The Klaipeda State Seaport Authority of Lithuania has initiated a project entailing reconstruction of three of the port’s berths that are used for shipbuilding acti ..
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The following is the Sept. 29, 2022, Congressional Research Service report, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania: Background and U.S.-Baltic Relations.
From the report
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, often referred to as the Baltic states, are democracies and close U.S. allies. Strong U.S. relations with these three states are rooted in history. The United States never recognized the Soviet Union’s forcible incorporation of the Baltic states in 1940, and U.S. officials applauded the restoration of...
https://news.usni.org/2022/10/06/report-to-congress-on-u-s-baltic-relations
Swedish operator Stena Line has confirmed that one of its Ro-Pax ferries suffered an onboard fire that then caused it to lose power and drift in the Baltic Sea on Monday, ..
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New naval vessels have been delivered to the US and Nigeria while two Australian firms will cooperate on the design of a modernised landing craft for army use. Lastly, La ..
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I have a general rule that the only way to truly get to know a region is to travel through it by the most inconvenient means. This usually involves finding the cheapest t ..
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Virši has signed an agreement with Skulte LNG terminal to buy 20 per cent of its shares and announced plans to jointly develop an LNG terminal at the port of Skulte. The post Latvia’s Virši to…
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Latvian Armed Forces soldiers take part in multinational training during Saber Strike 22 at Camp Adazi, Latvia, March 7, 2022. US Army Photo
The president of Latvia argued today that if NATO had reacted more strongly in 2008 to Russian aggression against neighboring Georgia and the Kremlin’s 2014 annexation of Crimea, Moscow wouldn’t have invaded Ukraine.
Speaking at an online Washington Post forum Friday, Egils Levits said appeasement tactics “are not fruitful.” He compared those situations in...
Stena Line recently begun operating the Ro-Pax ferry Stena Baltica on the Baltic Sea following an extensive upgrade program in Turkey. Formerly named Stena Mersey, the 20 ..
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Swedish shipping company Stena Line recently resumed operational sailings of one of its older Ro-Pax ferries after it successfully underwent a modernisation program that ..
The Atlantic Dawn Group, a family-owned fishing company that operates out of Killybegs in Ireland’s County Donegal, recently took delivery of a new pelagic/whitefis ..