During a joint demonstration by German Naval Yards and CMN Naval (Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie) in Cherbourg, Anschütz was able to demonstrate the performance of its autonomous navigation and deployment system. During a high-speed voyage, the unmanned test vessel manoeuvred autonomously, maintained the specified course and avoided recognised hazards in accordance with the rules. The test...
German seaport companies have reached a new collective agreement with the trade union surprisingly quickly. The approximately 11,000 port workers in Hamburg and the other northern German coastal states will receive a 3.1 per cent wage increase and one-off payments from August. It only took two days of negotiations before the trade union ver.di and...
German seaport companies have reached a new collective agreement with the trade union surprisingly quickly. The approximately 11,000 port workers in Hamburg and the other northern German coastal states will receive a 3.1 per cent wage increase and one-off payments from August. It only took two days of negotiations before the trade union ver.di and...
Eight months after the first steel cut, the ship was completed at BAE Systems' Scotstoun shipyard and decked out for the christening by Princess Kate: "Glasgow", the type ship of the 6,900 tonne Type 26 class of the Royal Navy. It was not christened with champagne, but traditionally with a bottle of Scotch whisky. It...
Eight months after the first steel cut, the ship was completed at BAE Systems' Scotstoun shipyard and decked out for the christening by Princess Kate: "Glasgow", the type ship of the 6,900 tonne Type 26 class of the Royal Navy. It was not christened with champagne, but traditionally with a bottle of Scotch whisky. It...
The shipbuilding yard thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (tkMS) unveiled its new brand identity at the beginning of June 2025. From now on, it will operate under the brand name TKMS and the promise "Your Maritime Powerhouse". The shipbuilder wants to be perceived more strongly as an independent company and is therefore also changing the background colour from blue to anthracite. The...
Apparently, the Chinese navy now also has super-large, autonomously operating small submarines of the XLUUV (Extra-Large Unmanned Underwater Vehicle) type - in five different prototypes. Recent images show the road transport of one of these models for the first time: concealed under a tarpaulin is an approximately twelve-metre-long object that was initially...
Maritime supply industry looks back on stable growth and positive prospects At its press conference in Hamburg on 9 July, the maritime supply industry looked back on a successful financial year. The presentation by Martin Johannsmann, Managing Director of SKF Marine GmbH and Chairman of the Executive Board of AG Marine Equipment and Systems, was also very positive....
Benefit concert at the Mürwik Naval School in Flensburg Every two years, the Mürwik Naval School organises a benefit concert. Despite the changeable weather at the start of the event, the Kiel Naval Music Corps under the direction of Lieutenant-Captain Andreas Siry immediately created a great atmosphere among the 500 guests. From the overture...
The ports of northern Germany are to become climate-neutral in the long term. The federal government is providing an additional 400 million euros over the next four years for the modernisation of shipping and infrastructure. The investments, which are to come from the Climate and Transformation Fund (KTF), are earmarked for the construction of green shore power systems and energy bunkers as well as...
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