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USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77):: airstrikes against Sinjar and against SW of...
F/A-18C Hornet launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) on Sept. 10. The strikes destroyed six ISIL vehicles near Sinjar and an ISIL fighting position...
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Phantom Ships in the Northwest Passage
Invalid locations?To hide their crimes on the high-seas, hundreds of ships broadcast false identities by using transmitters taken from scrapped vessels on the black market and by typing in made-up ID...
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Liaoning: second aircraft contracts out
The authority in Changzhou, in eastern Jiangshu province, boasted on social media on February 1 that a local firm had won a contract to supply electrical cabling for China's second aircraft carrier....
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NOBLE DISCOVERER: Plans to drill in the Chukchi
Transocean Polar PioneerShell has not given up on the Noble Discoverer or plans to drill in the Chukchi.It has filed plans with the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, calling for the Noble...
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Haiyang Shiyou 981 oil rig: its first overseas deepsea exploration well
The $1-billion, semi-submersible giant drilling rig started drilling on Feb. 7 in a water depth of 1,721 metres, in. The same drilling rig had previously drilled in waters claimed by both China and...
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Arctic Sea: The AIS satellite-tracking device removed and transmitting?:
Shelley Express ex-Arctic SeaRussian President Vladimir Putin on April 13 lifted a five-year ban on delivery of the S-300 air defense missile system. It would significantly bolster the Islamic...
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Egyptian Gunboat hit by a modified anti-tank missile
State of Sinai, ISIS-affiliated militant group ,used a "guided missile" to target the ship near Rafah, on the border with Gaza. It could have used a modified anti-tank missile to strike the ship,...
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Hercules Offshore files for voluntary bankruptcy
Hercules Offshore files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to navigate weak crude oil market.Hercules said its net operating days in the United States declined by more than half year-on-year and the average day...
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Iran: four laden tankers depart despite sanctions
MT HedyMT NancyMT NobleMT StarlaHEDY (Ship name as reported by AIS: HUWAYZEH)Crude Oil Tanker Crude Oil TankerIMO: 9212888MMSI: 256869000Call Sign: 9HEJ9Flag: Malta (MT)AIS Type: UnspecifiedGross...
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Freedom, Lockheed Martin Corp frigate to Saudi?
Saudi Arabia is in advanced discussions with the U.S. government about buying two frigates based on Freedom a coastal warship [LCS] that Lockheed Martin Corp is building for the U.S. Navy,September 29...
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Chinese flotilla moving toward the Aleutian Islands, which are split between...
Type 071 amphibious transport dock ship Changbai Shan (989)United States have been tracking the movements in recent days of three Chinese combat ships, a replenishment vessel and an amphibious landing...
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Russian Navy launches cruise missiles at Jaish al-Fatah, rather than on the...
Grad Sviyazhsk and Uglich, are the first in the new Buyan-M classMoscow said it had fired 26 cruise missiles at Syrian targets from naval vessels in the Caspian Sea, 900 miles away, using a...
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United States and European Union revoke sanctions on Iranian oil exports
The United States and European Union on January 16 revoked sanctions that had cut Iran's oil exports by about 2 million barrels per day (bpd) since their pre-sanctions 2011 peak to little more than 1...
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Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) in...
On January 30, the United States Navy conducted its second freedom of navigation operation (FONOP) in recent months. This time, the destroyer USS Curtiss Wilbur transited within twelve nautical miles...
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Navy to Convert UCLASS Program Into Unmanned Aerial Tanker
In part informed by the Pentagon’s UAV strategic program review (SPR) led by Deputy Secretary of Defense, the Navy’s Unmanned Carrier Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) effort is being...
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Tankers up on Contango return: container rates down on slow trade
Were daily tanker earnings to drop to $40,000, traders would be able to use the ships to store millions of barrels of crude at sea because the oil-price structure means they can sell cargoes for later...
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Sabine Pass LNG terminal in Louisiana operational
The first tanker that will carry LNG from Cheniere’s Sabine Pass terminal in Louisiana has arrived. Asia Vision, Owner Chevron San Francisco Ca, U.s.a. OperatorChevron San Francisco Ca, U.s.a, . has...
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Carrier Charles De Gaulle taking on board "fighting groups" for Libya
Charles De Gaulle "The French Aircraft Carrier Charles De Gaulle today passed through the Suez Canal," maritime officials from the Authority managing the Egyptian waterway said March 3.On March 1 a...
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North Korean ship Jin Teng seized, Ocean Maritime Management Company sanctioned
Jin TengThe Philippines said on March 5 it had seized a North Korean freighter that was covered by harsher United Nations' sanctions against Pyongyang over its nuclear program.Manila will also deport...
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USN Special Projects Patrol Squadron (VPU) 2 “Wizards” had a spy
Lt. Cmdr. Edward C. Lin faces several counts of espionage and other charges outlined during a April 8 Article 32 hearing in Norfolk, Va. Lin had a career as a signals intelligence specialist on the...
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Eastern Libya NOC crude export termed illegal by UN
MT Distya Ameya The Indian-flag Distya Ameya arrived April 30 at about 9 a.m. local time at Zawiya in western Libya, The UN Security Council added the vessel to its sanctions list on April 27 after...
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USS Ross:"we’re calling on all sides to reduce” tension.
Guided missile destroyer USS Ross enters Black Sea to ‘strengthen regional security’23 Jul, 2016 A US guided missile destroyer, USS Ross, equipped with the Aegis advanced missile defense system has...
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Deepwater Horizon: flic opens September 30
A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history.. [10/17/13 Halliburton manager pleads guilty,to deleting...
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Some naval dispositions near Syria
USS IWO JIMA (LHD-7) ARG transited Suez Canal March 27 and entered in the Djibouti on April 3. The U.S already has one guided-missile destroyer, The Donald Cook, in the Eastern Mediterranean. The...
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France's defence ministry said on Saturday its fighter jets and one warship had shot down four drones in the Gulf of Aden."This defensive action contributed directly to the protection of the cargo...
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