Category: Technology

A first warning

A first warning

Gepostet von | 30 Dec 2022 | , , , , | 0

In view of record order backlogs and the container ship deliveries expected between 2023 and 2025, the industry service Alphaliner has warned of possible overcapacity for the first time. For example, the usual peak season for container shipping in the third quarter of each year only had a much weaker impact in 2022, as was the case in the previous year. Alphaliner reports that many market observers consider these slumps to be less seasonal and more structural. They fear a global recession. War risks, exploding energy costs, political instability and general inflation would have an impact on general consumer spending and thus on global trade volumes, especially for industrial goods. According to forecasts by the...

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Back to national and alliance defence

Back to national and alliance defence

Gepostet von | 29 Dec 2022 | , , , , | 0

After 124 comes 127: In defence against threats from the air, the next generation of frigates is slowly taking shape. After the planned end of service life of the Class 124 frigate in the years 2034 to 2036, the Next Generation Frigate - Air Defence (NGFrig-AD) project, hereinafter referred to as Class 127 frigate (F 127), will ensure that air defence capabilities are maintained in a timely and threat-appropriate manner, that sea-based ballistic missile defence (BMD) capabilities are added and that hypersonic threats are countered. The platform is also intended to fulfil the Naval Maritime Precision Strike - Long Range (NATO Capability Code NMS-LR) capability described in the NATO Capability Targets 2021...

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Icebreaker order cancelled

Icebreaker order cancelled

Gepostet von | 28 Dec 2022 | , , , , | 0

For years, Finland's shipyards have done very good business building high-quality ships for Russia. This is now coming to an end. Helsinki Shipyard has announced that the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has refused an export licence for the delivery of a large icebreaker to a Russian customer. It would have been the largest and most powerful icebreaker ever built in Finland. The order had already been placed in January by the Russian mining group Norilsk Nickel, which wanted to deploy the new diesel-electric propulsion vessel, which was designed for service in northern Siberia, on the Yenisei and in the Kara Sea. It was intended to transport ice up to two metres thick...

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Hapag-Lloyd also grows in ports

Hapag-Lloyd also grows in ports

Gepostet von | 26 Dec 2022 | , , , , | 0

Following the commissioning of the 13,300 TEU "Rio de Janeiro Express", the first of the first of six sister ships, and the keel laying of the later "Hamburg Express" with a capacity of 23,000 TEU as the first ship in a series of twelve, the Hamburg-based container liner shipping company Hapag-Lloyd has now surprised the experts with a significantly increased commitment to the port terminal business. By taking over the entire terminal business and the associated logistics services of the Chilean SM SAAM, the shipping company has become one of the largest terminal operators in South and Central America. The purchase price is said to be one billion US dollars. SM SAAM's terminal business comprises ten terminals in...

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The high flyer

The high flyer

Gepostet von | 23 Dec 2022 | , , , | 0

Our Person of the Year has not only become a focal point for the naval aviators. Captain Thorsten Bobzin has left his mark on the naval aviators in difficult times. In mid-November, Rear Admiral Jürgen zur Mühlen, Commander of the Task Forces and Head of the Operations Department, handed over command of the Naval Aviation Command from Captain Thorsten Bobzin to Captain Broder Nielsen. The cool weather did not deter the many invited guests from attending in large numbers. Bobzin faced numerous challenges during his time in command: He was jointly responsible for the introduction of the NH 90 NTH Sea Lion multi-purpose helicopter and had to...

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