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To remind, Seafarers’ Charity’s Fly the Red Ensign Campaign is an annual campaign which celebrates the dependence on merchant seafarers who are responsible for safely shipping more than 90% of the UK’s imports. 

Five people were arrested by the Indonesian Navy patrol on February 21, following a sea robbery attempt onboard the Malaysian-flagged barge "Linau-133" in Karang Banteng Waters off Singapore Strait.

Following the piracy attack onboard the Liberian merchant vessel "Zhen Hua 7", the Italian Navy frigate Federico Martinengo immediately acted and rescued an injured crewmember.

On Wednesday 24th September, a Russian navy vessel collided with a Swiss-owned container ship in Danish waters off the Oresund Bridge linking Denmark and Sweden, as Danish defence authorities told Reuters.

The UK Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) announced the first wave of £4 million funding, aiming to revolutionise the way warships make decisions and process thousands of strands of intelligence and data by using Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Operations at the Australian small seaport of Eden have been impacted by the major bush fires raging across the South Coast region of New South Wales. In fact, the Port of Eden is the southernmost deep-water harbor in NSW and is situated equidistant between Sydney and Melbourne. The port hosts three wharves including a privately owned woodchip terminal; multi-user Navy wharfs; as well as the breakwater wharf.

An Australian Navy task group departed from their Fleet Base East homeport early on New Year’s Day, in order to support multi-agency efforts to provide assistance to communities affected by bushfires on the Australian east coast.

On 10 December the U.S. Navy test site located in Oahu, Hawaii welcomed the Irish wave energy device, named as "Ocean Energy 35" (0E35). Specifically, the OE35 will be further connected to the local electrical grid.

China's PLA Navy is testing a portable underway-replenishment system that can convert any cargo ship with the right deck configuration into a dry stores naval auxiliary. The development can potentially give the PLA a way to utilize China's 3,500-vessel merchant fleet in case of war. 

In a new report, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GOA) recommends that the U.S. Navy should take further measures in order to improve training quality. In fact, with the aim to improve ship-driving skills, the Navy has added classroom and simulator training for the Surface Warfare Officers who drive these ships, since 2017, when ship collisions resulted in the loss of 17 sailors’ lives as well as significant damage to Navy ships.