Mark Douglas
@maritimekiwi.bsky.social
Let’s chat about ships: www.starboardintelligence.com, https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-douglas-480953141
Almost a month after entering the Baltic, and after over 2 weeks loitering in the Latvian and Estonian EEZs, AK ANA #IMO9239642 has finally make it to Ust-Luga. Currently non-sanctioned with flag, P&I and class in order. We'll see if she's sticking to the price cap when the next sanctions come out.
November 10, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Almost a month after entering the Baltic, and after over 2 weeks loitering in the Latvian and Estonian EEZs, AK ANA #IMO9239642 has finally make it to Ust-Luga. Currently non-sanctioned with flag, P&I and class in order. We'll see if she's sticking to the price cap when the next sanctions come out.
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⚡️ Sea drones strike again — a massive fire erupted at Russia’s Tuapse oil port on the Black Sea.
Sea Drone Attack Sets Russian Tuapse Port on Fire, Authorities Confirm Damage
Sea drones reportedly struck Tuapse port, causing damage to infrastructure while Russian officials assess the aftermath of the incident late at night.
united24media.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:45 AM
⚡️ Sea drones strike again — a massive fire erupted at Russia’s Tuapse oil port on the Black Sea.
Well spotted by @vesselspotter.bsky.social
The relieved PLAN's 47th Naval Escort Group… is now on its way back to the East Sea Fleet main base at Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, with no doubt some port calls on the way.
bsky.app/profile/vess...
The relieved PLAN's 47th Naval Escort Group… is now on its way back to the East Sea Fleet main base at Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, with no doubt some port calls on the way.
bsky.app/profile/vess...
“…the overlap of an incoming and an outgoing flotilla presents an opportunity for the PLA Navy to mount joint exercises with allies in the Indian Ocean region… The incoming flotilla, the 48th Naval Escort Group, set off on October 11 from Qingdao”
maritime-executive.com/article/saud...
maritime-executive.com/article/saud...
November 10, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Well spotted by @vesselspotter.bsky.social
The relieved PLAN's 47th Naval Escort Group… is now on its way back to the East Sea Fleet main base at Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, with no doubt some port calls on the way.
bsky.app/profile/vess...
The relieved PLAN's 47th Naval Escort Group… is now on its way back to the East Sea Fleet main base at Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, with no doubt some port calls on the way.
bsky.app/profile/vess...
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Continued #China #Navy #PLAN presence in #IndianOcean #IO #Djibouti #RedSea #GulfOfAden #ArabianSea
maritime-executive.com/article/chin...
maritime-executive.com/article/chin...
Chinese 48th Escort Group Takes Over in Djibouti
The PLA Navy (PLAN)'s 48th Naval Escort Group has taken over responsibility for maintaining the Chinese naval presence in the Red Sea and Gulf of Ade...
maritime-executive.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Continued #China #Navy #PLAN presence in #IndianOcean #IO #Djibouti #RedSea #GulfOfAden #ArabianSea
maritime-executive.com/article/chin...
maritime-executive.com/article/chin...
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We commend the NZ Govt's new plan to disrupt maritime meth trafficking in the Pacific.
The key challenge noted by advisors: "fragmented, slow systems".
We're built for this—fusing data into a picture that can be shared rapidly across agencies and borders.
#MaritimeSecurity #MDA #BorderSecurity
The key challenge noted by advisors: "fragmented, slow systems".
We're built for this—fusing data into a picture that can be shared rapidly across agencies and borders.
#MaritimeSecurity #MDA #BorderSecurity
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 AM
We commend the NZ Govt's new plan to disrupt maritime meth trafficking in the Pacific.
The key challenge noted by advisors: "fragmented, slow systems".
We're built for this—fusing data into a picture that can be shared rapidly across agencies and borders.
#MaritimeSecurity #MDA #BorderSecurity
The key challenge noted by advisors: "fragmented, slow systems".
We're built for this—fusing data into a picture that can be shared rapidly across agencies and borders.
#MaritimeSecurity #MDA #BorderSecurity
Police will be able to intercept communications and search for electronically stored evidence.
It will also see more focus on disrupting supply chains in the Pacific Ocean, with Customs, the GCSB and the Defence Force conducting a series of maritime operations.
It will also see more focus on disrupting supply chains in the Pacific Ocean, with Customs, the GCSB and the Defence Force conducting a series of maritime operations.
Praise as government launches plan to combat methamphetamine
Praise as government launches plan to combat methamphetamine
The government announced what Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith called a "comprehensive action plan to combat methamphetamine harm in New Zealand".
www.rnz.co.nz
November 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Police will be able to intercept communications and search for electronically stored evidence.
It will also see more focus on disrupting supply chains in the Pacific Ocean, with Customs, the GCSB and the Defence Force conducting a series of maritime operations.
It will also see more focus on disrupting supply chains in the Pacific Ocean, with Customs, the GCSB and the Defence Force conducting a series of maritime operations.
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A migrant boat sank near the Malaysian-Thai border: at least one dead and hundreds missing.
Emergency teams are searching the border waters after a vessel carrying approximately 300 people, mostly Rohingya, sank, leaving 10 survivors so far.
Emergency teams are searching the border waters after a vessel carrying approximately 300 people, mostly Rohingya, sank, leaving 10 survivors so far.
November 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
A migrant boat sank near the Malaysian-Thai border: at least one dead and hundreds missing.
Emergency teams are searching the border waters after a vessel carrying approximately 300 people, mostly Rohingya, sank, leaving 10 survivors so far.
Emergency teams are searching the border waters after a vessel carrying approximately 300 people, mostly Rohingya, sank, leaving 10 survivors so far.
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Loophole in sanctions allowing Russian oil to be imported to Australia
Millions of tonnes of Russian oil have been traded through a port part-owned by Macquarie Bank and potentially sold on to Australian businesses, new data shows.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Millions of tonnes of Russian oil have been traded through a port part-owned by Macquarie Bank and potentially sold on to Australian businesses, new data shows.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘Loophole’ in sanctions allowing Russian oil to be imported to Australia through port part-owned by Macquarie Bank
Australia stopped buying fuel directly from Russia after its invasion of Ukraine but has imported more than 3m tonnes of its oil products since 2023
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Loophole in sanctions allowing Russian oil to be imported to Australia
Millions of tonnes of Russian oil have been traded through a port part-owned by Macquarie Bank and potentially sold on to Australian businesses, new data shows.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Millions of tonnes of Russian oil have been traded through a port part-owned by Macquarie Bank and potentially sold on to Australian businesses, new data shows.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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[1/2] RF Navy and Coast Guard ships just keep falling over... this time it was RF Coast Guard Karadag/Project 1496-class patrol tug PSKA-287.
November 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
[1/2] RF Navy and Coast Guard ships just keep falling over... this time it was RF Coast Guard Karadag/Project 1496-class patrol tug PSKA-287.
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The push for fisheries transparency and improved governance must not be stymied by old conflicts.
www.seafoodsource.com/news/environ...
www.seafoodsource.com/news/environ...
UK-Argentina territorial dispute blocking progress on establishing a Southwest Atlantic RFMO
Due to territorial disputes over the Falkland Islands, China has been allowed to overfish in the Southwest Atlantic, a Falklands seafood firm owner said.
www.seafoodsource.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The push for fisheries transparency and improved governance must not be stymied by old conflicts.
www.seafoodsource.com/news/environ...
www.seafoodsource.com/news/environ...
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The Chinese Navy (PLAN) has commissioned aircraft carrier Fujian on November 5 in Sanya. I provide an overview on the event and a preliminary assessment on how the development fits into wider Chinese carrier aviation, for @navalnews.com.
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
Chinese Navy Takes Aircraft Carrier Fujian Into Active Service
The Chinese Navy has commissioned the first aircraft carrier with electromagnetic catapults, Fujian, into active service in Hainan.
www.navalnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:22 AM
The Chinese Navy (PLAN) has commissioned aircraft carrier Fujian on November 5 in Sanya. I provide an overview on the event and a preliminary assessment on how the development fits into wider Chinese carrier aviation, for @navalnews.com.
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
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Syos, a tech startup originating from New Zealand but also with offices in the UK and Ukraine, has rapidly honed in on unmanned surface vessels (USV) as an area of growth for the company. It has produced dozens of craft for customers in the past year alone.
www.navalnews.com/event-news/i...
www.navalnews.com/event-news/i...
Combat-tested Syos USVs achieve rapid speed to capability - Naval News
Syos, a tech startup originating from New Zealand but also with offices in the UK and Ukraine, has rapidly honed in on unmanned surface vessels (USV) as an area of growth for the company.
www.navalnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Syos, a tech startup originating from New Zealand but also with offices in the UK and Ukraine, has rapidly honed in on unmanned surface vessels (USV) as an area of growth for the company. It has produced dozens of craft for customers in the past year alone.
www.navalnews.com/event-news/i...
www.navalnews.com/event-news/i...
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Piracy resurgence off Somalia - incl. a boarding 560NM SE of Eyl & an attempted boarding 332NM E of Mogadishu - threatens mariner safety & trade.
We're supporting partners in the response, delivering fused maritime intelligence for operational decisions.
#MaritimeSecurity #Piracy #MDA #IndianOcean
We're supporting partners in the response, delivering fused maritime intelligence for operational decisions.
#MaritimeSecurity #Piracy #MDA #IndianOcean
November 7, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Piracy resurgence off Somalia - incl. a boarding 560NM SE of Eyl & an attempted boarding 332NM E of Mogadishu - threatens mariner safety & trade.
We're supporting partners in the response, delivering fused maritime intelligence for operational decisions.
#MaritimeSecurity #Piracy #MDA #IndianOcean
We're supporting partners in the response, delivering fused maritime intelligence for operational decisions.
#MaritimeSecurity #Piracy #MDA #IndianOcean
Highlights for me were the staggering array of branded stubby holders, seeing how navies and industry are seeking to operationalise drones, and getting to meet @alxluck.bsky.social in the flesh.
Glad it only happens every 2 years - it’s going to take me a week to recover!
Glad it only happens every 2 years - it’s going to take me a week to recover!
Starboard Maritime Intelligence has wrapped up a full-on, high-intensity week at Indo Pacific 2025 in Sydney.
It was an excellent event, defined by non-stop live demonstrations of our platform and productive engagement with key delegations.
It was an excellent event, defined by non-stop live demonstrations of our platform and productive engagement with key delegations.
November 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Highlights for me were the staggering array of branded stubby holders, seeing how navies and industry are seeking to operationalise drones, and getting to meet @alxluck.bsky.social in the flesh.
Glad it only happens every 2 years - it’s going to take me a week to recover!
Glad it only happens every 2 years - it’s going to take me a week to recover!
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Starboard Maritime Intelligence has wrapped up a full-on, high-intensity week at Indo Pacific 2025 in Sydney.
It was an excellent event, defined by non-stop live demonstrations of our platform and productive engagement with key delegations.
It was an excellent event, defined by non-stop live demonstrations of our platform and productive engagement with key delegations.
November 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Starboard Maritime Intelligence has wrapped up a full-on, high-intensity week at Indo Pacific 2025 in Sydney.
It was an excellent event, defined by non-stop live demonstrations of our platform and productive engagement with key delegations.
It was an excellent event, defined by non-stop live demonstrations of our platform and productive engagement with key delegations.
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There's a 332m long tanker sitting in the Malaysian EEZ, having arrived from Venezuela on 01 November - location confirmed by @esa.int imagery. Her IMO number is invalid - it doesn't pass the check sum - and there is no vessel matching her description called ALICE. So my question is...
November 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
There's a 332m long tanker sitting in the Malaysian EEZ, having arrived from Venezuela on 01 November - location confirmed by @esa.int imagery. Her IMO number is invalid - it doesn't pass the check sum - and there is no vessel matching her description called ALICE. So my question is...
Highly likely US CSG spotted in the South China Sea near Scarborough Shoal on @esa.int Sentinel optical imagery with @skylightmarine.bsky.social vessel detections on @starboardintelligence.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Highly likely US CSG spotted in the South China Sea near Scarborough Shoal on @esa.int Sentinel optical imagery with @skylightmarine.bsky.social vessel detections on @starboardintelligence.com
False flagged OZANNO #IMO9394935 making its way through the Baltic to Primorsk (self reported). Interesting only in that it's the 69th, maybe 70th vessel to go onto @pa.nton.cx's list.
To think I used to breathlessly watch these tankers sailing through, expecting someone to do something.
To think I used to breathlessly watch these tankers sailing through, expecting someone to do something.
November 3, 2025 at 10:24 AM
False flagged OZANNO #IMO9394935 making its way through the Baltic to Primorsk (self reported). Interesting only in that it's the 69th, maybe 70th vessel to go onto @pa.nton.cx's list.
To think I used to breathlessly watch these tankers sailing through, expecting someone to do something.
To think I used to breathlessly watch these tankers sailing through, expecting someone to do something.
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Today at 1109Z what looks like a mass spoof event of AIS-signal took place in central Baltic Sea.
In an area from approximately Bornholm to mid Gulf of Finland hundreds (thousands?) of new AIS-messages suddenly appeared. A large part of them military ships.
In an area from approximately Bornholm to mid Gulf of Finland hundreds (thousands?) of new AIS-messages suddenly appeared. A large part of them military ships.
November 2, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Today at 1109Z what looks like a mass spoof event of AIS-signal took place in central Baltic Sea.
In an area from approximately Bornholm to mid Gulf of Finland hundreds (thousands?) of new AIS-messages suddenly appeared. A large part of them military ships.
In an area from approximately Bornholm to mid Gulf of Finland hundreds (thousands?) of new AIS-messages suddenly appeared. A large part of them military ships.
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This photos, showing a torpedo launched from an XLUUV (it’s not fully submerged, that’s normal for this stage of trials), puts the Indonesians ahead of all Western countries in this regard! Why are European navies sleeping?!?!
More info:
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
More info:
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
November 2, 2025 at 9:55 AM
This photos, showing a torpedo launched from an XLUUV (it’s not fully submerged, that’s normal for this stage of trials), puts the Indonesians ahead of all Western countries in this regard! Why are European navies sleeping?!?!
More info:
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
More info:
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
🛰️ The ocean has an information problem.
Hundreds of government-run centres track maritime incidents — piracy, smuggling, oil spills, collisions — yet almost none can share data with each other in real time.
Hundreds of government-run centres track maritime incidents — piracy, smuggling, oil spills, collisions — yet almost none can share data with each other in real time.
November 2, 2025 at 10:37 AM
🛰️ The ocean has an information problem.
Hundreds of government-run centres track maritime incidents — piracy, smuggling, oil spills, collisions — yet almost none can share data with each other in real time.
Hundreds of government-run centres track maritime incidents — piracy, smuggling, oil spills, collisions — yet almost none can share data with each other in real time.
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Article on #FR #France french #Army #Artillery exercise with lessons from #Ukraine incl use of multiple different drones, jammers, anti-drone guns and decoys etc.
www.defensenews.com/global/europ...
www.defensenews.com/global/europ...
In rain and mud, French artillery unit shows lessons from Ukraine war
The demonstration showed how France’s 35th Parachute Artillery Regiment is trying to adapt to a drone-dominated battlefield.
www.defensenews.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Article on #FR #France french #Army #Artillery exercise with lessons from #Ukraine incl use of multiple different drones, jammers, anti-drone guns and decoys etc.
www.defensenews.com/global/europ...
www.defensenews.com/global/europ...
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Former Syrian flag SYRIAMAR vessel Finikia which changed flags to two different false flag registries in 2025, (Swaziland & Timor Leste) also changed name twice and transited Bosphorus towards the Black Sea as Togo flagged Bayaze D, en route to Novorossiysk. #T
November 1, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Former Syrian flag SYRIAMAR vessel Finikia which changed flags to two different false flag registries in 2025, (Swaziland & Timor Leste) also changed name twice and transited Bosphorus towards the Black Sea as Togo flagged Bayaze D, en route to Novorossiysk. #T