The French Ministry of Defence (MOD) has awarded local shipbuilder Socarenam a contract for the construction of six offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) in a series. The ..
Tag: New Caledonia
Two tiny and uninhabited islands in the middle of the Pacific that have, to date, appeared relatively uninteresting have revived deep tensions between France and ..
Barely a month since the carefully choreographed visit by French President Emmanuel Macron to New Caledonia, positions have hardened as parties prepare for the 4 November ..
Monitoring of debris and other materials that may have originated on a containership that had run aground on a reef in New Caledonia in 2017 will be discontinued, ..
New Caledonia-based fishing vessel operator Navimon recently took delivery of two newbuild longliners in a series from France’s Piriou.
Australian policy observers are focused on the current visit by President Emmanuel Macron’s first visit to Australia. But there will be another first immediately ..
How might Beijing use its success in occupying the South China Sea as a template for expansion into the South Pacific? Although China’s growing presence in the South ..
The biggest diplomatic row between Fiji and Vanuatu in modern times was not over climate change, good governance, or Chinese investment in the South Pacific, but ..
After difficult discussions, agreement has been reached on the question to be put in the November 4, 2018 referendum on New Caledonia's independence. But tricky ..
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