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German Navy contributes to energy security

German Navy contributes to energy security

Gepostet von | 26 Oct 2022 | , , | 0

From a navy press release On Monday, 24 October 2022, the minehunter "Bad Bevensen" and the minesweeper "Bad Rappenau" departed from the naval base in Kiel to actively participate in the search for contaminated sites in the sea area off Lubmin (east of Greifswald). The construction of an LNG terminal is planned there. The two mine countermeasure units will search the seabed to determine the absence of explosive ordnance. The units of the 3rd mine detection squadron and the sea battalion mine divers on board are specially equipped and trained for this task. By detecting contaminated sites, they will contribute to the German Navy's energy security in Germany. Background The...

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LNG tankers pile up on Europe's coasts

LNG tankers pile up on Europe's coasts

Gepostet von | 25 Oct 2022 | , , | 0

For weeks now, full LNG gas tankers have been anchored off the south-west coast of Spain, waiting for a date to unload their eagerly awaited cargo. Even though Spain has the largest regasification capacities in Europe with 6 terminals (35%) and the largest storage facilities in Europe with almost 45%, only one tanker per terminal can be unloaded at a time in a time-consuming and controlled manner. To do this, the deep-frozen and therefore liquid gas must be pumped out, reheated, discharged and stored. And if the storage capacities are then exhausted with up to 90% filling, even the best gas can no longer be transferred - especially as the storage...

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Naval aviators and DGzRS hand in hand - running!

Naval aviators and DGzRS hand in hand - running!

Gepostet von | 25 Oct 2022 | , , | 0

On 17 October, the naval aviators from Nordholz supported the German Maritime Search and Rescue Service (DgzRS) in a SAR mission. A seriously ill crew member of the Oslo ferry "Color Magic" was to be rescued by the sea rescuers from the DGzRS station in Laboe and was flown directly to a hospital in close cooperation with the German Navy's naval aviators. When she needed help, the ferry was about to leave the Kiel Fjord heading north. The German Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC Bremen) was alerted via the Norwegian control centre in Stavanger, which dispatched the rescue cruiser "Berlin" with a rescue doctor to Laboe and simultaneously requested a SAR helicopter from the German Navy....

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EuroNaval: Naval Group presents visionary eco-combat ship "Blue Shark"

EuroNaval: Naval Group presents visionary eco-combat ship "Blue Shark"

Gepostet von | 25 Oct 2022 | , , , | 1

After German Naval Yards had already shown off its "Seaguard 96", the design for a future environmentally friendly corvette combat ship, at the SMM maritime technology trade fair in Hamburg a month ago, Group Naval was now able to present its vision for an even more futuristic-looking ship on home turf in Le Bourget near Paris at EuroNaval. The combat ship of the future, built and operated with maximum environmental responsibility and the size of a frigate (160 metres - 5,500 tonnes), is initially called the "Blue Shark" - in other words "a beast of war with the blue environmental seal" on it! The concept ship is to consist of the latest technological building blocks, which will be designed for use, but also for environmental protection on...

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