Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…it's that bi-annual time again– DSEI – the Defence and Security Equipment International exposition - will be held September 9-12 at Excel in London. Joining us to discuss this year’s focus, as well as recent maritime headlines and trends in the UK and across Europe is Rear Adm (ret’d) Jon Pentreath, DSEI’s Senior Military Adviser for Navy and Army programs.

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Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…there’s a shadow fleet of tankers trading the world’s oceans – by some estimates nearly 2,000 tankers, about a fifth of the global tanker fleet. The ships evade international law, break embargoes, and can cause economic and ecological havoc. Michelle Wiese Bockmann is an expert on the deceptions, and she’ll join us to talk about the strategic and security threats this growing fleet poses to worldwide security.

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Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…Brent Sadler of the Heritage foundation joins us to talk force structure, readiness, deterring adversaries as well as his insights on the latest Chinese Coast Guard dust-up in the South China Sea.

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Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…over the last month Cavas and Servello have discussed the Ships Act, the Big Beautiful Bill, visited Hanwha Philly Shipyard and Black Sea Technologies in Balitimore–-expert navalist Bryan Clark helps us connect the dots on all of these important topics. 

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Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…We talk to Black Sea Technology CEO Chris Devine about the varied and innovative work his company is doing. Cavas and I were at the company’s headquarters in Baltimore to see first hand the naval work being done by BlackSea, including the manufacturing and delivering of dozens of uncrewed platforms each month.

Also, Cavas and Servello discuss their trip to Baltimore and Cavas' visit to the Norfolk waterfront.

Given the travel this week, we are skipping the headlines and jumping right into the discussion portion of the pod.

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Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…Hanwha’s acquisition of the Philadelphia Shipyard has created intense interest since the deal was completed in December, and the South Korean defense giant now is beginning to show off its first American shipyard. Hanwha Philly Ship CEO David Kim is with us to talk about the expectations for turning the yard into a showcase of expertise and efficiency.

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Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…friends of the pod and maritime experts Sal Mercogliano and John Konrad are back to discuss the latest mess in the Red Sea, why optimism about shipbuilding might be misplaced and what’s up with the US Coast Guard.

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Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…the final ships of one of the US Navy’s most controversial shipbuilding programs ever are about to be completed and delivered from their builders. We will hear from the Navy’s program managers for the littoral combat ship, CAPT Matt Lehmann and Jonas Brown, about what’s next for this unique class of ship.  

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Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…Vigor Marine Group’s Francesco Valente joins us to discuss the Navy’s lofty readiness goals, ways to improve vessel maintenance practices and his company’s growing influence in the US ship repair business.

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Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…we are joined by Rear Admiral  Pete Small, Naval Sea System Commands Chief Engineer and Surface and Subsurface Warfare Center Lead to discuss shipbuilding, ship repair and how to be more effective.

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