On Wednesday, August 26, 2020, THO hosted a webinar on “The Global and Regional Impacts of COVID-19 on Maritime Affairs”. Featuring Turkish...
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Iran's two super tankers successfully arrived in VenezuelaThe first two of Iran ’s fleet of five oil tankers delivering fuel to Venezuela have successfully arrived in Venezuela. Faced with the...
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Iranian super tanker hit by 2 missiles 60 miles off Saudi Arabian coastTHE 159,681-dwt tanker Sabiti, owned by the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), has been hit by two missiles in the Red Sea 60 miles off Jeddah,...
- Beijing looks at law to end forced tech transfers to protect IP rights
CHINA has made efforts to prevent the forced transfer of technology of foreign investors by submitting a draft law for Chinese legislators'...
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Iran takes 'full control' of Persian Gulf trade lane, tells US Navy to goIRAN claims it has taken full control of the Persian Gulf in response to US President Donald Trump's re-imposition of economic sanctions to stop...
- US Navy deck officers lack skills in crisis: official report
NEARLY 85 per cent of junior officers in the US Navy lack basic seamanship and ship handling skills, according to a report from the Surface Warfare...
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Sea search for missing US warship sailors suspendedSea search for missing US warship sailors suspended
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SaR operations continue in Singapore to find missing sailors of USS John McCainSaR operations continue in Singapore to find missing sailors of USS John McCain
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Stealth Maritime Confirms Collision with US Navy VesselStealth Maritime Corporation can confirm that its managed tanker vessel the ALNIC MC (IMO: 9396725 Liberian Flag) was involved in a collision with...
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10 Missing after US Navy ship USS John S McCain and oil tanker M/T Alnic MC collide near SingaporeTen sailors are missing and five have been injured after a US destroyer and an oil tanker collided near Singapore, the US Navy says.
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NYK boxship involved in collision with US Navy vessel was on autopilot: reportTHE NYK-chartered containership that collided with a US Navy vessel off the coast of Japan on June 17 was on autopilot at the time of the early...
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Seven found dead in flooded sailors' quarters on stricken US destroyerSEVEN US Navy sailors have been found dead in a flooded sleeping quarters aboard the destroyer USS Fitzgerald after it was in collision early...
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Seven US sailors missing after Navy destroyer collision off JapanSeven US sailors missing after Navy destroyer collision off Japan
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Sunken El Faro voice data recorder recovered, taken to NTSB laboratoryTHE voyage data recorder from El Faro, a US flagged cargo ship that sank during Hurricane Joaquin in October 2015, has been recovered from the ocean...
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NTSB: Retrieving El Faro's voyage data recorder could take monthsTHE US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says it will likely be months before the voyage data recorder can be recovered from the sunken...
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Passage of whale off Georgia closes channel to US Navy and shippingTHE shipping channel was closed to the US Navy, commercial ships, recreational boating to accommodate the passage of a whale and her calf, reports...
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China's sea battles may now take to ramming to avoid firing the first shotWITHOUT firing the first shot - or any shot at all - China now expects to win sea battles by ramming rival vessels in the disputed waters of the...
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Use crane barges seaward of docked ships to ease congestion: expertONE solution to LA-Long Beach container congestion - and perhaps elsewhere - is to bypass the terminal infrastructure using crane barges to...
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USN admiral warns Senate of worrying Chinese moves in South China SeaFOUR-STAR Admiral Harry Harris, head of the US Navy's Pacific Command, urged US senators to ratify a UN sea treaty after recent moves by China and...