The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force has recently been plagued by scandals, including fraudulent diving allowances, illegal handling of classified information, and collusion with defense contractor Kawasaki Heavy Industries to receive bribes. On July 19th, Ryo Sakai, the Chief of Staff of the Maritime Self-Defense Force, resigned as the highest commander of the force. In early … Read more
Sea water on the Latvian coast stays chilly, however in rivers and lakes it turns into hotter, in accordance with information from the Heart for Setting, Geology and Meteorology of Latvia, writes LETA. At dawn on Monday, water temperatures at commentary stations ranged from +5.5 levels within the port of Roja to +23.3 levels in … Read more
2023-11-28 20:03:45 U.S. Coast Guard tugboats on Tuesday successfully freed a freighter that was stuck aground in the Detroit River for more than 24 hours. “It is free,” Lt. j.g. Adeeb Ahmad, a USCG public information officer, told The Detroit News. The Barbro G “has been successfully refloated & will now securely anchor nearby,” the … Read more
2023-11-21 17:21:52 Sunday’s takeover of the cargo ship Galaxy Leader is seen by the Houthis as a sign of an escalation of their attacks once morest Israel. But this assault in one of the most important areas of maritime trade might also have consequences for the global economy, believe several experts interviewed by France 24. … Read more
2023-10-20 12:09:00 2023-10-20 20:09 Source: Shanghai Securities News Published in: Shanghai Original title: Ningbo Shipping Exchange: The Red Sea Route Index this week was 1077.1 points, an increase of 25.5% from last week Shanghai Securities News China Securities Network News From October 14 to October 20, the Ningbo Export Container Freight Index (NCFI) of the … Read more
2023-09-24 22:20:00 The Vladimir Vize, one of the ice-breaking LNG carriers used to export liquefied natural gas produced by the Yamal LNG plant in northern Russia, is currently on technical shutdown at the Damen Shiprepair shipyard in Brest. The latter has also been used to welcoming this type of ship since the Siberian production unit … Read more
China lifted restrictions on entry into the country on Jan. 8, imposed at the height of the coronavirus pandemic. The new rules apply to both arrival at the country’s international airports and border crossings at land and sea checkpoints. The measures continue the course announced in early December to weaken the “zero tolerance” regime for … Read more
The General Secretariat for the Sea (SG Mer), which depends on the Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, announced via a press release, Wednesday, November 30 in the evening, a strengthening of the “migrant rescue system in the North Sea Channel”, ” in the next few weeks”. A decision by Matignon, which will see this reinforcement carried … Read more