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Two operational boats from Marine Alutech for Lithuania

Two operational boats from Marine Alutech for Lithuania

Gepostet von | 10 Apr 2025 | , , | 0

According to press releases issued by the Lithuanian Ministry of Defence and the Finnish Navy Alutech on 7 April 2025, Vilnius is acquiring two multi-purpose operational boats worth 22 million euros. The units, developed on the basis of the Watercat M18, are intended for the Lithuanian Navy and are to be assigned to the coastal defence battalion. Latvia has also already formally declared itself in favour of procurement, but has not yet signed a contract. The Lithuanian units are to be armed with Spike NLOS, a 32-kilometre-range missile and remote-controlled heavy machine gun systems. To strengthen regional maritime security, Finland, Latvia and Lithuania concluded a technical agreement in 2024 on a "common defence system".

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ZDF format "On Deck": documentary series about training at sea

ZDF format "On Deck": documentary series about training at sea

Gepostet von | 9 Apr 2025 | , , , | 0

Seafaring! A profession with adventure, hardship and privation. Not many young people dream of going to sea. This job description seems too far removed from everyday life, life on the high seas too intangible. No office job, no work-life balance - but plenty of responsibility, team spirit and prospects. Now in the ZDFmediathek: "On Deck - Training at Sea" The four-part documentary series "On Deck - Training at Sea" has been available in the ZDFmediathek since 21 March 2025. It follows 14 young people on their way to becoming nautical officers - on board a container ship, in the middle of the Atlantic, eleven weeks away from...

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Frigate "Baden-Württemberg" back to Wilhelmshaven

Frigate "Baden-Württemberg" back to Wilhelmshaven

Gepostet von | 9 Apr 2025 | , , , | 0

540 days away from home On 11 April 2025, the frigate "Baden-Württemberg" returns to Wilhelmshaven. The frigate had set sail on 20 October 2023, initially to take part in UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon). The subsequent Indo-Pacific Deployment (IPD) then took her around the world. Ports included Halifax, New York, Pearl Harbor with participation in the RIMPAC manoeuvre, as well as several port calls in the Far East and India. After a stop in Cape Town, the ship returned to the Mediterranean for UNIFIL. Under the command of frigate captain Bogislav-Jesko von Puttkamer, the embarkation crew took over the "Baden-Württemberg" in Singapore...

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South Korea - First US cargo ship successfully repaired

South Korea - First US cargo ship successfully repaired

Gepostet von | 9 Apr 2025 | , , | 0

In July 2024, the South Korean shipyard Hanwha Ocean signed a Master Ship Repair Agreement with the US Naval Supply Systems Command to expand both its maintenance business and its relationship with the US Navy. And the US Navy is relying on these capabilities to mitigate its own lack of shipyard capacity, personnel shortages and cost and distance issues in its maintenance programmes. Marineforum reported on this in November 2024: "South Korea - new order for the US Navy". Now Hanwha Ocean has completed an extensive overhaul project for USNS "Wally Schirra". The 40,000-tonne Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship belongs to the Military Sealift Command and has been on the...

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Netherlands - Navy receives fast patrol boats

Netherlands - Navy receives fast patrol boats

Gepostet von | 8 Apr 2025 | , , | 0

The Ministry of Defence is procuring thirteen new boats for the Royal Netherlands Navy to replace the current Fast Raiding Interception Special Forces Craft (FRISC). The contracts with the De Haas Maassluis B.V. shipyard in Rotterdam were signed in March and the first Future Fast Interceptors (FFI) are due to be delivered in around 3 to 4 years. The new boats are more modern, faster and more heavily armed than the FRISC, have an improved sensor and communication system and are less easy for enemies to recognise. In addition, the physical strain on personnel has been reduced. Innovations to the hull...

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