VESSEL REVIEW | Shatt Al-Arab – Sri Lanka-built pilot station vessel to operate in Iraq

The General Company for Ports of Iraq (GCPI), a port operating company under the Iraqi Ministry of Transport, recently began operating a new catamaran pilot station vesse ..

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Royal Navy joins new task force protecting Red Sea shipping

Royal Navy ships and personnel have joined a new international task force to safeguard ships passing through what is regarded as one of the world’s most dangerous w ..

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CENTCOM CO: No U.S. Over-the-Horizon Strikes in Afghanistan Since Withdrawal

Gen. Kenneth McKenzie commander, U.S. Central Command, provides testimony at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on ending the U.S. military mission in Afghanistan, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C. on Sept. 29, 2021. DoD Photo

The U.S. is gathering over-the-horizon intelligence on terrorist activities in Afghanistan but hasn’t made a strike against ISIS-K and al Qaeda, the head of U.S. Central Command told a Senate panel said.

Marine Corps Gen. Kenneth McKenzie said Tuesday in...

https://news.usni.org/2022/03/15/centcom-co-no-u-s-over-the-horizon-strikes-in-afghanistan-since-withdrawal

COLUMN | Oil and gas prices spike amid war in Ukraine [Offshore Accounts]

Results season is upon us, but the horrible events in Ukraine overshadow everything. Even as the tragedy unfolding there causes human misery and destruction on a scale no ..

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CENTCOM Nominee Kurilla: Iran Largest ‘Destabilizing Factor’ in Middle East

Lt. Gen. Michael Kurilla, commander of the XVIII Airborne Corps, gives a speech at the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) change of command on March 5, 2021. US Army Photo

Iran is “the number one destabilizing factor” in the 21-nation region covered by U.S. Central Command, the nominee to head the command testified Tuesday.

Army Lt. Gen. Michael Kurilla, the current commander of the XVIII Airborne Corps, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that Tehran poses “vexing challenges” by...

https://news.usni.org/2022/02/08/centcom-nominee-kurilla-iran-largest-destabilizing-factor-in-middle-east

CENTCOM: Iran Wants Nuclear Agreement and To Retain Ballistic Missile Capability

Iran’s Khalij Fars single-stage ballistic missile

Iran “wants some type of agreement” over its nuclear program as a way to lift sanctions on the regime, but Tehran views its ballistic missile arsenal “as their crown jewels” not to be bargained away, the senior American commander in the Middle East said Thursday.

U.S. Central Command chief Marine Corps Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, delivering the keynote address at a Middle East Institute conference, said Iran has “relentlessly” built several thousand...

https://news.usni.org/2022/02/07/centcom-iran-wants-nuclear-agreement-and-to-retain-ballistic-missile-capability

Blue Water expands in Middle East

Danish shipping and logistics company Blue Water is opening two additional offices in the Middle East, in Iraq and Saudi Arabia. Further expansion in the region is expected before the end of the year, the company states.

“We want to expand our global presence to serve current and future customers in the best possible way,” says Thomas Bek, Global Director of Energy & Projects at Blue Water. “Our customers in the energy sector operate internationally, and it is, therefore, a strategic objective...

https://www.themaritimestandard.com/blue-water-expands-in-middle-east/

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