Category: Shipping

Frigate 125 - Of goals and milestones, challenges and wishes

Frigate 125 - Of goals and milestones, challenges and wishes

Gepostet von | 13 Sep 2021 | , , , | 0

The first Class 125 frigate was commissioned just over two years ago. Time for a review of experience. How are our "new" frigates faring? Several members of the Bundestag have recently been asking this question. With their small question on the status of the Frigate 125 (F 125) project, they emphasised the role of the project as one of the most controversially discussed topics in the armaments context. According to the questioners, a cross-section of current defence investment projects shows that these are often under pressure from rising costs and are usually only completed with a delay. In the case of F 125, they also see a gap between the delivery of a product and...

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Interview - "I'm not afraid of anything!"

Interview - "I'm not afraid of anything!"

Gepostet von | 10 Sep 2021 | , , , , | 0

Vice Admiral Kay-Achim Schönbach has been inspector of the navy for six months now. marineforum had the opportunity to ask him about his impressions so far and his plans for the future of the navy. Admiral Schönbach, congratulations on your new position! Inspectors often stood for events in the mirror of time: Zenker stands for construction, Mann for dismantling and transition, your predecessor was the first inspector outside the BMVg - what do you wish for, what are you afraid of, what will you stand for one day? I am grateful for the great trust placed in me as Inspector of the Navy. How...

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Cleanly measured - BSH measures the proportion of sulphur in ship emissions

Cleanly measured - BSH measures the proportion of sulphur in ship emissions

Gepostet von | 3 Jun 2021 | , | 0

The BSH has been measuring the proportion of sulphur in ship emissions since 2014. At the end of 2020, the measuring network consisted of three fixed and one mobile station as well as the new measuring station on the Atair. The maximum permissible limit for the proportion of sulphur in marine fuels has been 0.5 percent worldwide since 1 January 2020. The limit value of 0.1 per cent has already applied to the North Sea and Baltic Sea as a Sulphur Emission Control Area (SECA) since 1 January 2015. SECAs are special shipping zones with particularly low sulphur limits set by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO). With the reduction of the sulphur concentration in the...

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The maritime industry is an important economic sector in Germany

The maritime industry is an important economic sector in Germany

Gepostet von | 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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War in the shadows

War in the shadows

Gepostet von | 30 Apr 2021 | , , , | 0

Mine warfare in the North Sea Uwe Wichert In the North Sea, mine warfare began with a modest operation in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71. The approach to Wilhelmshaven was secured by mine barriers to prevent French forces from entering, as a French squadron had briefly flown the flag at Heligoland beforehand. These barriers were then intensively guarded by the existing coastal defence units, but not a single French ship came anywhere near the restricted areas during the war. After the war, the development of mines, at that time still combined with torpedoes, was further promoted, but without producing any spectacular activities. The first real naval mine, the C 77 model,...

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