Denmark plans to set aside almost $1 billion to insure its merchant fleet in the event of a war or major crisis. The government proposed the new legislation as a “timely precaution,” according to a statement on Thursday. The funding would establish a state-backed war insurance plan to cover ships...
https://gcaptain.com/denmark-plans-1-billion-war-insurance-for-merchant-shipping/
The brilliant blue waters, thick foliage and bucolic atmosphere on this seemingly idyllic archipelago deep in the Pacific Ocean belie the key role it now plays in a titanic geopolitical struggle.
https://gcaptain.com/inside-the-u-s-battle-with-china-over-a-pacific-island-paradise/
North Korea earlier this week conducted the first test-firing of the weapons system of the new “Choe Hyon-class” warship it recently unveiled, state media KCNA reported on Wednesday.
https://gcaptain.com/north-korea-fires-first-missile-from-new-warship/
The U.S. Coast Guard’s newest Legend-class national security cutter, USCGC Calhoun (WMSL 759), has seized approximately 10,000 pounds of cocaine valued at $74 million during operations in the Atlantic Ocean….
https://gcaptain.com/uscgc-calhoun-makes-major-cocaine-seizure-in-atlantic-ocean/
The USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Carrier Strike Group reported the loss of an F/A-18E Super Hornet and tow tractor during a routine operation in the Red Sea on…
https://gcaptain.com/f-a-18-super-hornet-lost-overboard-in-red-sea/
The U.S. military campaign against Yemen’s Houthi forces has intensified since President Trump took office in January 2025, marking a significant escalation in efforts to secure Red Sea shipping lanes….
By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL, April 26 (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended a ceremony for the launch of a “new multipurpose destroyer,” state media KCNA reported on Saturday. The…
https://gcaptain.com/north-korea-unveils-new-kim-jong-un-style-5000-tonne-warship/
The Philippine Navy said a Chinese aircraft carrier battle group had passed near its northern maritime boundaries in the run-up to a six-day maritime exercise with the U.S. that began on Thursday as part of their annual Balikatan military drills.
https://gcaptain.com/philippines-us-begin-joint-maritime-drills-after-chinese-carrier-group-spotted/
The Royal Navy‘s flagship HMS Prince of Wales departed Portsmouth today, leading the UK’s premier naval deployment of 2025. The carrier strike group embarks on an ambitious eight-month mission spanning…
https://gcaptain.com/uks-carrier-strike-group-sets-sail-for-eight-month-indo-pacific-deployment/
Denmark will spend about 4 billion crowns ($614 million) on building and procuring 26 navy vessels for patrolling, oil spill response and surveillance of undersea cables, Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said on Tuesday.
https://gcaptain.com/denmark-to-spend-600-million-on-surveillance-vessels-amid-russia-threat/