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New Chief of Staff for the French Navy
Admiral Pierre Vandier was appointed as the 62nd Chief of Staff of the French Navy (Marine Nationale) on September 1, 2020.
8 September 2020
Admiral Pierre Vandier was appointed as the 62nd Chief of Staff of the French Navy (Marine Nationale) on September 1, 2020.
NUSHIP Supply, the lead ship for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN)’s Supply class Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment (AOR) ships sailed away on 3 September from Navantia’s Ferrol shipyard in Spain for Australia.
The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN)’s first Type 218SG submarine, RSS Invincible, started sea trials on Monday. This is the first of three « Invincible-class » submarines under construction at Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems Shipyard (TKMS) in Kiel, Germany.
The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of the next generation landing craft, Ship to Shore Connector (SSC), Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) 101, Aug. 27. LCAC 101 is the second craft delivered by Textron Systems to the U.S. Navy this year.
The Chinese naval shipbuilding industry continues to demonstrate an impressive production rate in 2020: The Dalian shipyard yesterday simultaneously launched two new destroyers for the PLAN: A Type 052 and a Type 055.
After two weeks of sailing, the Royal Danish Navy frigate Iver Huitfeldt has now arrived in the Arabian Sea and formally entered the Operation Agenor on August 25.
Paramount Maritime, a Paramount Group company, has successfully launched the first of three next-generation Survey Motor Boats (SMBs) to the South African Navy in continued support of its programmes, to enhance the capabilities and infrastructure of the South African Navy Hydrographic Office (SANHO).
Pakistan signed a first contract for the delivery two Type 054 A/P frigates in 2017. An additional contract for two more ships was announced in
The Dominican Navy (Armada de Republica Dominicana) took delivery of, and commissioned, its first Near Coastal Patrol Vessel (NCPV). The vessel, Betelgeuse (102), was donated by the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) under the Foreign Military Financing (FMF) program and was built by Metal Shark.
Story by TASS Russian news agency “It was towed from the pool. The difficult operation is unprecedented in shipbuilding,” Sevmash Shipyard Sevmash CEO Mikhail Budnichenko, acting Arkhangelsk regional
