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The Félix Éboué class, a Modern, Minimalist, Medium Endurance Cutter
An artist’s rendering, Félix Éboué class or Patrouilleurs Outre-mer (POM) The Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) is described as, “…a capability bridge between the national security cutter, which patrols...
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Maybe One Small Step Closer to a Polar Security Cutter
Photo of a model of Halter Marine’s Polar Security Cutter seen at Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space Exhibition have surfaced. Photo credit Chris Cavas. Saw this new Navy contract on a list of DOD Contracts...
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Cutter Size Ships Building in Latin America
Damen SIGMA 10714 for Colombia Always interesting to see what other countries are doing in terms of ships that will perform coast guard style missions. In some countries, these are their largest...
View Article“Broken Breakers”–What’s Going On With Shipping
Sal Mercogliano’s video, like the one above are generally about merchant shipping, but he occasionally touches on the Coast Guard, as he has done here. This video is a brief overview of where we are...
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New Japan Coast Guard Base Ship?
Alex Luck@AlexLuck9“Japan intends to procure a very large coast guard hull suitable for supporting helicopter ops and extended EEZ deployments as a “mobile base”, to be commissioned towards...
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“Austal USA Cuts Steel on Yard’s First Offshore Patrol Cutter, First OPC...
Future USCGC Pickering (Image: Austal USA) The US Naval Institute news service reports Austal has begun to cut steel for the future USCGC Pickering, the first of eleven Offshore Patrol Cutters...
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“Russia Selects India Over China To Construct Its ‘Cutting-Edge’ Icebreaker...
Russian Icebreaker Viktor Chernomyrdin, the largest diesel-electric icebreaker ever built by a Russian shipyard The Eurasian Times reports, Russia has chosen India over China for its non-nuclear...
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“Philippine Coast Guard to Receive 40 Patrol Boats from France in $438...
A Suriname Coast Guard FPB 98 patrol boat (Credit: OCEA) The US Naval Institute News Service reports, France is set to provide 40 patrol vessels and logistical support to the Philippine Coast Guard...
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“French Navy’s New Offshore Patrol Vessels to Feature Anti-Drone Detection...
A model of the future French Navy’s Offshore patrol vessel at Euronaval 2024 in Paris, France. (Picture source: Army Recognition) Click on the photo to enlarge. Army Recognition’s Navy News reports,...
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Korean Built Ships for the Philippine Navy and Coast Guard –Naval News
Naval News has a new post, “HD HHI Pitches Horizon 3 Frigates, Corvettes and White Hulls to Manila” that includes the video above. HD HHI has delivered two “frigates” to the Philippine Navy and has...
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