Ships move 80 percent of global trade. Without them, people would be poorer, and few appreciate the critical role they play in our everyday lives. In December, a bipartisan group of U.S. Congressmen introduced the Shipbuilding and Harbor Infrastructure for Posterity and Security (SHIPS) for America…

There is one aspect of Senior General Min Aung Hlaing’s recent visit to Russia that has largely escaped notice. This was Vladimir Putin’s offer to help Myanmar’s military regime improve its access to satellite imagery. This not only has obvious strategic implications, but it also has direct…

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Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville recently made waves for suggesting that his party roll over and play dead in response to the second Trump administration – a strategy that many Democrats have seemingly taken to heart. But they are foolish to think that voters will reward them for doing…

PARIS — NATO will ask alliance members to raise their military capability targets by 30% as the organization seeks to boost its force posture, according to the commander in charge of defense planning at the 32-nation alliance. The proposed capability targets have been accepted by 80% of the allies,…

Amid ongoing sanctions over the war in Ukraine, Russia has turned to bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to facilitate some of its oil trade with major buyers China and India. According to a Reuters report, Russian oil companies and traders increasingly conduct transactions in bitcoin and crypto,…

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Embed share The code has been copied to your clipboard. The URL has been copied to your clipboard No media source currently available 0:00 0:04:36 0:00 Direct link 128 kbps | MP3 64 kbps | MP3 A total lunar eclipse is about to make the moon appear a reddish color across the Western Hemisphere. The…

Soldiers of the 43rd Separate Artillery Brigade named after Hetman Taras Tryasyl destroyed an enemy S-400 air defence system. It was spotted by aerial reconnaissance men, who waited for the right moment and guided their comrades to the target. The cost of the destroyed system exceeds one billion…

Share Pictures have appeared on social media showing work in Ukraine to turn a tethered aerostat – what is more colloquially called a balloon – into an elevated platform for launching kamikaze drones at incoming long-range one-way attack drones. This follows the emergence last year of a sensor…

Over 800 marine species were newly discovered after two years of collaborative efforts by scientists, governments, museums and others participating in the Ocean Census, a global alliance founded to accelerate the discovery of marine life. New species of shark, sea butterfly, mud dragon, bamboo…

Together with the extremely complex cyber universe, they are the great Achilles heel of European critical infrastructures. Underwater interconnections, whether energy (gas and electricity) or data, have been revealed in the last three years — since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine —…

NASA on Tuesday launched its newest space telescope, SPHEREx, designed to map the entire sky in unprecedented color. It rocketed toward orbit on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The US space agency said the telescope will help explain how galaxies formed and…

The opposition Demokraatit Party has won elections in Greenland, receiving nearly 30% of the votes. The world took unusual notice of Tuesday's parliamentary election after US President Donald Trump said he wanted to take control of the Arctic island. Demokraatit Party and nationalists see surge The…

by Ship & Bunker News Team Wednesday March 12, 2025 Follow @shipandbunker The allision took place off the coast of East Yorkshire in the UK. File Image / Pixabay The captain of a container ship that allided with a tanker in the North Sea on Monday has reportedly been arrested. The captain - a…

The U.S. has officially canceled 83% of U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) programs, with the roughly 1,000 remaining contracts to be administered by the State Department, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on March 10. The decision to cancel 5,200 USAID contracts comes after a…

Finnish tugboat Ukko is seen near Oil tanker Eagle S outside the Porkkalanniemi, Kirkkonummi, on the Gulf of Finland on December 28, 2024, Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva/via REUTERS Bloomberg Total Views: 0 March 11, 2025 Share this article (Bloomberg) — US sanctions on Russia’s oil tanker fleet are showing…

The writer is a non-resident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and director of the international affairs programme at the Kyiv School of Economics Recent discussions in the US focus on potential opportunities for American companies in Russia in the event that…

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Győző, 50, is an infantryman in the 128th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade from Zakarpattia (Transcarpathia) in Ukraine’s west. You could say he’s representative of the current infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine – a former civilian, aged 50+, an ordinary worker in peacetime. But that’s not…

In posting on social media, Ukrainian authorities are reporting a deadly attack on the port of Odesa. It is being widely reported that four sailors aboard a Greek-managed bulker were killed during a Russian missile attack, a fifth crewmember injured, and an employee of the port company was also…

Germany’s maritime industry is proving resilient amid global economic uncertainty and shifting geopolitical priorities. At the annual conference of the German Shipowners' Association (VDR), statistics underscore the sector's role in securing trade, employment, and economic stability. Despite…

6 March, 01:49 PM Share: Kyiv may become UNESCO City of Music (Photo: Kyiv City Council) Ukrainian capital has officially applied for the UNESCO City of Music designation - a process that took over a year to prepare, Kyiv City Council wrote on its website on March 5. Victoria Mukha, a Kyiv City…

A Ukrainian soldier on vacation in Venice saved a man who was bleeding heavily from stab wounds, Corriere del Veneto reports. The incident occurred in the historic center of the city during an altercation between two tourists. One pulled out a knife and stabbed the other in the arm and leg before…

by Ship & Bunker News Team Tuesday March 11, 2025 Follow @shipandbunker The Fortescue Green Pioneer's bunker manifold. Image Credit: Ship & Bunker Bunkering on the Fortescue Green Pioneer -- an ammonia-fuelled demonstration vessel that is currently moored in London -- is close to fully automated.…

The Stena Immaculate, one of 10 vessels in a U.S. program to supply the U.S. armed forces with fuel during times of conflict or national emergency, is in flames after a collision in the North Sea. The incident comes amid growing concerns about America’s ability to sustain itself via sealift in a…

As Washington debates Trump’s peace proposals, on 27 January, the Kremlin unveiled its new “Military History of Russia” textbook with little fanfare but enormous implications. The three-volume manifesto was co-authored by Vladimir Medinsky, head of the Interdepartmental Commission on Historical…

The Spanish Navy is reporting that it tracked a Russian attack submarine entering the Mediterranean and accompanied for part of the trip by a Russian tug. It was a part of the regular NATO efforts in the region where activity by Russians has been watched more intently this year as more ships were…

WASHINGTON, D.C. (AZFamily) — Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly and billionaire Elon Musk exchanged words on social media after Musk called the Democratic lawmaker a “traitor” for visiting Ukraine. Sen. Kelly visited Ukraine over the weekend, marking his third visit to the country since 2023. He was briefed…

The crews of an oil tanker and a cargo ship are “safe and accounted for” with one person taken to hospital after the vessels collided in the North Sea, with jet fuel reported to have been released, a maritime company has said. Crowley, the shipping company that manages the MV Stena Immaculate, said…

In the Marine Corps, the water is known as the ultimate equalizer; no matter rank or strength, the water will humble you. This truth has been tragically underscored within the Marine Corps, as recent incidents have laid bare a critical vulnerability: inadequate swim proficiency. Unforgiving waters…

After months of debate, the historic battleship USS Texas has finally found a permanent berth at the port of Galveston. A disagreement between the port authority and the foundation that manages Texas led to uncertainty about the giant WWII warship's future, but it has been resolved to the…

Taras Shevchenko, a 25-year-old Ukrainian sculptor, was killed in action on Sunday, 9 March. He was an employee of the Tuzly Lagoons National Nature Park. Source: park’s staff member Ivan Rusiev on Facebook Quote from Rusiev: "A young, incredibly bright person, an outstanding sculptor of Ukrainian…

Russian sailing ships will be banned from a major maritime festival in the Netherlands this summer due to geopolitical tensions over Russia’s war in Ukraine, organizers said Monday. Sail Amsterdam, the Netherlands’ largest public event, has been held every five years since 1975. This year’s festival…

2m ago08.17 EDT Britain’s coastguard is responding to reports of a collision between a tanker and cargo vessel off England’s northeastern coast, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency said. “A Coastguard Rescue Helicopter from Humberside was called, alongside lifeboats from Skegness, Bridlington,…

An FPV drone launches from a USV. Ukrainian government capture Several navies are developing warships specifically for launching drones. The Ukrainian navy—ironically, a fleet without any large ships—got there first, with an unmanned boat that launches explosive first-person-view drones for strikes…

An oil tanker and a cargo ship collided off the coast of the United Kingdom on Monday, causing a large fire on both vessels. The incident occurred in the North Sea near the city of Hull, and the alarm was first raised at 9:48 a.m. (UTC/GMT). At least 32 people were injured, authorities said. They…

by Ship & Bunker News Team Monday March 10, 2025 Follow @shipandbunker The fuel is made by converting uranium into a form that dissolves in molten salt. Image Credit: INL Scientists at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) have developed a breakthrough fuel for molten chloride fast reactors (MCFR), a…

Half of the human beings alive today are descended from the Yamnaya culture, a group that lived in what is now Ukraine 5,000 years ago, according to new DNA research led by David Reich, a geneticist at Harvard Medical School, the Wall Street Journal reported on March 8. Around 4 billion people can…