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SAAB: Mid-life upgrade for third Gotland-class submarine under contract

SAAB: Mid-life upgrade for third Gotland-class submarine under contract

Gepostet von | 21 Mar 2022 | , , , , | 0

The Swedish procurement authority Försvarsmaktens has commissioned Saab with the mid-life upgrade of "HMS Halland", the third submarine in the Gotland class. This was announced by the Swedish defence company on 18 March. "HMS Uppland" was the second submarine in the Swedish Navy's Gotland class to complete the refit in December 2021. The three Gotland-class submarines were built at Kockums in Malmö between 1992 and 1996, with "HMS Halland" entering service on 1 October 1997. "HMS Gotland" was able to demonstrate its capabilities in exercises with the US Navy during a long-term deployment on the US West Coast between 2005 and 2007. Saab received 2021...

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Upcoming change of managing director at thyssenkrupp Marine Systems

Upcoming change of managing director at thyssenkrupp Marine Systems

Gepostet von | 21 Mar 2022 | , , , | 0

The Kiel-based shipyard thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (tkMS) has a new Managing Director. At an extraordinary meeting, the Supervisory Board of tkMS confirmed its previous Chairman, Oliver Burkhard, as the successor to Dr Rolf Wirtz. Oliver Burkhard will move to the fjord on 1 May 2022. He is no stranger there. In his role as a member of the Executive Board of thyssenkrupp AG, Burkhard has been responsible for the marine business since 2018 and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of thyssenkrupp Marine Systems GmbH since 2017. Since 2013, the business administration graduate has been a member of the Executive Board of thyssenkrupp AG as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) and Labour Director. Six years previously...

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One year ago: Ever Given in the Suez Canal

One year ago: Ever Given in the Suez Canal

Gepostet von | 21 Mar 2022 | , , | 0

German Nautical Association commemorates the anniversary of the EVER GIVEN accident in the Suez Canal 23 March 2022 marks the anniversary of the accident of the container ship EVER GIVEN in the Suez Canal. The 20,000 TEU container ship EVER GIVEN ran aground during the Suez Canal passage. The ship, which was around 400 metres in length, capsized, blocking the canal. As a result, maritime trade through the Suez Canal came to a standstill for a long time, with drastic consequences for the international maritime industry and end consumers. Following the approval of the second Elbe deepening stage on 24 January 2022, large container ships will now be able to pass through the...

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Donald Cook in Warnemünde

Donald Cook in Warnemünde

Gepostet von | 17 Mar 2022 | , , , | 0

Walkers in Warnemünde watch in amazement as something threads its way into the sea channel: an unusual silhouette moves towards the Warnow in slightly hazy weather. It is a United States Navy destroyer, the "Donald Cook" (DDG - 75) of the Arleigh Burke class. The US Navy destroyer is on an informal visit to Rostock and has moored in the industrial harbour. According to the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state command, the ship has requested host nation support, meaning that it is being replenished, refuelled and disposed of whatever a ship needs. The "Donald Cook" will leave the Warnow again on Monday. About the background of the stay...

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Sevastopol and the Black Sea Fleet - an impossible divorce

Sevastopol and the Black Sea Fleet - an impossible divorce

Gepostet von | 17 Mar 2022 | , , , | 0

The naval base of Sevastopol on the south-western tip of Crimea has been the main base of the Russian Black Sea Fleet since the 18th century. This fleet is part of the former Imperial Russian Navy, or the Soviet naval fleet until 1991, and since then the naval forces of the Russian Federation. Although it is the smallest of the four fleets in the Russian sphere of influence and has no nuclear significance (it has been disarmed since the early 1990s), it is Russia's strategic arm towards the Mediterranean. It is stationed with the vast majority of its units in Sevastopol, while other harbours in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov are used as bases for larger or more powerful...

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