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The danger is averted

The danger is averted

Posted by | 6 Apr 2021 | , , | 0

Freighter is safe at the pier - great achievement by coastguard and tug crews The cargo ship "Eemslift Hendrika", drifting in the North Sea without a crew, has been secured. The ship had been drifting in the sea for several days without a crew or propulsion. The concern that the ship's fuel, namely heavy fuel oil and diesel, would spill into the sea has therefore been averted. Apart from the boats visible on the upper deck, nothing else is known about the cargo. There has also been no information about the service boat that apparently went overboard. Salvage crews managed to get on board and connect the ship with two tugboats - both at the bow...

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Japan maintains presence in the South China Sea

Japan maintains presence in the South China Sea

Posted by | 5 Apr 2021 | , , , | 0

Despite an increasingly aggressive tone from Beijing and the ever-expanding presence of Chinese ships in the South China Sea, the Japanese navy remains present in the region. Last week, the Japanese destroyer Akebono (DD 108) and the Australian frigate Anzac (FFH 150) conducted three days of exercises in the sea area between Vietnam and the Philippines. Both nations are thus sending out a signal in favour of a free and open Indo-Pacific. Most recently, a fleet of well over 200 alleged fishing vessels were anchored in bays of some of the reefs claimed by China. According to Chinese sources, the boats were merely sheltering from a storm...

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Baby on board!

Baby on board!

Posted by | 4 Apr 2021 | , , | 1

A baby was born on the rescue cruiser Pidder Lüng during the night of Easter Sunday. The crew of the ship stationed on Sylt were woken at two o'clock in the morning. A rescue helicopter was not available. The ship headed for the Danish harbour of Havneby. From there, an ambulance was to take the expectant mother to a hospital in Flensburg. However, during the 25-minute crossing, foreman Holger Speck, himself the father of three daughters, realised that the baby didn't want to wait that long. And as soon as the lines of the Pidder Lüng were secured in Havneby, a healthy baby boy arrived at 4.02 a.m....

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Dreadnoughts receive electronic controls

Dreadnoughts receive electronic controls

Posted by | 4 Apr 2021 | , , , , | 0

Modern aeroplanes would be unthinkable without it: fly-by-wire technology. This means that the control surfaces are no longer controlled mechanically, but electronically. The pilots have a joystick in the cockpit, whose electronics convert the movements into signals and transmit them to the corresponding flaps. Motors provide the control there. A similar system is to be installed in the British Dreadnought-class submarines currently under construction. Key functions such as the rudder, but also the depth rudder and the tanks responsible for buoyancy will then be controlled by computer. An Active Vehicle Control Management System will monitor all aspects of the steering and thus ensure that...

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Mission for the boarding team of the Berlin

Mission for the boarding team of the Berlin

Posted by | 3 Apr 2021 | , , , , | 0

A freighter flying the flag of Sierra Leone was inspected by the Berlin boarding team in recent days. The ship was on its way from Turkey to a Libyan harbour. During the search, the crew of the freighter was co-operative and no weapons or other prohibited items were found on board. This was the first boarding mission for the German task force provider as part of Operation Irini. The operation was carried out by the soldiers from Lithuania who had embarked on board the Berlin. This was the tenth boarding as part of Irini. The EU-led operation involves 24 members...

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