>The security in the Black Sea is becoming more important each day as Black Sea becomes one of the most significant hubs for the Caspian Basin and Central Asian oil. Pumping the oil to the terminals at Black Sea is the easiest and cheapest way of exportation.On daily basis approximately 300 merchant ships are underway... Continue Reading →
>Romania joins Operation Black Sea Harmony
>Today with a ceremony a Memorandum of Agreement was signed between Turkish and Romanian navies. Thus Romania becomes the third Black Sea country after Russia and Ukraine to join the Operation Black Sea Harmony (OBSH). The Commander of Romanian Naval Forces, Admiral Danila (Left) signed the MoA on behalf of his country. Admiral Ataç signed... Continue Reading →
>USS Boxer Dental Team Aids Turkish Shipmates
>LHD-4 USS Boxer, the only dental-capable ship in the CTF-151, provided critical dental care to two Sailors from TCG Giresun, one of the Turkish Navy's G-class frigates.Lt. Christopher Henninger, DMD, Boxer's dental officer, said the dental problems the Sailors had ranged from moderate to emergent and could have potentially required medical evacuation had Boxer's facilities... Continue Reading →
>TCG Giresun foils pirate attack on ships
>Last week four Turkish flagged and manned cargo ships, M/V Ulusoy-8, M/V Horizon-1, M/V Halis Kalkavan and M/V Samanyolu were in Gulf of Aden. The vessels were registered to the international organisations vectoring the merchant traffic in the area.According to Turkish Navy pirates approached to Ulusoy-8 shortly after the Greek owned and Saint-Vincent-flagged cargo vessel... Continue Reading →
>TCG Giresun diverted pirates
> The news is on the web since last week. But I am cautious about early reports and rumors about diverted pirates attacks. Some of the turn out the be a false positives.But this time it is true. On 14th March 2009, pirates approached and Vietnamese cargo vessel and fired upon the ship in order... Continue Reading →
>USN comments on Admiral Ataç visit to CTF-151
>Here is a what USN thinks about the visit of Admiral Ataç to CTF-151.
>Egemen 2009 (Updated)
>This week a multinational military exercise called Egemen-2009, will start in Turkey.There is absolutely nothing on the Turkish news and defence portals about this exercise and about the participants except the fact that this exercise will happen. Therefore it is very difficult to determine the exact order of battle.Among the participants are Taurus 2009 task... Continue Reading →
>Admiral Ataç on board of TCG Giresun
>Today, as announced Admiral Ataç, commander of Turkish Navy visited F-491 TCG Giresun in Gulf of Aden.Before flying to the ship Admiral Ataç was in Bahrain. Here he contacted Bahraini high ranking military officers and the commander of the US 5th Fleet.Commander of CTF-151 Rear Adm. Terence McKnight, visited Admiral Ataç on board of TCG... Continue Reading →
>Admiral Ataç to visit TCG Giresun
>According to spokesman for Turkish General Staff Gen. Gürak, F-491 TCG Giresun escorted her first convoy between 6- 7 March. Turkish merchant vessel M/V Sürmene-4 was among the escorted ships.Among the planned future escorts are two more Turkish merchant ships: M/V Eylül-K and M/V Nazlı-GFurther more the commander of Turkish Navy Admiral Metin Ataç will... Continue Reading →
>A new naval base in the Black Sea coast
>According to Turkish daily Hürriyet, Turkish Navy is planing to establish a new base in the Black Sea town, Trabzon.The main naval base of Turkish Navy in the Black Sea region is in Karadeniz Ereğlisi. Karadeniz Ereğlisi is approximately 100 nautical miles east of Bosphorus. And Trabzon is additional 400 nautical miles eastwards.The plan is... Continue Reading →
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