HMNZS Aotearoa, the navy s huge new supply ship, arrives home for first time
21 Apr, 2021 07:44 AM
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HMNZS Aotearoa arrives in New Plymouth. Photo / New Zealand Defence Force
RNZ
By Robin Martin of RNZ
The Royal New Zealand Navy s newest and largest-ever ship HMNZS Aotearoa has made its first visit to its ceremonial home port in New Plymouth today.
The $450 million supply ship came into service last year and at 173m long it can carry 10.5 million litres of fuel - or enough to top up a frigate almost 14 times.
It steamed into Port Taranaki this morning.
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The trip out to Aotearoa did not have an auspicious beginning with Able Seaman Leon Cooper issuing a rather chilling safety briefing to the crew of journalists heading out to HMNZS Aotearoa on a rigid-hulled inflatable (RHIB).
(MENAFN - UkrinForm) The UK s training mission to Ukraine, Operation ORBITAL, has proposed that Ukrainian sailors train on Royal Navy ships, the Ukrainian Navy s press service has reported on Facebook. In Odesa, during a coordination meeting between representatives of the Ukrainian Navy and the headquarters of the ORBITAL mission, members of the ORBITAL mission, the proposal was made to conduct training of boat crews and inspection teams of the national fleet on Royal Navy ships this year, the report reads.
The parties discussed the expansion of training, instruction and mentoring for instructors of the 198th Navy Training Center, Diver School, Marine School and the training of the flight crew of the Marine Aviation Brigade as part of the UK s military training mission to Ukraine.
(MENAFN - Gulf Times) The Pakistan Navy s seventh biennial multinational Aman (peace) exercise in Pakistani waters aimed at fostering international co-operation to fight piracy, terrorism and other crimes threatening maritime security concluded yesterday.
Around 45 navies, including those of the United States, Britain and China, took part in the Arabian Sea exercise with ships and observers. The purpose of this exercise to bring regional and extra-regional navies on one platform and conduct exercises to enhance intra-operability in addition to counter terrorist threat and the crime which are happening in maritime domain, Commodore Khan Mehmood Asif told media.
In the sea phase of the six-day exercise, navies from various nations conducted exercises together against terrorist and piracy threat in the maritime domain, he added.
Mushahid lauds Pak Navy’s role in peace time, humanitarian help
National
February 15, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Senate Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed has lauded Pakistan Navy’s Maritime Diplomacy as an example of Pakistan’s soft power outreach and ability to bring 45 diverse countries and navies on a common platform of peace in the Indian Ocean Region.
He was delivering the keynote address at the International Maritime Conference organised by National Institute of Maritime Affairs (NIMA), as part of the Pakistan Navy’s AMAN exercises.
Senator Mushahid appreciated Pakistan Navy’s positive regional role in peacetime, particularly anti-piracy operations and humanitarian help to victims of conflicts and natural disasters in the Indian Ocean Region. Referring to the geopolitical context, he talked about the resurgence of the ‘Asian Century’ with an inexorable shift in the global balance of economic & political power from the West to the East.
Mushahid lauds Pak Navy’s role in peacetime, humanitarian help
National
February 15, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Senate Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed has lauded Pakistan Navy’s Maritime Diplomacy as an example of Pakistan’s soft power outreach and ability to bring 45 diverse countries and navies on a common platform of peace in the Indian Ocean Region. He was delivering the keynote address at the International Maritime Conference organised by National Institute of Maritime Affairs (NIMA), as part of the Pakistan Navy’s AMAN exercises.
Senator Mushahid appreciated Pakistan Navy’s positive regional role in peacetime, particularly anti-piracy operations and humanitarian help to victims of conflicts and natural disasters in the Indian Ocean Region. Referring to the geopolitical context, he talked about the resurgence of the ‘Asian Century’ with an inexorable shift in the global balance of economic & political power from the West to the East.