practice Mine Countermeasures Off Scotland For Sea Breeze 2024

Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG1) ships SS Donau (A516) of Germany, EML Ugandi (M315) of Estonia, and CMT Cephee (M652) of France transit in formation with Ukrainian mine countermeasure vessels UKS Cherkasy (M311) and UKS Chernihiv (M310) in the Firth of Clyde Sea as part of the first serial of exercise Sea Breeze 2024, June 25, 2024. DOD Photo

The Russo-Ukrainian War continues to slog toward its third year, with Russia pushing into territories in the eastern part of the...

https://news.usni.org/2024/07/29/u-s-ukrainian-navies-practice-mine-countermeasures-off-scotland-for-sea-breeze-2024

OPINION | The cause for China’s coercion in the skies may lay under the water

A Royal Australian Navy MH-60R Seahawk helicopter launches a sonobuoy during an anti-submarine warfare training in 2020 off the coast of Jervis Bay, New South Wales

During the Cold War, it was not unheard of for Soviet ships to attempt to disrupt US naval operations by “shouldering” vessels, meaning coming abreast and colliding in a semi-controlled manner. A famous example is the Black Sea incident of 1988, when Soviet frigates “bumped” both USS Yorktown and...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/security/naval/naval-submersibles/opinion-the-cause-for-chinas-coercion-in-the-skies-may-lay-under-the-water/

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