The recent warning strikes in the public sector also affected shipping traffic in Hamburg. A targeted action by the trade union Verdi almost paralysed the port of Hamburg. The pilots were no longer able to reach the ships requiring piloting, which is why they were unable to call at or leave the container terminals, which meant that the port was...
Is the defence sector affected? At the end of April 2025, the Dutch public prosecutor's office publicised its investigation into Damen Shipyards and former executives. There is suspicion of corruption and discrepancies in procurement contracts. Investigators from the Dutch Financial Investigation and Prosecution Service (Fiscale Inlichtingen- en Opsporingsdienst, FIOD) allege that unclear payments were made between 2006 and 2017....
Pete Hegseth, the Minister of Defence, announced in mid-February that around 8 % of the investment programmes in the US defence budget are to be cut - equivalent to around 50 billion dollars. The main projects affected are those relating to diversity, equality and inclusion, followed by climate protection programmes. The freed-up funds will instead be...
ICC germany publishes the current situation of maritime piracy: Significant increase in crime in the first quarter
...The US Navy cancels its International Seapower Symposium (ISS), which has been a tradition for 56 years.
...What do we see there? They are the Royal Swedish Navy's Malmö-class HSWMS Stockholm (P 11) and the Visby-class corvettes HSWMS Nykoeping (K 34) and HSWMS Karlstad (K 35).
...With its carrier group in the eastern Mediterranean, the Armada has shown what the actually quite old Harrier vertical take-off aircraft are still capable of in their land attack support role: From the "Juan Carlos I", the core of the Dedalo carrier group consisting of the frigates "Blas de Lezo" and "Victoria" as well as the amphibious assault ship "Castilla" and another two...
Donald Trump chose an entrepreneur and art collector who has never had anything to do with the navy or armed forces as the new Secretary of the Navy (SecNav) quite early on before taking office. For good reasons. As founder and chairman of the private investment agency Rugger Management, John Phelan...
Since the beginning of the year, there have been increasing reports of explosions on or in Russian ships in the Mediterranean, but also in the Baltic Sea. According to various sources, these incidents are mostly due to limpet mines, of which there were considerable stocks in Soviet times, particularly in countries of the Eastern Bloc - and apparently...
The British Carrier Strike Group (CSG 25) with the aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales and a multinational escort group set course for the Mediterranean at the end of April. This marks the start of an eight-month deployment under the name "Operation Highmast" - which will see the Royal Navy and allies deployed to the Mediterranean, the Middle East,...
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