NAC News – Edition 260 COLUMBIA (and J260 GODERICH WW2 Bangor Class Minesweeper)
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NOTICES
- ★ GoFundMe for Admiral Norman’s Legal Defence (Editor – Share with your friends and let’s get this campaign to our goal of $200,000!” As of today, 1,088 people contributing $136,950 of $200,00 goal)
- NAC members have the opportunity to submit an article on naval and/or maritime issues to the Royal Canadian Military Institute’sRCMI journal “SITREP”, which for the September edition is intended to be a Navy edition. SITREP is the RCMI bi-monthly professional journal. It is published online and distributed in print to RCMI members across Canada. SITREP publishes articles that engage with current Canadian defence and strategic topics, foreign and defence policies, international relations, and military history.
- Shearwater as birthplace of maritime aviation in Canada and introduced a century of service by all those who served there. Aug 1-3 events.
- UNTDA – 75th Anniv. Reunion – Sept 9-12, 2018 – St John’s, NL – Registration now open
- The Conference of Defence Associations Institute (CDA Institute) 21st Annual Graduate Student Symposium between Sunday, 30 Sept and Tuesday, 2 Oct 2018 at RMC.
- Navy Commander Vice-Admiral Ron Lloyd to open maritime conference
(MSC 18 “Pacific Seapower” on 15-18 Oct Victoria BC) - MARITECH Full Speed Ahead: Firing on all cylinders (Call for papers opportunity) Conference and Exhibition Ottawa ON April 23-25 2019
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CANADA
- American border patrol agents stopping and boarding Canadian vessels: spokesman
- Canada must recognize that the game is changing
- Chief of the Defence Staff announces additional Canadian Armed Forces General and Flag Officer senior appointments, promotions, and retirements
- Australian deal with BAE could bode well for Canada
- List of those receiving the Order of Military Merit on Friday
- RCN, Canadian Coast Guard sign historic Arctic operations agreement
- Three’s company for Commonwealth Navies
- Canadian Forces Housing Agency opens new design-build apartment buildings
- What will the future hold for arctic economics?
- RCMP move pipeline protesters hanging from Vancouver bridge
- ABB and Ballard power systems to jointly develop zero-emission fuel cell power plant for shipping industry
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USA & AMERICAS
- How the ballooning federal debt threatens U.S. defense
- Brazil commissions helicopter carrier
- Carrier USS Harry S. Truman Operating in the Atlantic as Russian Submarine Activity is on the Rise
- Modular mine countermeasures: maximizing a critical naval force capability
- Navy Buys First V-22 CODs as Part of $4.2B Award to Bell-Boeing
- USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: July 2, 2018
- ★ Report to Congress on U.S. Active-Duty Military Deaths
- Reflections on the US Navy’s bad year
- Hydrogen-Powered R/V ‘Zero-V’ Receives DNV GL AIP
- Largest U.S.-Built Containership Christened at Philly Shipyard
- $12.5m Awarded for Drydock Repairs in Hawaii
- Port of Virginia’s Harbor Deepening Project Gets Final Federal Approval
- ICTSI Contecon Guayaquil Gets Approval to Handle Mega Vessels
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INDO-PACIFIC
- RIMPAC 2018: an exercise in maritime manoeuvring and messaging
- North and South Korea Reopen Maritime Communication Channel
- ★ PacNet #42 – Toward a New Maritime Strategy in the South China Sea
- China’s next aircraft carrier ‘accidentally’ revealed in boardroom promotional photo
- Japan’s biggest warship starts two-month cruise in SC Sea, Indian Ocean
- PLA Navy set to appoint first female captain (Editor – 8 years to CO of destroyer)
- East China Sea Dispute: Japan Protests China Drilling Vessel
- Two more PLA super destroyers launched at Dalian
- ★ The Hunter class – defending Australia and securing our shipbuilding sovereignty (Editor – slick Ausrtalian Gov’t video)
- Hunting for the reason—the new frigates
- Changing of the guard – Vice Admiral Tim Barrett fondly farewelled in command ceremony
- India, Bangladesh start first coordinated patrol
- Samsung Heavy Industries Bags Two Special-Purpose Ships Order
- China’s ‘political warfare’ aims at South China Sea
- PLA Navy’s hospital ship Peace Ark sets sail for “Harmonious Mission 2018”
- ABS Classes Next Generation LNG Carrier
- Captain Managed to Steer Sinking Indonesian Ferry Onto Reef, But 31 Reported Dead
- Maritime safety push across Pacific in $16m NZ aid programme
- Bangladesh Ship Recycling Project: Second Phase Begins
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ATLANTIC & EUROPE
- Another Humanitarian Ship Heads to Spain After Being Rejected by Italy and Malta
- EU Cuts Migration Deal After Marathon Talks
- Moscow’s other navy
- Russia upgrades Northern Fleet airbase
- Croatian Navy to deploy ship to NATO mission for first time ever
- Royal Navy frigate escorts Russian corvettes through the Channel
- NATO Allies Partner Up for High-End Anti-Submarine Warfare Exercise
- The epic story of the map that gave America its name
- Stalking the deep with NATO’s mine hunters
- The transatlantic rupture
- Delay in Opening of World’s Largest Sea Lock
- Norway to build three large Coast Guard ships for Arctic
- Royal Marines storm the Rock to protect Britain’s ultimate weapon
- Royal Navy patrol vessels join NATO exercise in Baltics
- Chinese frigate Binzhou attends 100th anniversary of Polish Navy
- Seabourn to Order Two Ultra-Luxury Cruise Ships
- Euronav Acquires Second of Two 3-Million-Barrel Supertankers Left in the World
- Russian Firms Agree to Develop Arctic Shipping in Northern Sea Route
- Yamal LNG Shipped First LNG Cargo to Spain
- Traders Rush to Move Diesel Up Rhine as Water Level Ebbs
- BMT Launches Hybrid ‘Eco Ferry’ Design
- Volunteers take action to clean Svalbard’s plastic-riddled beaches
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MIDDLE EAST
- Iran’s Guards Say Strait of Hormuz is For All or “No One”
- Reacting to Iranian Threat, U.S. Navy Says Will Protect Free Flow of Commerce
- USS Jason Dunham and Egyptian Navy Conduct PASSEX
- The largest gathering of Middle East navies and coast guards – Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV) Middle East – comes to Saudi Arabia 9-11 October 2018, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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GLOBAL INTERESTS
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SCUTTLEBUTT
- ★ The Navy’s Giant Sea Base Is In The Middle East And Could Get Serious Medical Capabilities (Editor – cool video, what a dynamic and capable vessel) (a second look, great pics)
- Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship Construction Progress January – April 2018
- What is C4ISR and Beyond all about? (Editor – if youre interested in this important element of warfare watch the video, sign oup, and or attend January 2019)
- Aboriginal History Month 2018 (Editor – naval story)
- Symphony Of The Seas in dry dock (Editor – an amazing look at her underwater fittings)