Month: March 2014

  • ‘North Group’

    North of England P&I Association (North) and Sunderland Marine Mutual Insurance Company Limited (SMMI) merged to form the North Group on Friday 28 February 2014. NORTH P&I AND SUNDERLAND MARINE […]

  • USS Somerset Flight 93 tribute

    A new U.S. Navy ship named to honor 40 passengers and crew killed when their hijacked United Airlines flight crashed as they fought with terrorists during the Sept. 11 attacks […]

  • New head of Ukraine’s navy defects in Crimea

    The newly appointed head of Ukraine’s navy has sworn allegiance to the Crimea region, in the presence of its unrecognised pro-Russian leader. New head of Ukraine’s navy defects in Crimea […]

  • Change of command ceremony

    Commodore Ali Abbas of the Pakistan Navy has taken command of the Combined Maritime Forces counter-piracy operations in the Middle East at a handover ceremony. Denmark handover to Pakistan at […]

  • N Korea tests more missiles

    North Korea has test-fired two more missiles into the sea off its east coast, South Korean defence ministry officials say, amid ongoing South Korea-US military exercises. N Korea tests more […]