The training sailing ship "Gorch Fock" has left its home port of Kiel and is heading for the Canary Islands. On the return voyage via Valencia, Málaga and Brest, 220 officer candidates receive their basic maritime training in two cruises.
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As a seafarer, you don't want to have to look at these pictures, but as a chronicler of maritime events, you can't close your eyes to them. The Rio Guayas through the centre of Ecuador's port city of Guayaquil, home to 3 million people, can be a killer! At its narrowest point, a smart pedestrian bridge was built from the city to the green island of Santay in 2014, but in 2017 and 2018, two military units failed in their attempt to defy the fierce tidal current to catch the open passage. After the delicate-looking bridge had only recently been repaired, the Ecuadorian Navy asked the President of Ecuador via the Ministry of Defence to dismantle it again in mid-September.
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After the end of the Cold War, the USA closed the radar stations installed on Greenland. Now Denmark has once again decided on an Arctic surveillance programme. After a two-year analysis and planning phase, the Danish parliament decided in February of this year to implement the programme for expanded surveillance of the Arctic air and sea space that had already been adopted in 2019. A tension-free Arctic is a top political priority for Danish policymakers, but the expansion of the Russian base chain along the Siberian coast is a cause for concern. This applies in particular to the Nagurskoye airbase on the Franz Josef Islands, as fighter bombers can use air refuelling to attack the American base at Thule from here.
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Die Gegner könnten nicht ungleicher gewesen sein: Ein schmuckes Segelschulschiff ähnlich der GORCH FOCK und ein hochmotorisierter, halbtauchender Drogenschmuggler! Und dennoch gelang der ecuadorianischen Dreimastbark GUAYAS das Kunststück, das drogenbepackte Schnellboot auf seiner Fahrt nach Norden abzufangen und aufzubringen. Schieres Glück und großes Pech halfen dem Kommandanten – einerseits günstige Winde und ständige Information über die Lageänderung durch die amerikanische Luftüberwachung der Anti-Drogen-Taskforce, andererseits Ausfall von zwei der drei Außenbords-Motoren und vielleicht auch die beeindruckende Silhouette eines Dreimasters aus der Froschperspektive. Auch wenn der Segler bestenfalls 10 Knoten laufen konnte, wäre das Boot mit 40 Knoten deutlich im Vorteil...
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In Kiel, experts discussed the future of western navies Kiss, the Kiel International Seapower Symposium, focussed this year on the paths of an allied maritime strategy in the 21st century. After focussing on maritime strategic ends in 2018 and means in 2019. The conference is part of a series of symposia that evaluate NATO's Maritime Strategy, published in 2011. It also aims to provide impetus for future EU, NATO and national concepts in the maritime sector. Because in view of the latest geopolitical developments and the resurgence of competition between the major powers, some even believe that adjustments are...
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