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Aegis Ashore Could Have New Role Post INF Treaty Says Former Pentagon Official

Romanian Aegis Ashore site. U.S. Missile Defense Agency Photo

Converting Aegis Ashore facilities in Poland and Romania into land stations for cruise missile coupled with already available sea-based and air-launched missiles would complicate Kremlin planning on how to defend itself from attack or strike targets in Europe, a former U.S. defense official on Wednesday.

In a telephone conference call with reporters, Abraham Denmark, director of the Asia program at the Wilson Center and a former...

https://news.usni.org/2018/10/31/aegis-ashore-new-role-post-inf-treaty-says-former-pentagon-official

Volumes shipped along Russia’s Northern Sea Route more than quintuple in five years

The volume of cargo shipped along Russia’s Northern Sea Route this year is set to be up more than fivefold compared to five years ago. Some 13m tons of cargo has been shipped through this growing Arctic route as of October 1, according to statistics from Aleksandr Kalashnikov, the department head...

https://splash247.com/volumes-shipped-along-russias-northern-sea-route-more-than-quintuple-in-five-years/

Cargo shipping in Russia’s NSR increased five times in five years

Cargo shipping in Russia’s Northern Sea Route has increased about five times since 2013, Aleksandr Kalashnikov, the department head at the Northern Sea Route Administration, reported.

In fact, a total of 13 million tons of cargo has been transported through the route until October 1. This is a major increase compared to the just 3 million tons that were shipped in 2013. In addition, the full year figure is expected to reach as much as 17 million tons.

More and more ships are choosing the Northern...

https://safety4sea.com/cargo-shipping-in-russias-nsr-increased-five-times-in-five-years/

Norway, Russia agree to acquire seismic data in Barents Sea

Norway’s Minister of Petroleum and Energy Kjell-Børge Freiberg and his Russian colleague, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Dmitry Kobylkin signed an agreement on mutual rights to seismic acquisition in the Barents Sea.

The agreement comes after the signing of the Delimitation Agreement in September 2010. It incorporates a better possibility for both countries to map the resource potential up to, and along the delimitation line, the Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy,...

https://safety4sea.com/norway-russia-agree-to-acquire-seismic-data-in-barents-sea/

French Ambassador Says Washington Could Do More to Help Shape Syria’s Future


The Bashar al Assad regime’s ever-tightening circle on Syrian resistance fighters could send a million or more refugees into Turkey and scatter thousands of Islamic extremists around the region, France’s ambassador to Washington warned Monday.

Speaking at the Hudson Institute in Washington, D.C., he added, France’s President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met over the weekend in Istanbul to discuss...

https://news.usni.org/2018/10/30/french-ambassador-says-washington-help-shape-syrias-future

2020 ship fuel overhaul will cost Russian oil firms billions

Rules mandating cleaner shipping fuels – set to take effect from 2020 – will hit Russia’s wallet. The country is the world’s largest exporter of high-sulphur oil and, according to Bloomberg, it does not look prepared for the change. Unlike its competitors in Europe and the US, which have braced themselves and made necessary changes, Russian companies have reportedly done very little. One analyst said the country had no chance …

The post 2020 ship fuel overhaul will cost Russian oil firms billions

https://theloadstar.co.uk/2020-ship-fuel-overhaul-will-cost-russian-oil-firms-billions/

Panel: NATO, EU Need Major Changes in Operations, Infrastructure to Deter Russian Aggression

Norwegian frigate HNoMS Otto Sverdrup part of a ‘screen’ of NATO warships during a drill as part of NATO exercise Trident Juncture on Oct. 25, 2018. Royal Norwegian Navy Photo

NATO and the European Union need to spend significantly to reestablish high-end naval presence and invest in rail cars and maritime containers, ports, bridges, highways, tunnels and airfields if they want to successfully deter potential Russian aggression, a panel of Northern European security experts said on Wednesday.

“It...

https://news.usni.org/2018/10/29/panel-nato-eu-need-major-changes-operations-infrastructure-deter-russian-aggression

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