On 5 September 2025, the shipyard celebrated its anniversary with a ceremony and guests from politics, business and the maritime industry. The company presented its entrepreneurial milestones, technical pioneering work and the transformation of a medium-sized company into an international speciality shipbuilder. "Sometimes the sea is as smooth as glass, sometimes you fight against the...
The small Nordfriesland Maritime Museum in Husum is home to all kinds of exhibits about local seafaring in past centuries. If you ever find yourself in the picturesque North Sea town of Husum, you should definitely visit the local maritime museum. Housed in a historic brick building not far from the inland harbour, seafaring enthusiasts will find everything here to make their hearts beat faster....
The VSM (German Shipbuilding and Ocean Industries Association) has issued a clear call for decisions and decisive action Managing Director Reinhard Lüken comments on the situation in the association's October 2025 newsletter. The German naval shipbuilding industry is efficient, but the administration and politicians need to improve their cooperation in order to actually seize the opportunities presented by the turnaround in naval procurement.
15 beer tables are part of the standard equipment for every volunteer fire brigade in Bavaria. The average lifespan of such a beer table is 30 years. In the days when the navy was still responsible for its own armour, the service life of a frigate was also calculated at around 30 years. Since the magic number of destroyers...
The fragile ecosystems of the oceans in particular are suffering from human intervention. Despite this, only declarations of intent remain from this year's UN Ocean Conference. In June 2025, the third UN Ocean Conference (UNOC-3) was held in Nice with 175 UN member states, following New York in 2017 and Lisbon in 2022. Around 60 statesmen or high-ranking members of government took part in the...