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Montevideo, March 30th 2025 - 00:32 UTC

Tag: Uruguayan Navy

  • Monday, August 14th 2023 - 10:14 UTC

    Uruguay: Mujica says apology to China over OPVs is in order

    “The Chinese market cannot be ignored,” Mujica argued

    Former Uruguayan President José Mujica said the current head of state Luis Lacalle Pou should apologize to China for the sloppiness in the purchase of two Ocean Patrol Vessels (OPVs) for the South American country's Navy from Spanish shipyard Cardama.

  • Tuesday, July 18th 2023 - 09:16 UTC

    Uruguay to purchase brand new OPVs from Spanish shipyard

    The Spanish-built OPVs “will have the mission of recovering control of the maritime space,” García explained

    Uruguayan authorities Monday announced they had placed an order for the purchase of two brand-new Ocean Patrol Vessels (OPV) from the Spanish shipyard Cardama for € 82 million, it was reported in Montevideo.

  • Monday, July 3rd 2023 - 10:55 UTC

    Uruguay's Navy rescues sick Chinese sailor

    The ROU 4 General Artigas was involved in the mission

    After receiving a request for help from the Chinese freighter “Sumatera Express,” the Uruguayan Navy evacuated a crewman who had suffered convulsions and loss of consciousness, providing him with the necessary medical assistance, it was reported Sunday in Montevideo.

  • Saturday, April 1st 2023 - 09:42 UTC

    Uruguay's Capitán Miranda sets sail

    Uruguay's Schoolship ROU 20 Capitán Miranda is back on a training journey. Law 20,120 dated March 24, 2023, authorized the vessel's departure “in order to carry out the 'XXXIII Training Trip'.” The sailing ship will visit 19 cities in America and Europe where the crew will promote the country's tourism.

  • Wednesday, March 15th 2023 - 10:14 UTC

    Missing fishermen found alive, Uruguayan Navy says

    After a large-scale deployment by the Uruguayan Navy and Coast Guard, the survivors were found by the crews of artisanal fishing boats

    Uruguay's Navy confirmed Tuesday that two fishermen who had gone missing had been finally found alive by artisanal fishing boats in the River Plate after the South American country's force staged a mass deployment of manpower and resources.

  • Thursday, January 19th 2023 - 10:05 UTC

    Uruguay deploys Protector class Coast Guard cutters

    The Marine Protector Class Patrol Boats are a series of vessels built for the United States Coast Guard (USCG) in the late 1990s

    Uruguayan Defense Minister Javier García explained in an interview with Paysandú's 'El Telégrafo' earlier this week that the new Protector class Coast Guard cutters donated by the United States in November of 2022 were actively patrolling the country's river waterways bordering Argentina.

  • Tuesday, July 5th 2022 - 09:06 UTC

    Uruguayan Navy arrests Chinese jigger which tried to flee arrest

    When jiggers turned the lights on to catch squid the ROU 23 “Maldonado” patrol vessel was sent for them on Sunday evening.

    The Uruguayan navy arrested Monday dawn a Chinese flagged jigger caught illegally fishing in the country's EEZ. The arrest was done following a night chase as the jigger tried to escape despite having first accepted a party of inspectors to board the vessel.

  • Wednesday, April 27th 2022 - 08:15 UTC

    Uruguayan Navy averts attempt to smuggle large meteorite from Argentina

    The metallic rock was seized at the port of Paysandú (L)

    Uruguayan authorities at the port of Paysandú have seized a meteorite worth around US$ 1 million when it was being smuggled into the country from Argentina, it was reported earlier this week.

  • Tuesday, March 29th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

    Uruguayan Defense receives three bids for purchase of OPVs

    President Lacalle Pou announced the call for the acquisition of two ocean patrols and stressed that it was an “imperative need for the care of our seas.”

    Uruguay's Ministry of Defense will now have to weigh three bids from manufacturers of Dutch, French, and Chinese origin who are interested in selling two Ocean Patrol Vessels (OPV) to the South American country's Navy, it was announced Monday in Montevideo after the tender was opened.

  • Wednesday, April 8th 2020 - 12:30 UTC

    Sanitary aircraft on Thursday will fly “Greg Mortimer” cruise Australians to Melbourne

    “Greg Mortimer” is stranded some twenty kilometers from the port of Montevideo with 128 positive tested cases of Covid 19

    A charter flight is expected in Montevideo on Thursday, April 9 to pick up and fly home to Australia most of passengers and crew on the “Greg Mortimer”, the cruise vessel stranded off the coast of Uruguay for the last two weeks because 128 people on board have tested positive for Covid 19.