Tamsen Maritim GmbH celebrates the 30th anniversary of the re-establishment of the Rostock-Gehlsdorf shipyard site In 1995, the Abeking & Rasmussen shipyard (Lemwerder) and Neptun Industrie Rostock jointly founded A&R Neptun Boat Service GmbH on the site of the former Neptun naval shipyard in Gehlsdorf. At that time, around DM 23 million was invested in new halls (total area...
Update from 10/05/2025 see below With the seizure of the crude oil tanker "Eventin" (152,000 tdw), which is attributed to the Russian shadow fleet, Germany is skipping several stages of escalation, according to a sanctions expert. It is unclear what will happen to the ship and its cargo. Always close by: a ship from the Coast Guard Coordination Organisation. The federal coast guard has been...
As part of a joint amphibious exercise in the south of the country near Toulon, France's Marine Nationale and Armee de Terre tested what a dozen or so companies offer in the way of commercially available drones and how these devices are suitable for solving military problems or could be modified for such purposes. In the process, the landing...
The Panamanian Maritime Authority (PMA) has removed 107 ships from its register because they have violated international sanctions. A further 18 ships are in the process of being removed from the register. The current step is part of Panama's consistent action against the circumvention of rules and sanctions. Especially after the implementation...
Maritime co-operation between Germany and Singapore has reached a new level of maturity. Singapore's order for two more 218SG class submarines from thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (tkMS) not only cements a relationship of technological trust - it also creates a resilient security partnership in the geopolitically significant Indo-Pacific region. Singapore's...
Christening of the corvette AUGSBURG - Fourth unit of the second batch officially christened "Augsburg" in Hamburg at NVL On 8 May 2025, the fourth corvette of the second batch of Class 130 was officially christened "Augsburg" at the Blohm+Voss shipyard in Hamburg. The festive ceremony took place in the presence of numerous representatives of...
The Norwegian oil trader Haltbakk Bunkers announced on 2 March that it would stop supplying fuel to the American armed forces in Norway and to American ships docked in Norwegian ports. Gunnar Gran, the owner of the company, justified this step with the behaviour of the American president towards the president of Ukraine. The company is suffering...
The Type 23 frigate "HMS Iron Duke" was the last remaining unit of the Type 23 flotilla (133 metres, 4,300 tonnes) that once comprised 16 ships in the port of Portsmouth. It has now been redeployed to its new home port of Devonport/Plymouth, where the other six remaining Type 23 frigates are already based. There, the now 40-year-old and...
Onboard event provides impetus for improving ship operations What will the fully electric operation of a ferry look like in the future? How can alternative light sources improve energy efficiency? How can blind trips be avoided? These questions were at the centre of the latest event organised by the Maritime Cluster Northern Germany (MCN). On board the Scandlines hybrid ferry "Schleswig-Holstein",...
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...
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