Since its formation in 1948, using a motley collection of old vessels, the Israeli Navy (IN) has developed into a technologically advanced and ruthlessly efficient force. ..
Author: Trevor Hollingsbee
Maritime security expert and columnist, Trevor Hollingsbee was a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, Senior Superintendent with the Hong Kong Marine Police, Assistant Secretary for Security in the British Hong Kong Government Security Branch, and Intelligence Analyst in the UK Ministry of Defence.
As an independent defence and security analyst he has had some 1,500 articles on maritime security, and geopolitical topics, published in a range of international journals and newspapers.
He is an Associate Fellow of the Nautical Institute, and a past Vice-Chairman of the Institute’s Hong Kong branch.
The Turkish Navy (TN) has long faced numerous operational challenges, including complex territorial disputes with Greece, a demanding commitment to NATO, and large scale ..
Situated some 600 nautical miles south of the Spratly islands in the South China Sea, Natuna Island, part of the Riau island group, has long been claimed by Indonesia, ..
For many years prior to independence, India-based warships, frequently indigenously-built, operated within a succession of mainly British-officered maritime forces. The ..
Three officers of the Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department (HKCE) were killed on the night of January 21, when their patrol craft collided with a suspected smuggling ..
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has so far deployed three vessels to support the national response to the bushfires currently devastating many areas of Australia. The ..
Japan has become the latest nation to deploy a warship to Middle East waters, where tensions continue to run high. On February 1 the Japan Maritime Self Defence Force ..
January 14, 2020 saw the commencement of a rare long-range deployment by warships of the Philippine Navy (PN), when the patrol ship (former US Coast Guard Hamilton-class ..
Analysts are predicting that the eastern Mediterranean is set for significant naval conflict. Important destabilising factors are the de facto civil war in Libya, and a ..
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