Category: Shipping

Mega-threat from mega-carriers

Mega-threat from mega-carriers

Posted by | 6 Apr 2022 | , , , , | 0

The effects of the accident in the Suez Canal can still be felt today. What are the limits for navigating rivers and canals with container giants? The container giant Ever Given attracted worldwide attention when it capsized at around 14:40 (UTC) on 23 March while passing through the Suez Canal, which is only 300 metres wide. Further passages by ships were subsequently no longer possible. Towing the vessel free was unsuccessful as both ends of the ship had been pushed deep into the sandy embankments due to the high kinetic energy. Access marineforum digital+ Are you already a registered user? Log in here now - also MOV members:...

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Where have they gone?

Where have they gone?

Posted by | 15 Mar 2022 | , , , , | 0

After reunification in 1990, Germany's navy suddenly had hundreds of boats and ships at its disposal. Many of them were dispensable for political purposes and were sold or utilised worldwide. At the end of the Cold War in 1990, the Bundesmarine was a powerful and operationally ready navy capable of high-intensity combat. The Bundesmarine's mission was based on credible, conventional deterrence against the Warsaw Pact navies in the North Atlantic and in the North and Baltic Seas. At the time, the German Navy comprised around 175 boats and ships as well as 110 Tornado fighter-bombers. With the end of the bloc confrontation, politics and society demanded a clear peace dividend...

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Shipyards in crisis

Shipyards in crisis

Posted by | 9 Mar 2022 | , , , | 0

The insolvency of the MV Werften Group poses considerable challenges not only for the structurally weak region in north-east Germany. Experts see a threat to the entire German shipbuilding industry. 10 January 2022 will go down as a black day in the recent history of German shipbuilding. On this day, the management of the MV Werften Group, which belongs to the Malaysian Genting Group and has sites in Wismar, Rostock and Stralsund, filed for insolvency. Lloyd Werft in Bremerhaven, which also belongs to Genting, was also affected. The shock was particularly great in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, although it was not entirely unexpected. The shock was particularly...

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Course South America

Course South America

Posted by | 23 Feb 2022 | , , | 0

In its 150-year history, the Hamburg Süd shipping company has had to start from scratch more than once. In the meantime, the flagship is no longer in German hands. Founded in 1871 by Hamburg merchants, the Hamburg Süd shipping company has been an institution in Hamburg and on the South America trade for 150 years. Although it has since been sold to the Danish Maersk Group, the company's name has remained a highly valued trademark, as has its Hamburg location. On the one hand, this is certainly due to the name, but more importantly, the easier preservation of the established economic connections that was achieved in this way will have been the decisive factor. One...

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Propaganda for the youth

Propaganda for the youth

Posted by | 18 Feb 2022 | , , | 0

At the beginning of the First World War, the small cruiser "Emden" was roaming the waters of Asia. After its sinking, Lieutenant Captain Hellmuth von Mücke led the crew back home in an adventurous way. During his lifetime, he rivalled the legendary "sea devil" Felix Graf von Luckner in popularity, and his experiences were filmed for television and cinema in 2012 by Berengar Pfahl under the title "The Men of the Emden": Kapitänleutnant Hellmuth von Mücke. Born on 25 June 1881 in Zwickau, like Count Luckner and Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, he was one of the heroic figures of imperial Germany. The response to his odyssey was correspondingly great.

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