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RAM for Egypt

RAM for Egypt

Gepostet von | 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

Gepostet von | 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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Holland in the Caribbean

Holland in the Caribbean

Gepostet von | 27 May 2021 | , , , , | 0

Another of the country's warships is now travelling in the sea area around the Netherlands Antilles. HNLMS Holland was welcomed with 21 gun salutes from Fort Krommelijn on Curacao. The Holland is being deployed as a so-called station ship and will remain on site for several months. This position was last filled by the Groningen, a sister ship of the Holland, which returned to its home port of Den Helder in mid-January. She had to abandon her mission in the Caribbean prematurely because urgent repairs were needed to the starboard shaft. As another ship was not available for this task at short notice, the function of the station ship had to be taken over by...

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Russian ships practise in the Barents Sea

Russian ships practise in the Barents Sea

Gepostet von | 25 May 2021 | , , , | 0

Together with the nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser Peter the Great (Project 1144), more than ten Russian units have been exercising in the Barents Sea. The minesweepers, submarines, submarine hunters and missile ships of the Northern Fleet trained a range of different scenarios under the command of the Deputy Commander of the Northern Fleet, Vice Admiral Oleg Golubev. After leaving the Severomorsk base, they first had to cross a fairway through simulated minefields and fend off attacks from attackers in speedboats. The exercises on the high seas then centred on submarine hunting exercises, in which Ka-27 helicopters with their APM-73V-MAD submersible sonar system were also deployed. In support of this, an Ilyushin Il-38 submarine fighter...

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Maintenance order for MAN

Maintenance order for MAN

Gepostet von | 24 May 2021 | , , | 0

MAN Energy Solutions and Fairbanks Morse have been jointly awarded a contract by the US Department of Defence. The contract, worth a maximum of 170 million dollars, covers the maintenance of diesel engines on board Military Sealift Command (MSC) ships. During the five-year term, spare parts and services will be provided worldwide. The MSC fleet includes submarine tenders, hospital ships, ammunition transporters, tankers, expeditionary mobile bases, expeditionary transfer docks, ro-ro ships and ro-ro container ships. The Military Sealift Command is part of the US Navy and controls its supply and transport ships. Not all MSC units belong to the Navy itself. The core fleet can be identified by the grey paintwork on the hull and superstructure and the blue and gold stripes on the...

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