Chinese operator Shanghai Passenger Ferry Company has taken delivery of a new inter-island Ro-Pax ferry from local builder Yaguang Technology Company. The fully electric ..
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Luria: Sending Japan-based USS Ronald Reagan to Middle East ‘Biggest Strategic’ Mistake in a Lifetime
Guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG-67) conducts carrier strike group integrated operations USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) on June 10, 2021. US Navy Photo
Dispatching the Navy’s Japan-based forward-deployed aircraft carrier to the Middle East earlier this year to bolster the withdrawal from Afghanistan was a major strategic error, a top lawmaker on the House Armed Services Committee said today.
Rep. Elaine Luria (D-Va.), a former nuclear-qualified surface warfare officer and current vice chair of...
Eliminating ‘Risk Aversion’ Key to Weapons Development, Says Vice Chair Nominee Grady
Adm. Christopher Grady speaks at the memorial service for Mr. John ‘Bag’ Hefti on Nov. 5, 2021. US Navy Photo
Fear of failure is keeping the U.S. from developing weapon systems to keep up with China and Russia, the nominee for the number two job on the Joint Chiefs of Staff told a Senate panel on Wednesday.
“That risk aversion was born of a period perhaps in the late 90s, early 90s, when we didn’t have any peer competitors. That’s not the case now. We have to be able to fail, to learn faster....
Liberia And China Sign MoU For Cooperation In Maritime Affairs
The Liberian Maritime Authority and the Maritime Safety Administration of the Peoples Republic of China have signed a Memorandum of Understanding together in Beijing on 17 October. Liberia and China have entered into this framework for cooperation in maritime affairs to bolster and expand on their existing working relationship in areas of Maritime Safety.
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The delegates concluded this MoU in Beijing after several months of close discussions and cooperation. The areas focused...
El Salamanca realiza con éxito sus pruebas de mar
El Salamanca realiza con éxito sus pruebas de mar, se trata del primer barco propulsado por gas natural licuado (GNL) de Brittany Ferries.
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VESSEL REVIEW | MHO Asgard – Danish-owned fast crewboat pair to serve Hornsea Two wind farm
Danish shipping company MHO-Co has taken delivery of two new catamaran crewboats in a series from AFAI Southern Shipyard in Guangzhou, China. Sister vessels MHO Asgard an ..
Liberia and China join forces to bolster maritime safety
The Liberian Maritime Authority and the Maritime Safety Administration of China have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to bolster and expand on their existing working relationship in the…
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US Treasury maintains firm line on Chinese FX transparency
US Treasury maintains firm line on Chinese FX transparency
Tuesday 7 December 2021 – Vol.12 Ed.49.2
Commentary: US Treasury’s FX report gets it right
By Mark Sobel in Washington
The US Treasury’s latest foreign exchange report garnered little attention, perhaps because it rightly didn’t designate any countries for currency ‘manipulation’. But it is replete with sound technical analysis, plus worthy changes in the enhanced analysis framework. With a relatively dry assessment of China and a continued...
SECDEF Austin Warns of ‘Enormous’ Effects of Potential Year-Long Continuing Resolution
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III delivers the keynote address during the 2021 Reagan National Defense Forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., Dec. 4, 2021. DoD Photo
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is warning Congress that an extended stopgap bill to keep the government funded would have “enormous” effects on the Pentagon.
In a statement released Monday, Austin argued that a one-year CR would be equivalent to a budget decrease for Fiscal Year 2022.
“While the...
Cyber Presence Operations Key to Pentagon’s Gray Zone Conflict with China
Navy Cyber Defense Operations Command (NCDOC) battle watch captains and current operations officers provide the watchstanders and incident responders on the current status of Large Scale Exercise 2021 (LSE 21) on Aug. 5, 2021. US Navy Photo
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday believes the best way to counter Chinese gray zone cyber operations is to “be in the way” as the Navy is by operating forward in the Indo-Pacific region.
“I see the Chinese in the physical [domain], in the maritime,”...