Raytheon Anschütz has developed an innovative system solution for OPV’s, smaller Naval and Coast Guard vessels. At Euronaval, the Synapsis Command Bridge is launched as a combination of commercial-off-the-shelf navigation with Command & Control capabilities to a new, homogeneous bridge system. The Synapsis Command Bridge aims to provide a solution that not only includes
Read moreHijacked cargo ship, MV Orna, has finally been released by Somali pirates after being held in captivity for almost two years. Unfortunately, six crewmembers are reportedly still being held hostage. A pirate commander stated that a $600,000 ransom was paid on Friday in order to free the ship. The six hostages are being held
Read moreYu Mei, the wife of a fisherman in Zhoushan, East China’s Zhejiang Province, should have enjoyed her first family reunion in five years on Mid-Autumn Day, which fell on September 30 this year. However, a shadow has been cast over the traditional festival for Yu and her family, as they worry about her husband,
Read moreSelat Badung, Bali (ANTARA News) – The United States warship, USS Green Bay (LPD-20), is making a four-day stop here as part of its sailing mission in the South East Asian region. “We are here from Thursday to Sunday (Oct.18-21) after visiting Hawaii and Timor Leste,” the ship`s field commander, Lt. Robinson, told the
Read morePiracy in west Africa is reaching dangerous proportions, the global piracy watchdog has said, with the increase in attacks fuelled by Nigerian criminals. As efforts continue to rescue seven foreign workers kidnapped from a vessel off the coast of Nigeria earlier this week, the director of the international maritime bureau (IMB) warned that the
Read moreU.S. Navy Rear Admiral (Ret.) Terence E. “Terry” McKnight, the pioneering U.S. Commander of Task Force 151 off the coast of Somalia and the author of the new book, Pirate Alley, warned in an interview that caution ought to temper demands that—because piracy has declined somewhat in the Gulf of Aden and other places—the unique
Read moreREPUBLIKA.CO.ID, PADANG – Padang city`s Teluk Bayur port in West Sumatra has immense potential to support Indonesia`s import and export activities with Asian, African and European countries, in light of the 2015 Free Trade Agreement, according to a Foreign Affairs Ministry official. “Teluk Bayur port is strategically located in Indonesia, as far as international trade
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