USNS Carson City departs Cabo Verde
The Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Carson City (T-EPF 7) departed Mindelo, Cabo Verde, on 11 August after completing a scheduled port visit...
Special Forces boats, R200 million order book keep Veecraft busy
Paramount subsidiary Veecraft Marine has an order book of more than R200 million, and has delivered over 60 vessels in various classes since inception...
Veecraft Marine expands production capacity
Cape Town based Veecraft Marine has considerably expanded its production capacity by moving to new premises in the Port of Cape Town.
Part of the...
French naval vessel L’Astrolabe has visited South Africa
The French Navy patrol vessel L’Astrolabe visited Durban for several days to replenish her supplies whilst on a routine patrol of the Southern Ocean.
L’Astrolabe...
Turkish submarine periscope contract will benefit Hensoldt South Africa
Turkey’s Navy will upgrade its Preveze class submarines with SERO 400 periscopes, which will be manufactured by Hensoldt Optronics in Germany. Major assemblies will...
USNS Carson City arrives in Nigeria
The Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Carson City (T-EPF 7) has arrived in Lagos, Nigeria, for a scheduled port visit in support of...
Egypt requests $550 million worth of ship maintenance contracts
Egypt has requested follow-on technical support for a variety of United States-built naval vessels that is worth nearly $550 million.
The request was announced by...
India hands over interceptor boats to Mozambique
India has handed over two fast interceptor boats to Mozambique as part of an agreement to strengthen defence cooperation between the two countries.
The boats...
Damen delivers another two patrol vessels to Nigeria
Nigeria’s Homeland Integrated Offshore Services Limited has taken delivery of another two FCS 3307 Patrol vessels from Damen Shipyards Group, five months after the...
Paramount the platinum sponsor of Ghana’s International Maritime Exhibition
Paramount Group has announced it is the platinum sponsor of the International Maritime Defense Exhibition and Conference (IMDEC) underway in Accra, Ghana.
IMDEC coincides with...
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Check before you speak, Minister!
South African Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula needs to verify her facts before she speaks, or risk further embarrassment to the South...
