CAIRO, May 24 (Reuters) – Yemen’s Houthis launched attacks on three ships in the Red Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Arabian Sea, the Iran-aligned group said on Friday, although the manager of the…
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(Bloomberg) — The Houthi militants in Yemen have weapons that can reach as far as the Mediterranean Sea, according to a senior defense official, lending some credence to the group’s…
https://gcaptain.com/u-s-concerned-houthis-weapons-can-reach-the-mediterranean-sea/
Whilst the first big consolidator of this offshore upcycle was Tidewater, rapidly followed by ADNOC and AD Ports of Abu Dhabi, Europe is also experiencing a quiet wave of consolidation. Driving this is the biggest of the “Big Four” lowlands dredging and offshore companies, Boskalis. But whereas the gains in Tidewater have been open to […]
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The CMA CGM Group has taken delivery of a new container vessel built by Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in South Korea. CMA CGM Mermaid is the first in a new series of ten containerships powered by LNG and featuring a new hull design developed to improve energy efficiency and reduce environmental impact. The...
Best Medium Patrol Boat – Balchik – Baltic Workboats At 45 metres LOA, this patrol boat is nearing the maximum size of boats built, to date, by the fast growing Estonian aluminium boat designer and builder Baltic Workboats (BWB). Much of BWB’s production is for export and, as it was built for the...
A consortium of international institutions is supporting the development of a second container terminal in Damietta Port in Egypt, thus tripling the port’s container capacity. Damietta Alliance Container Terminals is a special purpose vehicle (SPV) established by Eurogate, Contship Italia, Hapag Lloyd, the MELC Group and Ship and C.R.E.W. to design, develop, operate, and maintain […]
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With its complex transnational ownership and operating structures, international merchant shipping has long had considerable potential as a terrorist target. The seizure or damaging of a merchant vessel can spawn a great deal of divisive international security and financial mayhem, as well as being...
Tehnomont Shipyard in Croatia recently handed over three new patrol vessels in a series to the Cyprus Port and Marine Police. Kyrenia, Kantara, and Pentadaktylos were built by Tehnomont to a design developed by UK naval architecture firm Camarc in compliance to Bureau Veritas class rules. Each has...
Merre Shipyard in France has handed over a new coastal buoy tender to local operator Armement des Phares et Balises. Designed by compatriot naval architecture firm Frederic Neuman, BC Corse was built to replace the operator’s earlier, larger buoy tender, which was heavily damaged in a grounding...
These two specialised but nevertheless very interesting books should be read successively, as their subjects, but not their foci, are closely related and their ideas are closely linked. Maritime archaeology really only came of age after the Second World War, but it has since become a very popular...