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The maritime industry is an important economic sector in Germany

The maritime industry is an important economic sector in Germany

Posted by | 1 Jun 2021 | , , | 0

Maritime shipping is the backbone of global trade, as the pandemic has once again clearly demonstrated. The German merchant fleet is still the fifth largest in the world. With 16.4 per cent of global capacity, Germany even has the largest container fleet in the world. At the end of 2020, 1844 merchant ships were owned by German shipping companies. These shipping companies provide 86,000 jobs directly in Germany. Worldwide, they employ 480,000 people. Germany has a modern shipbuilding industry specialising in high-tech products. Between 70 and 80 per cent of the added value of a ship built in Germany is generated by the nationally based, medium-sized supplier industry, whose sites...

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AKK besucht USS Charleston

AKK besucht USS Charleston

Posted by | 31. May 2021 | , , , | 0

Verteidigungsministerin Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer hat am vergangenen Wochenende die US-Insel Guam besucht. Auf der Marinebasis von Apra Harbor ließ sie sich über die USS Charleston führen, ein Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) der US Navy. Sie nutzte die Gelegenheit auch, um mit Soldaten ins Gespräch zu kommen. Kramp-Karrenbauer befindet sich derzeit auf einer Asienreise, die sie bereits nach Südkorea geführt hat. Während es für die Ministerin eine der letzten großen Dienstreisen sein könnte, war es für den seit Januar zur Verfügung stehenden Airbus A 350 der Flugbereitschaft eine Premiere: Der erste Delegationsflug auf Langstreckendistanz. Guam ist ein wichtiger Außenposten für die...

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Werra is coming back!

Werra is coming back!

Posted by | 29 May 2021 | , , , | 0

It was a cold Friday with temperatures around zero degrees when the Werra left Kiel at the beginning of January. Under her commander, Corvette Captain Robert Lehmann, 61 male and 10 female soldiers took their leave on board the tender and set course for the Mediterranean. As part of the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG 2), they took on a variety of tasks in the Aegean over the following four months. The focus was on gathering information to build up a picture of the situation and cooperating with the Greek and Turkish coastguards and the European border protection agency Frontex. In order to establish a direct link to the partners on land...

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RAM for Egypt

RAM for Egypt

Posted by | 29 May 2021 | , , , | 0

The Egyptian Navy will receive up to 168 RIM-116s in the Block 2 variant from Raytheon. The US Department of Defence has now approved a sale under the Foreign Military Sales programme. The contract includes the delivery of Guided Missile Round Packs (GMRPs) and is worth around 113 million dollars. A good quarter of the work will be carried out by RAM-System GmbH in Ottobrunn. The GMRPs are used to transport, store and launch up to eleven of the missiles. RAM offers seeing units a means of self-defence against approaching missiles. The modern FKs have a length of 2.79 metres and carry a good...

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Hapag-Lloyd orders another 60,000 containers

Hapag-Lloyd orders another 60,000 containers

Posted by | 28 May 2021 | , , | 0

Just a few weeks ago, Hapag-Lloyd placed a major order for 150,000 containers in China. Now the German shipping company has gone one better and ordered a further 60,000 boxes. The first units are to be delivered as early as July, thus at least partially eliminating the current shortage. The reasons for the lack of a sufficient number of containers lie in the unexpectedly strong increase in demand for products from Asia, which are mostly shipped to Europe and America by container. In addition, there is an imbalance between imports and exports in Europe, which means that empty boxes also have to be sent to Asia by ship. Besides...

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