NAC News – Edition 255

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Rod Hughes – Editor NAC News
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NOTICES
- 2018 NAC National AGM – 15 June 2018 at 1200 (Ottawa time). The 2018 AGM will be held via electronic media with details to be provided over the coming week at this link. More details to follow in next week’s “News”
- GoFundMe for Admiral Norman’s Legal Defence (Editor – in 4 months 1040 people have contributed $130,375 of $200,00 goall)
- God’s Acre Veterans’ Cemetery Candlelight Tribute (31 May) – An Act of Remembrance (Editor – Naval and Military cemetery since 1868)
- UNTDA – 75th Anniv. Reunion – Sept 9-12, 2018 – St John’s, NL – Registration now open
- Navy Commander Vice-Admiral Ron Lloyd to open maritime conference
(MSC 18 “Pacific Seapower” on 15-18 Oct Victoria BC)
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CANADA
- Defence Investment Plan 2018 and the Defence Capabilities Blueprint. These documents were released by the Government during CADSI’s CANSEC 2018, Canada’s premier defence and security exhibition, held this past week 30-31 May in Ottawa. Have a good look at these links:
- Seaspan to Begin Building Canada’s Joint Support Ships
- DND will spend $1.1 billion on new Ottawa headquarters as employees move into $800M complex
- Ottawa fell $2.3B short on defence spending last year: Sajjan
- Fairness Monitor reports on Canadian Surface Combatant remain secret
- U.K. willing to share shipbuilding info with Canada
- Canada and Denmark set up joint task force to resolve Arctic boundary issues
- HMCS Vancouver remembers Canadian soldiers in Hong Kong
- Ten cases dropped due to persistent, unnecessary delays in military justice system: auditor
- Product Tanker Grounds in St. Lawrence Seaway
- HMCS Haida becomes ceremonial flagship of Royal Canadian Navy
- Halifax’s newest navy ship is Canada’s oldest: HMCS Oriole joins Atlantic Fleet
- Dismantling of former naval ships underway
- Final Report of the Pilotage Act Review (Editor – pdf report)
- Greenland to halt commercial salmon fishing for 12 years
- Canada ill-prepared for Arctic shipping boom, G7 sustainability summit hears
- Cold cargo prospects in B.C. encounter environmental worries
- MARI-TECH 2018 RECAP
- ★ State of Canada’s Defence Industry 2018 (Editor – note slide deck under hexagons)
- HMCS Moncton Wins NYC Fleet Week Regatta
- SOFIC 2018: Submachine guns for the Army? (Editor – small arms are an issue for naval forces too)
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USA & AMERICAS
- Colombia to become NATO’s first Latin American ‘global partner’
- Trump Tells US Naval Academy Class Of 2018: Dominate The Sea
- USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: May 28, 2018
- US Coast Guard to hold change-of-command ceremony
- Video: Why enter a foreign design into an American shipbuilding competition?
- Photo Gallery: Fincantieri Pitches Frigate Design in Baltimore
- Former CO of USS John S. McCain Pleads Guilty to Negligence in Collision Case
- Maritime organization approves Bering Strait shipping routes
- Container Shipping Shakeup Needed for Higher Rates
- Polaris Very Large Ore Carrier Adrift Off Brazil After Fire
- US Dedicates First-ever Undersea Memorial For Submariners
- As Hunger for American Oil Grows Abroad, U.S. Infrastructure Seen Straining Export Capacity
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INDO-PACIFIC
- US military renames Pacific Command
- Japan says it has detected apparent Chinese ship breaking North Korea sanctions
- ★ South China Sea Is At War In More Ways Than One (Editor – watch the video, good rehash of the South China Sea issue)
- Navy: China out, Vietnam and Israel in for RIMPAC 2018
- Ronald Reagan Strike Group Departs for Patrol
- China’s amphibious ambitions emerge in South China Sea
- Beijing building microgrids to power military installations
- U.S. Warships Sail Near South China Sea Islands Claimed by China
- Indian Navy commissions fourth Mk IV-class LCU IN LCU L54
- Wildcats’ flypast over stunning gathering of naval strength in Indonesia
- Indonesia, India plan to develop strategic Indian Ocean port
- The great game in the Indian Ocean: Strategic partnership opportunities for the U.S.
- PLA takes a leap in the dark with aircraft carrier missions
- Huge Amounts Of Crystal Meth Are Now Being Smuggled In Shipping Containers
- Photos: Shipbreaking on the Beaches of Alang
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ATLANTIC & EUROPE
- U.K. Defence Minister Welcomes First of New Carrier-Ready Helicopter Fleet
- Norway to host 70 vessels, 40,000 personnel for Trident Juncture 2018
- NATO’s SNMG2 concludes Black Sea tour
- Several ships being launched to feed Arctic cruise boom
- Sailor stranded on ship at Great Yarmouth for 15 months
- Kouroumplis: Greece Continues to Pace the Global Shipping Sector
- Van Oord: Christening of SRI Vessel Bravenes Marks Jubilee Year
- EU proposes ban on straws and other single-use plastics
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MIDDLE EAST
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GLOBAL ISSUES
- Macroeconomic Trends Signal Good News for Shipping
- Algeria seizes 700kg of cocaine on container ship
- Less than 10% of the global fleet is fitted with ballast water management systems
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SCUTTLEBUTT
- #TradesTuesday : Marine Technician (English) (Editor – YouTube RCN trade info video)
- #TradesTuesday : Naval Cook (English)
- #TradesTuesday : Naval Combat Information Operator (English)