War at Sea: Drug Smuggling using Submarines
February 20, 2008 by Akiva
Filed under Maritime Security
The Pentagon Channel reported the capture of one of a kind drug smuggling submarine, including four tons of cocaine. Called “Big Foot” the submarine is powered by a six cylinder engine and can transport up to 15 tons of drugs for 2,000 nautical miles. While the drugs were deposit in the front of the sub, [...]
New Off Shore Patrol Vessel for Trinidad and Tobago
January 25, 2008 by Akiva
Filed under Maritime Security
British shipbuilding group, VT Group, has been contracted by the government of Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) to build and manage three Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV). First contracts were signed in Trinidad on Thursday April 5, 2007 and construction of the first of the OPV’s started on January 23, 2008 when the High Commissioner for T&T [...]