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New MUS commander

New MUS commander

Gepostet von | 19 Sep 2024 | , , | 0

Longest-serving naval captain retires Klaus Heermeier joined the navy 47 years ago. Now he is handing over his last command to his successor. He was in command of the Naval NCO School for three and a half years. "The navy is the branch of the armed forces that knows how to deal with each other very well," he said, and it was always particularly important to the experienced officer to live a "sanction-free counselling of subordinates and superiors" and to promote his subordinate soldiers as head of department. His time as commander was characterised by Russia's attack on Ukraine and the coronavirus pandemic, among other things. His successor is Captain...

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Long live the king!

Long live the king!

Gepostet von | 18 Sep 2024 | , , | 0

The striking Sea King has been flying for the German Navy since 1974. Over the past five decades, the helicopter has proven its flexibility and reliability - especially when rescuing people at sea. Hurricane-like storms with wind speeds of up to 160 kilometres per hour swept in from the Atlantic through the English Channel and piled up waves up to 20 metres high. On the rocky south coast of Cornwall, a house-high surf broke with deafening thunder and roar. The paths and roads in the south-west of the island were largely deserted. All airfields in the south of England had been closed. Even the...

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Review SMM - Developments in the shipbuilding industry

Review SMM - Developments in the shipbuilding industry

Gepostet von | 17 Sep 2024 | , , , , | 0

The German Shipbuilding and Ocean Industries Association provided information on current industry developments at SMM. Under the motto "SMM - driving the maritime transition", the 31st SMM focussed on the maritime energy transition and the digital transformation. Between 3 and 6 September, not only the latest technologies and solutions from the maritime industry were presented. Twelve packed exhibition halls and numerous exhibitors in the open-air areas once again impressively demonstrated the diversity of the maritime industry. 90,000 square metres, representing the entire value chain of the industry. After all, Germany's maritime industry employs around 400,000 people and its turnover is estimated at 50 billion euros.

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Indo-Pacific Association ends participation in UN sanctions monitoring

Indo-Pacific Association ends participation in UN sanctions monitoring

Gepostet von | 17 Sep 2024 | , , | 0

The two ships of the German Indo-Pacific Deployment 2024 monitored the United Nations sanctions against North Korea's nuclear and missile armament together with multinational partners from mid-August to mid-September 2024. The participants in this cooperation contribute to the situation picture of the Pacific Security Maritime Exchange. The frigate "Baden-Württemberg" and the task force provider "Frankfurt am Main" acted as the "eyes and ears" of the United Nations and collected information on illegal ship transhipments on the high seas. They forwarded information about suspicious activities and offences to the Enforcement Coordination Cell, where the data is collected and analysed. The association is now continuing its route...

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Spain: New-build F-110 frigate ahead of schedule

Spain: New-build F-110 frigate ahead of schedule

Gepostet von | 17 Sep 2024 | , , | 2

Since April 2019, the state-owned Navantia shipyard has had a contract with the Spanish Navy for the construction of five F-110 multi-purpose frigates - first delivery in 2028, worth around 4.4 billion euros. Special new features of this type of ship are the block production in 33 hull sections introduced for the first time at Navantia and a land-based "digital twin", which each ship will receive in the sense of modern system management. Shipbuilding work on the type ship, the Almirante Bonifaz (F-111), began at Navantia in Ferrol in 2022 and is now allowing a critical look at the schedule. As expected, delays and delivery bottlenecks are usually explained verbosely and flowerily. Not so...

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