The naval aviators are on the rise: admittedly, it reads like a stereotype. But that's the truth. Following the arrival of the first two Boeing P-8A "Poseidon" and the landing of the very first NH90 "Sea Tiger" in December, the naval aviators in Nordholz are continuing to "swap" the entire "flying fleet". Following the budget committee's decision...
P-3C Orion flies reconnaissance off Argentina's coast With the arrival of the second of four formerly Norwegian and previously American P3-C/P3-N maritime patrol aircraft refurbished in the USA, Argentina's important capability for large-scale surveillance of its Exclusive Economic Zone in the South Atlantic is slowly being regenerated. Every year, it is mainly Chinese fishing fleets that move along the...
A Dutch motor cargo ship was damaged by an ice floe on the Mittelland Canal near Bülstringen in Saxony-Anhalt on 12 January. According to the waterway police, the skipper was just about to dock when the alarm was suddenly triggered in the engine room and water entered the ship. The ingressing water was initially able to be pumped out by the ship's own...
NVL builds patrol boats for Egypt NVL Egypt, a joint venture between Naval Vessels Lürssen and two Egyptian shipbuilding companies, was selected as prime contractor in September 2023 and has started building ten PV43-M patrol boats for the Egyptian Navy on schedule this September. The 43-metre offshore patrol boats (270 tonnes) are based on the...
Vilnius - Following cable damage in the Baltic Sea in early January, investigating authorities have searched a ship in connection with the incident, according to the Latvian Border Guard Police. According to the Lithuanian National Crisis Management Centre, the affected telecommunications cable connects the resort town of Sventoji in Lithuania with the Latvian port city of Liepaja - two coastal towns above Klaipeda...
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