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Thursday, April 14, 2022
Russia's President Vladimir Putin Aboard Navy Flagship Moskva
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Sunken Black Sea Flagship Hurts Putin’s Pride And Capabilities

UPDATE: Reuters Is Reporting The Russian Navy Black Sea Flagship Moskva sunk today while being towed during salvage operations. By Marc Champion (Bloomberg)

April 14, 2022
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Russian Federation cruiser Moskva at dock
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U.S. Navy Says Russian Flagship Moskva Is Probably Still On Fire

By Idrees Ali (Reuters) The United States believes the Russian warship Moskva is still dealing with a fire and the ship is believed to have experienced

April 14, 2022
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Russian black sea flagship Moskva
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Russia Will Salvage Damaged Black Sea Flagship Moskva

By Pavel Polityuk (Reuters) Russia said the crew of its Black Sea fleet flagship were evacuated on Thursday and measures were being taken to tow the stricken

April 14, 2022
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Russian Navy Flagship In Sevastopol
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Russian Navy Flagship Is A Symbol Of Ukrainian Defiance

By Aliaksandr Kudrytski (Bloomberg) The flagship Russian missile cruiser badly damaged off the coast of Ukraine late on Wednesday has been one of the most

April 14, 2022
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Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Russian Navy's guided missile cruiser Moskva Ukraine Sinking
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Ammo Blast Cripples Russian Navy Flagship Says Defense Minister

by David Ljunggren (Reuters)  The flagship of Russia’s Black Sea fleet, the Moskva missile cruiser, was badly damaged when ammunition on

April 13, 2022
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Tuesday, April 12, 2022
US Navy Deploys Aircraft Carrier To Korea Amid Tensions With North
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US Navy Deploys Aircraft Carrier To Korea Amid Tensions With North

by Idrees Ali (Reuters) The USS Abraham Lincoln strike group is operating in waters off the Korean peninsula, a U.S. official said, after South Korean media

April 12, 2022
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Friday, April 8, 2022
Maersk Black Sea
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Black Sea Ship Insurance Rates Continue To Rise Alongside Dangers To Commercial Shipping

By Ann Koh and Alaric Nightingale (Bloomberg) The costs of insuring merchant ships sailing to ports in the Black Sea has spiraled out of control, becoming

April 8, 2022
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evergreen shipping container
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Is Taiwan’s Evergreen Helping To Finance China’s Naval Expansion?

A new report says that commercial shipbuilding efforts by prominent companies – including Carnival Cruise Lines, CMA CGM, and Taiwan’s Evergreen

April 8, 2022
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Thursday, April 7, 2022
navy Marine Anti-ship missle
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Ukraine Asks US Navy For Anti-Ship Missiles

Ukraine’s latest request to the Pentagon includes land-based anti-ship missiles. By Daphne Psaledakis (Reuters) The United States will send new weapon

April 7, 2022
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Saturday, April 2, 2022
Biden, First Lady Commissions USS Delaware,  A Nuclear Attack Sub 
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Biden, First Lady Commissions USS Delaware,  A Nuclear Attack Sub 

By Alex Wayne Apr 2, 2022 (Bloomberg) –First Lady Jill Biden ceremonially commissioned a nuclear-powered submarine on Saturday, presiding over a display

April 2, 2022
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Thursday, March 24, 2022
port of Berdiansk fire
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Russia Targets Key Port Facilities In Ukraine

By Tarso Veloso (Bloomberg) Russian attacks on some of Ukraine’s key export hubs are damaging commodities infrastructure and mean it could be a long road

March 24, 2022
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Sunday, March 20, 2022
Russian Navy Commander Killed In Ukrainian
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Russian Navy Commander Killed In Ukrainian

LONDON, March 20 (Reuters) – A senior naval commander in Russia’s Black Sea Fleet has been killed in Ukraine, the governor of Sevastopol

March 20, 2022
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Thursday, March 17, 2022
Russian Navy amphib
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Russian Amphibious Sealift Ships Sail Towards Europe

by Tim Kelly (Reuters) Japan’s military said on Thursday that it had spotted four large Russian amphibious warfare ships sailing close to its islands

March 17, 2022
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Monday, March 14, 2022
USS Ronald Reagan
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Ukraine War – Where Is The US Navy?

“Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong.” Ronald Reagan By Captain John Konrad 

March 14, 2022
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Blockade Of Ukraine – Did Turkey Put NATO Shipping At Risk?
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Blockade Of Ukraine – Did Turkey Put NATO Shipping At Risk?

When Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked Turkish President Erdogan to close off Russia’s access to the Black Sea he may have gotten more than he bargained for. By

March 14, 2022
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Saturday, March 12, 2022
NATO MARCOM
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NATO Warns Ships Away From Russia’s Largest Port

by Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) Yesterday NATO’s Allied Maritime Command (MARCOM) issued an urgent warning to ships operating in the Black Sea. The

March 12, 2022
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Friday, March 11, 2022
ship loads grain at the port of Odessa, Ukraine
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Russia’s Naval Blockade May Starve Millions

In more peaceful years Ukraine’s agricultural exports find their way onto ships at the Port of Odessa but today, the nation’s biggest ports

March 11, 2022
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Thursday, March 10, 2022
Hawaii Fuel Depot Tanks WWII
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Watch: Hawaii Naval Bunker Tank Closure And The Jones Act Explained

As gCaptain reported early this week, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced that Hawaii’s Red Hill bunker storage depot, the world’s

March 10, 2022
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People's Liberation Army (PLA Navy) ship Yueyang
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China Tests Freedom Of Navigation With Partial Sea Closure

by Yimou Lee (Reuters) China closed off a part of the South China Sea close to Vietnam this month in its hunt for a crashed aircraft, Taiwan’s

March 10, 2022
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Monday, March 7, 2022
red hill fuel tank
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US Navy To Shutdown World’s Largest Underground Bunker Fuel Tanks

by John Konrad (gCaptain) Today US secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin announced the closure of the Red Hill fuel storage depot in Hawaii, which is the

March 7, 2022
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