Ex-Völkerfreundschaft is scrapped
So now it is happening after all, although the last owner still emphasised that the ship would not be scrapped. Because rumours about ...
Olpenitz home port - a place of remembrance
Home harbour: Memories of Olpenitz. Stele opened in memory of another time.
Japan tests railgun demonstrator
The electric cannon - Japan's railgun project picks up speed The subject of the "electric cannon" (railgun) is far from over: 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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Kiel - Traditional sailor allegedly dumped faeces
Traditional ships are the maritime centrepiece of every sailing event, such as Kiel Week. They keep tradition alive and bring it to life. ...
Manoeuvre with interaction
During the large-scale exercise Baltops, experts from the Naval Shipping Administration inform merchant ship captains about the background and exercise areas. In an interview, First Lieutenant at Sea Markus ...
China's Arctic express route
Chinese container ships received authorisation from Russia to cross the Arctic Ocean on the Northeast Passage without icebreakers.
Anschütz drives autonomous navigation forward
At a joint demonstration by German Naval Yards and CMN Naval (Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie) in Cherbourg, Anschütz presented the ...
Hamburg - quick wage agreement for port employees
German seaport companies have reached a new collective agreement with the trade union surprisingly quickly. The approximately 11,000 harbour workers and ...
Type 26 of the Royal Navy - christened with whisky
Eight months after the first steel cut, the ship was completed at BAE Systems' Scotstoun shipyard and ready for ...
Kiel shipyard TKMS with new logo
The shipbuilding yard thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (tkMS) unveiled its new brand identity at the beginning of June 2025. From now on, it will operate under the ...
China - large underwater drone recognised
Apparently, the Chinese navy now also has super-large, autonomously operating small submarines of the XLUUV (Extra-Large Unmanned Underwater Vehicle) type - ...
Maritime supply industry - sector on course for success
Maritime supply industry sees stable growth and positive prospects