Tag: UK

  • Potential Brexit Delay Unlikely To Stop French Customs Agents’ Strike

    March 22: A possible extension to the process of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union will not make French customs officers remove their demands for additional staff and […]

  • Work to Rule Protests Continue, Impacting French Ports

    Work-to-rule protests by customs officials continue to cause disruptions to passenger and freight transport between France and the UK, and travel chaos at airports and Eurostar services, while union representatives […]

  • Customs Officers at Calais and Dunkirk Port Strike Over Brexit

    French customs officials warned of lengthy delays at the port of Calais on Tuesday as their work-to-rule strike snarled traffic for a second day, leading to queues of trucks several […]

  • Shortfall in UK MPA

    Concerns over assets. UK Officers Highlight Shortfall in Maritime Patrol Capacity by Grant Turnbull Senior officers from the Royal Air Force (RAF) and Royal Navy (RN) have admitted that, despite the […]

  • New UK base in Oman?

    New plans for UK. Britain to open military base in Oman Habib Toumi, Bureau Chief Manama: Britain on Monday said that it would open a major new military base in […]

  • Minister backs marcyber effort

    Minister of State for Trade and Export Promotion supports UK business Templar Executives The announcement of the partnership between Wärtsilä and Templar Executives to launch a world-class Cyber Academy and […]

  • Type 31e at DIMDEX

    Flexibility is the new mantra. BAE Systems showcases Type 31e design to international audiences at DIMDEX 2018 Visitors to DIMDEX, the Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition & Conference, which is being held […]

  • RN for S. China Sea

    Defence secretary Gavin Williamson said HMS Sutherland, an anti-submarine frigate, would next month assert freedom of navigation rights. Britain to sail warship through disputed South China Sea A British warship […]

  • UK Type 45 woes

    The Ministry of Defence claimed 2017 would herald “a new era of maritime power” All six of the Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyers tied up in Portsmouth in humiliating end […]

  • Undersea cable threat

    Air Chief Marshall Peach says Russian ships have been spotted close to Atlantic cables that carry communications between Europe and the US Russia could cut off internet to Nato countries, […]