Turkey to Work with Romania, Bulgaria Against Black Sea Mines
Turkey, Romania, and Bulgaria will work together against the threat of floating mines in the Black Sea due to war between Russia and Ukraine, the Turkish Defence Ministry said on Wednesday.The ministry gave no details of how it would address the floating mine problem. It said on social media platform X that the three countries had discussed the issue at the NATO Defense Ministers meeting in Brussels.Last week, the British government said Russia may use sea mines to target civilian shipping in the Black Sea, including by laying them on the approach to Ukrainian ports. Ukraine and Russia have accused
Romania Deploys Vessel, Helicopter to Find Stray Black Sea Mines
a ship and a helicopter on Monday to scout for stray mines on the country's Black Sea coast, after a pier in the seaside resort of Costinesti was damaged in an explosion.Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, and mines have since then been laid in the Black Sea by the combatants. Romanian, Bulgarian and Turkish military diving teams have been defusing those that have drifted into their waters.The sea is crucial for shipments of grain, oil and oil products and is shared by Bulgaria, Romania, Georgia and Turkey, as well as Ukraine and Russia.Romania's navy said its divers were still investigating
Romania Defuses Drifting Mine off Black Sea Coast
Romania's military carried out late on Sunday a controlled explosion of a naval mine that had drifted close to the country's Black Sea shore, the defense ministry said.Mines began floating in the Black Sea after Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, and Romanian, Bulgarian and Turkish military diving teams have been defusing those drifting in their waters.Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of planting them.The Black Sea is crucial for shipment of grain, oil and oil products. Its waters are shared by Bulgaria, Romania, Georgia and Turkey, as well as Ukraine and Russia.Romania's defense
Turkey Defuses Stray Naval Mine in the Black Sea
off from cables and drifted away. Kyiv dismissed that account as disinformation."The mine detected off the coast of Igneada was deactivated by SAS (underwater defense) teams," the Turkish defense ministry statement said, referring to a district in Turkey's Kirklareli province which borders Bulgaria.The Black Sea is a major shipping route for grain, oil and oil products. It links to the Marmara and the Mediterranean seas via the Bosphorus strait, which runs through the heart of Istanbul, Turkey's largest city with 16 million residents.A shipping executive said the mines threatened shipping
Final Cruise Sets Sail for Black Sea MAP
rose. How low did the Black Sea waters really fall? How fast did they rise following the reconnection, and what effects did these processes have on human settlements along the shoreline at that time? On August 25, 2017 the Black Sea MAP (Maritime Archaeological Project) team set sail from the Bulgarian port of Burgas for the final phase of the project aboard the R/V Havila Subsea, one of Havila Shipping ASA’s fleet, with MMT/Reach providing specialist marine surveying capability and world record breaking technology being used to investigate the depths of the Black Sea. The team
Royal IHC wins multiple contracts for Dredgers
Aires, Argentina. DASA is a new company, established by three leading dredging contractors in the country. The DASA I has a dredging depth of 25m and will be added to the company’s fleet, which mainly consists of cutter suction dredgers. The vessel is currently on its way from the shipyard in Bulgaria to its new home port of Buenos Aires. “With the delivery of the vessel from stock, we are proud to support DASA with its entry into the hopper dredging market, and to be delivering the first new-built TSHD to Argentina in decades,” says IHC Area Sales Director Hans Hesen. “We
Cyberhawk Uses UAV for Internal Power Station Boiler Inspection
Cyberhawk Innovations, the world leader in aerial inspection and survey using Remotely Operated Aerial Vehicles (ROAVs), has completed its first ever commercial internal steam boiler inspection, for one of the world’s leading power companies in Bulgaria. The project, which follows on from Cyberhawk’s world first internal tank inspection using ROAVs last year, was carried out at an operational thermal power plant (TPP) and included a visual inspect of all equipment for integrity and damage assessment. ROAVs, also known as UAVs or drones, were selected as the preferred
Royal IHC Delivers another Dutch Dredger
On February 18, 2016, Royal IHC delivered the trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Mahury to Baggerbedrijf de Boer – Dutch Dredging. The twin-screw TSHD was built at IHC’s partner shipyard, MTG Dolphin, in Varna, Bulgaria. The Mahury was launched on August 14 and named on October 29, 2015 in Varna. It is the fourth TSHD of Baggerbedrijf de Boer – Dutch Dredging built by IHC, following the Albatros, Amazone and Lesse. Main features Length
Royal IHC Names Dredger Mahury
Shipbuilder Royal IHC has named the Mahury, a 1,840m3 capacity twin-screw trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) on October 29, 2015 at its partner MTG Dolphin’s shipyard in Varna, Bulgaria. The new TSHD is Baggerbedrijf de Boer – Dutch Dredging’s fourth IHC-built vessel. The ceremony was performed by Mrs. Gressier, who was invited to perform the naming of the ship due to the close (working) relationship between Dutch Dredging and the Gressier family. Dutch Dredging named the vessel after its tradition of reusing the names of sold or scrapped ships. The Mahury is a river in
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