The Royal Navy’s recent interception of the Russian spy ship Yantar in the English Channel marks the latest development in a series of incidents underscoring the growing threat of hybrid warfare at sea.
The Royal Navy confirmed this week that the HMS Somerset and HMS Tyne tracked Yantar through
By Patrick Sykes
Jan 24, 2025 (Bloomberg) –When Turkey’s navy welcomed two new ships to its fleet this month, officials left no doubt about the scale of their mission – or its geopolitical ambition.
The 3,000-ton frigates “will represent our nation’s power and determination in the world
By Patrick Sykes
Jan 24, 2025 (Bloomberg) –When Turkey’s navy welcomed two new ships to its fleet this month, officials left no doubt about the scale of their mission – or its geopolitical ambition.
The 3,000-ton frigates “will represent our nation’s power and determination in the world
The Royal Navy has been tracking the Russian spy ship Yantar while it transited through the English Channel this week.
Yantar officially described by Russia as an oceanographic research vessel, is equipped with advanced technology capable of tampering with or severing underwater cables and retrieving objects from deep-sea locations
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Asia Break Bulk (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (ABB) and CPC Asia, both operating under the umbrella of COLI Schiffahrt & Transport GmbH & Co. KG, have successfully completed the transport of 17 kilometers of submarine cables from Japan to Northern Ireland. This intricate project, marked by precision and efficiency, underscores the
Fresh off her voyage to visit the wreck site of the lost Russian military cargo ship Ursa Major, the Russian spy ship Yantar headed north to map vulnerable subsea infrastructure in British waters, UK Defense Secretary John Healey told Parliament this week.
Healey said that the Royal Navy has been
The Maritime Executive (Jan. 23, 2025, 12:02 a.m.)
Fresh off her voyage to visit the wreck site of the lost Russian military cargo ship Ursa Major, the Russian spy ship Yantar headed north to map vulnerable subsea infrastructure in British waters, UK Defense Secretary John Healey told Parliament this week.
Healey said that the Royal Navy has been
The Maritime Executive (Jan. 22, 2025, 10:02 p.m.)
Britain on Wednesday warned that it faced a growing threat of aggression from Russia, asserting that a Russian spy ship had passed by the English coast for the second time in three months, in the latest incident that seemed designed to test British military capabilities.
John Healey, the British defense
New York Times (Shipping) (Jan. 22, 2025, 8:04 p.m.)
The UK Ministry of Defence has confirmed that the Royal Navy frigate HMS Somerset intercepted and monitored the Russian spy ship Yantar as it passed through the English Channel, marking the vessel’s second incursion near critical undersea infrastructure in recent months.
The Plymouth-based Type 23 frigate, equipped with
To improve vigilance in the Baltic Sea region, NATO launched a new maritime mission on 20 January. Baltic Sentry is to ensure, among other things, the protection of critical undersea infrastructure, such as energy and data cables. The Royal Netherlands Navy is providing three ships for this purpose.
On the
Italian cabling giant Prysmian has awarded two contracts worth €41m ($42.5m) for work on UK subsea power systems in the North Sea to compatriot Next Geosolutions.
The deal is for detailed survey services that will provide data for the design and engineering of the Eastern Green Link 1 and
Due to long missile reloading times, U.S. Navy ships, including cruisers and destroyers, are being forced to leave their positions in the middle of combat.
This is a serious issue, especially as the Navy is actively fighting the Houthis in the region, who have been launching missile and drone attacks
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China has been pushed even more into the centre of cable-cutting incidents around the world after it emerged that a team of engineers at Lishui University developed a “dragging type submarine cable-cutting device” back in 2020.
According to Newsweek’s review of Chinese-language patent applications, engineers in
Officials from Fincantieri and Leonardo. Credit: Leonardo.
Fincantieri has completed the acquisition of the Underwater Armaments & Systems (UAS) business line of Leonardo by purchasing the full share capital of the newly formed entity, WASS Submarine Systems (WASS), which had previously absorbed the UAS division.
This move is expected to strengthen
NATO has launched a major maritime security operation called “Baltic Sentry” in response to a series of suspicious incidents targeting critical undersea infrastructure in the Baltic Sea.
The operation was announced by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte during the Baltic Sea NATO Allies Summit in Helsinki, where he was joined
The family-owned company, which was recently selected by Vattenfall to build, own and operate up to three service operation vessels (SOVs) under long-term contracts, told OWJ, “LDA shareholders have decided to open the capital of the company to a new investor, up to a majority stake. Offers have
NATO has launched a new mission, named “Baltic Sentry,” to safeguard critical infrastructure in the Baltic Sea after multiple incidents of damage to undersea power and communication cables.
The initiative involves deploying frigates, maritime patrol aircraft, and naval drones to enhance surveillance and deter further threats.
The announcement was made
NATO
In Asia and Europe, authorities are taking action, trying to crack down on ships taking out critical subsea infrastructure.
NATO secretary-general, Mark Rutte co-hosted a summit of Baltic Sea allies yesterday launching new military activity in the region to protect critical infrastructure following a spate of ship