The U.S. Coast Guard is preparing to establish a temporary alternate channel for commercially essential vessels near the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, officials said Sunday. “This will mark an important first step along the road to reopening the port of Baltimore,” Coast Guard Capt. David O’Connell, the federal on-scene coordinator for the…
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Two refurbished patrol vessels part of new navy flotilla
The crew of MSRV Guardian saluting as the naval ensign is raised at the inauguration ceremony of the Maritime Security and Response Flotilla at RSS Singapura-Changi Naval Base. PHOTO: MINDEF
It will operate four Maritime Security and Response Vessels and two tugboats
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Two refurbished Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) patrol vessels are now back and ready to more effectively defend Singapore s waters after being equipped with new capabilities such as improved ballistics protection, as well as better audio and visual warning systems.
The Sentinel-class Maritime Security and Response Vessels (MSRVs) are part of a new Maritime Security and Response Flotilla inaugurated yesterday, said the Ministry of Defence (Mindef).
oil. streaks of emulsified crude bleeding into the water surrounded by oil sheen. the strands of oil were heading toward an island and there are no response vessels. at another location, there is even more oil. rows and rows of it. where has the rest of the oil gone? experts say it s evaporated and been eaten by microbes, but hundreds of thousands of barrels are still lurking in the water. you should continue to worry about the oil that may be in the swamps and oil that s in the water below the surface. reporter: and experts say worry about how all that oil mixed with an unprecedented 1.8 million gallons of dispersant is impacting birds and marine animals. what have you observed about what s happening to wildlife. i m seeing much less of it and i m certainly seeing none of it where i would like to see it.