USS Ramage first US ship to dock in Lebanon in 30 years
US Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Ramage (DDG-61) visited Beirut, Lebanon, on September 14, becoming the first American ship to do so in over 30 years. During the visit to Beirut, US Ambassador...
View ArticleTurkey commissions final Ada-class corvette Kinaliada
A steel-cutting ceremony for the first MILGEM ship for the Pakistan Navy was held on the same day.
View ArticleNavantia lays keel for first Saudi Navy Avante corvette
A keel-laying ceremony held in Cadiz, Spain, has marked the start of assembly works on the Royal Saudi Navy’s first Avante 2200 corvette. The ships are built by SAMI Navantia Naval Industries...
View ArticleFrench, UK frigates seize drugs in Arabian Sea
Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigate HMS Montrose and French Cassard-class frigate FS Jean Bart made another drugs bust in the Arabian Sea operating as part of the Combined Task Force (CTF) 150. The suspicious...
View ArticleUS leads International Maritime Exercise in Persian Gulf
The US Navy-led International Maritime Exercise 2019 (IMX 19) that will involve participants from over 50 nations kicked off in the Persian Gulf on October 21. The exercise will span from the Suez...
View ArticleBahrain investing $150m to buy, refurbish its second Oliver Hazard Perry frigate
Ex USS Robert G. Bradley was retired in 2014 and is being transferred to Bahrain.
View ArticleInternational Maritime Exercise gathers 30 ships in Middle East
The IMX 19 (International Maritime Exercise) that took place in the Middle East recently gathered 30 ships and over 50 nations for two weeks of mine countermeasures evolutions. Spread across a vast...
View ArticleSteel cut for first Saudi Navy MMSC combat ship
US shipbuilder Fincantieri Marinette Marine has started construction of the Royal Saudi Navy’s first Multi-Mission Surface Combatant (MMSC) ship. The “cut steel” ceremony took place on October 24....
View ArticleUSS Abraham Lincoln enters Persian Gulf after Strait of Hormuz transit
A task group of ships assembled around US Navy aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln entered the Persian Gulf on November 19, following a transit through the Strait of Hormuz. The Strait of Hormuz is...
View ArticleAustralian Poseidon concludes first Middle East mission
The Royal Australian Air Force’s P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft has completed its first deployment to the Middle East. Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC said this...
View ArticleAustralia takes command of Combined Task Force 150
An Australian-led staff of the Royal Australian Navy, Royal New Zealand Navy and Royal Canadian Navy assumed command of the Bahrain-based Combined Task Force (CTF) 150 from the UK on December 5. During...
View ArticleFrench frigate: 3.5 tons of hashish seized in Gulf of Oman
Courbet (F 712), a second-line multimission stealth frigate of the French Marine Nationale currently operating in the Gulf of Oman in support of Combined Task Force (CTF) 150, seized 3,534kg of hashish...
View ArticleCMF: Royal Navy destroyer seizes record haul of crystal meth
HMS Defender (D36), a UK Royal Navy destroyer operating in the Gulf of Oman in direct support of Combined Task Force 150 (CTF-150), has seized 131 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine from a dhow. The...
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