Svetlana Timm-Vengerov was just 17 years old when she went to sea for the first time. Her journey began with a flight from Germany to South Korea, where she headed for the harbour city of Busan and boarded a ship. “Of course, it was a really impressive feeling and experience at first, because you couldn’t […]
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Philippines deploys warship in western waters to ‘safeguard maritime interests’
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines has deployed a warship off the waters of Palawan island facing the South China Sea to “protect its maritime interests”, a senior navy official said, in a move that may irk China. Amid simmering tensions in the disputed waterway, Commodore Edward Ike De Sagon said the ship’s presence in Palawan […]
Ukraine’s maritime exports reached pre-war level in January
Thanks to the functioning of the Ukrainian sea corridor, the volume of the country’s sea exports returned to pre-war levels in January. Source: Denys Shmyhal, Ukraine’s Prime Minister, during a government meeting Quote: “The Ukrainian maritime logistics corridor has been operational for six months. Six months ago, we lifted the Black Sea blockade and increased […]
North Korea fires artillery into sea near maritime border
According to South Korean reports, North Korea’s military has fired more than 200 artillery shells near the disputed maritime border between the two states. The shells fell into the Yellow Sea north of the maritime border known as the Northern Limit Line (NLL), the General Staff in South Korea announced on Friday. The shells did […]