Navy

Turkey issued a new NAVTEX (Navigational Telex) on Friday, officially blocking off the sea area south of Greece’s territorial waters within the small archipelago of Castellorizo, east of Rhodes. Turkey intends to block off the sea area for the days of Friday,...

Bright Star is a multinational aeronautical military exercise in the Mediterranean Sea that was established in 1980, after a peace agreement was signed a year earlier in USA’s Camp David between Egypt and Israel under Jimmy Carter’s administration. Since then,...

On Thursday a First Instance Court discussed a civil lawsuit filed by a retired Lieutenant of the Navy against former prime minister George Papandreou, in which he is requesting compensation totaling 260,000 euros for moral damage suffered from the latter’s...

The Lookout navy newspaper reported that Canada's Navy Vessel, the Charlottetown is "currently deployed on Operation Reassurance in support of NATO’s assurance and deterrence measures...and assigned NATO tasks." But that's not all that this vessel and her crew accomplished over the...

Turkey's navy is reportedly unable to account for 14 ships that may be on their way to Greece according to the Times, however, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus denied naval vessels are unaccounted for. The missing ships were...

Alternate Minister of National Defense, Dimitris Vitsas, on board the Frigate ADRIAS of the Hellenic Navy, attended activities of operational training, which were part of the final stage of the exercise “KATAIGIS 2016,” on Wednesday, June 8, and early...

Recent reports show that the global economic crisis has negatively impacted the navy industry and especially the commercial transport via cargo ships. However, according to newmoney.gr, Greece remains one of the top players in the commercial transport through cargo ships,...

The NATO mission commenced its operation in the Aegean in order to stop the migrant flows incited by illegal traders. More specifically, the Canadian frigate HMCS-Fredericton is close to Lesbos. The German frigate fgs-bonn, which the NATO mission is under...

If you decide to watch the movie “300: Rise of an Empire” you will see a replica of the ancient trireme “Olympias.” One might wonder how the filmmakers were able to make an exact replica. The truth is that...

Due to constant investments, which have drastically reduced the average "life expectancy" of Greek ships, the merchant fleet has increased its transport efficiency, exceeding 264 million tons (dwt). For this reason, Greek shipping has been included among the most effective...