Maritime Joint Command News Today

The Argentine navy allowed a fleet of 259 Chinese fishing vessels to enter the countrys EEZ (Economic Exclusive Zone) to take refuge from a massive storm with seven meters high waves and winds of more than a hundred kilometers per hour. The Ministry of Defense also announced that once the storm was over the Chinese vessels returned to international waters.

"Chinas leaders see distant water fleets as a way to project presence around the world. The aim is to be present all over the worlds oceans so that they can direct the outcomes of international agreements that cover maritime resources." — Tabitha Mallory, CEO of China Ocean Institute and affiliate professor at the University of Washington, Axios, March 23, 2021. In the past five years, more than 500 abandoned wooden fishing boats, often with skeletons of starved North Korean fishermen aboard,...