The Russian Navy will receive 10 advanced search and rescue vessels by the end of the year to boost its sea rescue capabilities, a Navy official said Wednesday. According to the Navy, its Baltic fleet will receive four of the new vessels while three will be commissioned in the Black Sea. The new ships…
On July 9, the Chinese Coast Guard was officially established with over 16,000 personnel and 11 flotillas/squadrons spilt between the Northern, Eastern and Southern commands. Earlier this month, various online images showed a large vessel under construction with its hull painted in the colors of the newly established China Coast Guard (CCG) bureau. “Some…
SYDNEY — Five people were believed to have drowned after a boat carrying more than 100 suspected asylum seekers sank in the remote Indian Ocean. The boat sank on Tuesday about 220 kilometers (140 miles) north of Christmas Island, where Australia operates a detention camp for asylum seekers. An Australian navy ship hurried to…
Update: The flow of crude oil through a pipeline running from Iraq’s Kirkuk oil fields to the Mediterranean port of Ceyhan in Turkey will resume on Wednesday night, a senior Turkish official told Reuters. The Turkish official said the flow was halted for maintanance work, denying there was any bomb attack on the pipeline.…