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Chinese Researchers Build Saw That Can Cut Cables at 4,000M Depths   A handful of advanced nations have the capability to cut subsea cables in ultradeep water, but the technology is usually a closely-held state secret. In a research paper published late last month, a Chinese scientist detailed a unique submersible diamond saw that can be used…

U.S. Navy Force Planning With a Pertinacious Marine Corps   [By Bruce Stubbs] “A requirement is a requirement, pure and simple.” —Lieutenant General Karsten Heckl, USMC  “One man’s requirement is like another man’s wish.” —Admiral Frank B. Kelso II, USN (retired) A Team of Rivals The United States Marine Corps has an outsized effect on…

DRC’s Banana Port Achieves Construction Milestone   The development of DRC’s first deep sea port has achieved a new milestone, with operator DP World selecting Mota-Engil to lead the construction. Banana Port – located along the DRC’s narrow coastline of 22 miles on the Atlantic Ocean – is planned to be the single maritime gateway…

Australia Needs Public’s Help Raising Sniffer Dogs for Ports   The Australian Border Force is looking for members of the public to foster puppies that may eventually serve as sniffer dogs for maritime and border enforcement.  The puppies, available beginning at nine weeks of age, need temporary homes where they can develop and have opportunities…

Cargo of Rocket Fuel Now Just Three Days From Iranian Port     MV Jairan, loaded with sodium perchlorate in China, is an estimated three days’ sailing from its home port destination in Bandar Abbas, Iran. As of Sunday, the vessel is cruising at 12-13 knots west of Mumbai and has about 850 nautical miles to go.…

Iran Puts Diego Garcia on its Target Deck   Iran’s Press TV, which normally identifies with hardline factions within the Iranian political system, has included the joint UK-US base on Diego Garcia amongst a list of US bases in the Middle East region which would be ‘within Iran’s cross-hairs’ for retaliatory strikes should either the…

Soo Locks Opens Early for Head Start on 2025 Upper Great Lakes Season The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers celebrating the opening of the Soo Locks on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula this morning, March 21, providing an earlier-than-anticipated start to the 2025 shipping season on the Upper Great Lakes. The lock is reported to be one…

Work to Begin Expanding London Gateway Into UK’s Largest Container Port DP World reports that it has gained the necessary permitting and is poised to begin work in just a matter of weeks on a planned expansion of its London Gateway. It represents a £1 billion (US$1.3 billion ) project which when completed will add…

Cyber Hackers Claim to Have Disabled Iranian Ship Communications A shadowy group of cyber hackers is claiming that it launched a massive attack and has successfully disabled communications for much of Iran’s merchant fleet. While the report cannot be independently verified, the group which calls itself Lab Dookhtegan is known and according to experts is…

Report: Ireland Again Tracked Cargo Ship That Anchored Near Undersea Cables According to reports in the Irish media, a small cargo ship that raised the suspicions of German authorities earlier this year has now been tracked twice by Ireland’s Defense Forces. The incidents came as many countries remain on alert and worry about potential damage…

Canadian Coast Guard Reports Progress on MSC Baltic III Salvage   The weather conditions in the areas around Canada’s Newfoundland have given salvage teams their first opportunities to make progress on the efforts to reduce the pollution risk from the grounded containership MSC Baltic III. The Canadian Coast Guard highlights the dangers remain, but that…

Pirates Abandon Yemeni Fishing Boat After Four Days The EU’s operation monitoring security in the Horn of Africa region reports the pirates have abandoned the fishing vessel Al-Hidaya that they hijacked last weekend. EUNAVFOR Atalanta notes it is the third piracy-related case involving a Yemeni fishing vessel and is in addition to a Chinese fishing…