Ocean-going tug "Rügen" in action
There was a premiere on 12 June 2025. The German Navy's new ocean-going tug "Rügen" deployed to the Aegean and ...
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Manta drones to secure Taiwan Strait
After Singapore presented its autonomous MARSEC platform for controlling the waterways off the coast of the city state at the beginning of the year, the ...
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It was expected, now Hapag-Lloyd is delivering its first results. According to preliminary figures from the end of January, the container shipping company's consolidated profit ...
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Amsterdam - Hydrogen corridor from Oman to Europe
In a Joint Development Agreement (JDA), the world's first import corridor for liquid hydrogen was established by the Sultanate of Oman, the Netherlands and ...
Home port: Memories of Olpenitz
Home harbour: Memories of Olpenitz. Stele opened in memory of another time.
Strategic Defence Review 2025: The UK's new direction between NATO focus and global presence
With the Strategic Defence Review 2025 (SDR), the UK is formulating a new security policy direction. Labour is focusing on conventional deterrence, nuclear modernisation and ...
Capabilities and importance of the German Navy
Recently it has become fashionable to criticise European navies, especially the German Navy. Critics argue, among other things, that ...
NATO ship on Russia's doorstep
Not at home in the north: the NRV "Alliance" is a ship that you rarely see and hardly anyone knows. Even ...
Day of the Bundeswehr in Stralsund
On 28 June, Armed Forces Day will take place at ten locations across Germany under the motto "We are here". A ...
Bremen - DGzRS celebrates the birthday of selfless help
The German Maritime Search and Rescue Service (DGzRS) was founded in Kiel on 29 May 1865 and has been ...
North Sea - Ship rams Dutch wind turbine
In April, units from the Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Organisation (KNRM) were called to a medical evacuation. Two crew members on board the "Glomar ...