FedEx Express now operates a fleet of 92 Boeing 757-200 freighters (pictured) after sending 22 to retirement last quarter. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves) FedEx Corp. has permanently retired 22 Boeing 757-200 freighter aircraft as part of a downsizing campaign to better align the air fleet with slower parcel demand, the company announced Tuesday along with fourth-quarter […]
China’s fourth polar research icebreaker was delivered to the Ministry of Natural Resources in Guangzhou’s Nansha district on Monday and was expected to be dispatched for research resupply missions later this year. “Jidi”, which translates to “polar region”, is the latest addition to China’s next generation of icebreakers, alongside Xuelong 1 and Xuelong 2, which […]
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Monday slapped new sanctions on Russia over its war on Ukraine, targeting Moscow’s shadow fleet of tankers moving liquefied natural gas through Europe as well as several companies. In a statement issued at a meeting of EU foreign ministers, the bloc said that it will “forbid reloading services […]
Ukraine has used naval drones and missiles to wage war against Russia’s Black Sea Fleet. A campaign of highly effective strikes has pushed Moscow to relocate many of its vulnerable assets. Satellite imagery captures the exodus of Russian naval assets from Crimea to other ports. Armed with exploding naval drones and long-range missiles, Ukraine has […]
Ukraine has used naval drones and missiles to wage war against Russia’s Black Sea Fleet. A campaign of highly effective strikes has pushed Moscow to relocate many of its vulnerable assets. Satellite imagery captures the exodus of Russian naval assets from Crimea to other ports. Armed with exploding naval drones and long-range missiles, Ukraine has […]
China’s newest aircraft carrier is a substantial capability jump as it builds a modern blue-water navy. Carriers are important to China’s national identity and vision of being a great power. Carriers are also useful tools China can use to address a variety of strategy and security issues. China is building a fleet of aircraft carriers, […]
The democratic countries bordering the Baltic Sea on Friday called for concerted measures to thwart controversial Russian oil exports on barely seaworthy ships. At the end of a two-day meeting in Porvoo near the Finnish capital Helsinki, the foreign ministers of the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) voiced deep concern over “increased hybrid […]
The UK imposed sanctions on Russia on Thursday, targeting the country’s shadow fleet vessels, which are being used to circumvent Western sanctions on Russian oil trade. The UK has announced 50 new sanctions designations and measures to weaken Russia’s military actions in a collaborative effort with G7 allies in support of Ukraine. According to the […]
U.S. Navy warships plan to follow a Russian naval flotilla visiting the region if it crosses the Caribbean and sails to Venezuela, as is expected, two U.S. officials told McClatchy and the Miami Herald. The U.S. vessels — including three destroyers, a Coast Guard cutter and a maritime reconnaissance aircraft — have closely monitored the […]
The U.S. Navy has deployed warships and aircraft to track a Russian naval flotilla after the Russian vessels sailed less than 30 miles off South Florida’s coast on Tuesday, U.S. officials told McClatchy and the Miami Herald. Last week, Moscow sent three ships and a nuclear-powered submarine to the Caribbean for what U.S. officials say […]
Russia is using four submarines to monitor the Black Sea, a Ukrainian official told national TV. Dmitry Pletenchuk said three were cruise missile carriers and that two “periodically” go to sea. Russia has ramped up the pace of its subs production, with one type worrying NATO officials. Russia has started using submarines to patrol the Black Sea after […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — By the time Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi boarded his window seat on a helicopter ferrying him, the foreign minister and six others, thick clouds already had begun forming around the mountaintops along the Azerbaijan-Iran border. Despite the worsening weather, the helicopter lifted off for a trip about 145 kilometers […]