Tag: Chilean Navy

• Wednesday, June 5th 2024 - 09:34 UTC

  USS George Washington crosses into Chilean waters

  

  Chile's Navy confirmed Tuesday through a posting on X that the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington had crossed the Strait of Magellan into Pacific Ocean waters and was on her way to Valparaíso. Accompanying the vessel were the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Porter (DDG-78) and the Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet tanker USNS John Lenthall (T-AO-189).

• Saturday, April 20th 2024 - 10:39 UTC

  Chile's new icebreaker completes first week at sea

  

  The new Chilean-built “Almirante Viel” icebreaker completed her first week of sea testing on Friday, it was reported in Santiago.

• Tuesday, December 26th 2023 - 06:56 UTC

  Chilean navy adds submarine to keep track of foreign fishing fleets

  

  The Chilean Navy has bolstered patrol operations against illegal fishing in the South Pacific region and keeping track of fishing vessels crossing into the South Atlantic. Normally operations are the task of naval surface vessels and air surveillance, but last week it took the unusual step of deploying a Scorpene-class attack submarine on a fisheries-enforcement patrol in the Juan Fernandez Archipelago and further south.

• Wednesday, May 3rd 2023 - 11:26 UTC

  Chile keeps track of the Chinese jigger fleet crossing from the Atlantic to the Pacific

  

  The Chilean Navy and the country's National Fisheries Service, Sernapesca, reported that they are keeping track of the “devastating” Chinese fleet sailing from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans and currently sailing north along the Chilean coast line, after ending its squid season.

• Monday, December 26th 2022 - 09:01 UTC

  Chile launches the first icebreaker made in South America

  

  The first icebreaker built in Latin America, Almirante Oscar Viel, was launched last week from the state-run naval ASMAR shipyard in Talcahuano, Chile after five years of construction

• Monday, December 5th 2022 - 09:58 UTC

  Jiggers have started crossing from the Pacific to the Atlantic, reports Chilean Navy

  

  The Chilean Navy said it is keeping track of the international fishing fleet (mostly jiggers), transiting through the Magellan Strait from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean which started in November.

• Wednesday, June 22nd 2022 - 09:54 UTC

  First Chilean-built icebreaker 60% complete

  

  At a total cost of around US$ 210 million, Chile's first home-built icebreaker is already 60% complete and plans to be seaworthy by the time of the XII International Naval Exhibition and Congress in Valparaíso in December, it was reported.

• Thursday, May 26th 2022 - 22:48 UTC

  Strong quake felt in Peru, Chile and Bolivia

  

  A strong earthquake rocked Chile, Perú, and Bolivia Thursday morning. Authorities in the three countries are still to release detailed reports on the aftermath of the event.

• Monday, February 28th 2022 - 20:15 UTC

  Steel cutting ceremony to build multipurpose vessels for the Chilean navy

  

  Chilean president Sebastián Piñera headed on Sunday the steel cutting ceremony for the building of the first, --out of four--, multipurpose vessel, to be incorporated to the country's navy. Also present at the ceremony were Defense minister Baldo Prokurica and the commander in chief of the navy, Admiral Juan Andrés de la Maza.

• Thursday, October 21st 2021 - 09:24 UTC

  Chilean Navy acts on protesting fishermen

  

  Chile's Navy Wednesday took action against protesting fishermen off Valparaíso, who were insisted they had not worked for more than 100 days and demanded promises made eight years ago be delivered.