Category: Technology

German Naval Yards: More than a shipyard!

German Naval Yards: More than a shipyard!

Posted by | 21 May 2024 | , , | 0

The shock caused by the death of owner Iskandar Safa was huge. Questions and rumours arose. Time for clarifying words. People know us, the German Naval Yards. The traditional shipyard on the Kiel Fjord with the iconic gantry crane. And yet very few people know who and what is behind the company! After the sad news, misinformation made the rounds. People mistakenly thought we had already been "sold". For us, this question didn't even arise, because it was and is clear to us: his son Akram, born and raised in the south of France and who has been running the business activities of his father's company for some time,...

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Tight schedule until commissioning

Tight schedule until commissioning

Posted by | 9 May 2024 | , , , | 0

The Rhön-class fuel supply ships made history for almost half a century. The successor ships will bring the latest technology to the navy in future. Firing began at the end of June 2023 and a few weeks later the keel was laid for the first naval fuel supply ship, the German Navy's new Class 707. Naval armaments is pursuing an ambitious schedule with the successors to the two fuel supply vessels Rhön and Spessart. Delivery of the first ship is scheduled for 2025, with the second to follow a year later. With the Class 704, which is currently still in service, the navy has the capability to supply entire task forces with supplies at sea...

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Customised platforms

Customised platforms

Posted by | 29 Apr 2024 | , , , | 0

In the thick of it, not just in it: marineforum as an editorial companion to our shipbuilding projects Expertly versed, editorially exciting, sometimes pointed, always on the pulse: for 50 years, marineforum has been describing, commenting on and classifying everything that floats and has a grey coating for industry experts and those unfamiliar with the subject. As shipbuilders of these very units, we provide the appropriate content. Accordingly, as an observer and companion of our numerous projects, marineforum is both an in-house must-read and a constructive media partner. When marineforum was first published in its current form at the beginning of the 1970s, two speedboats set sail for Argentina from our premises in Bremen-Vegesack. Particularly popular at the time:...

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Abeking & Rasmussen: Vital diversity

Abeking & Rasmussen: Vital diversity

Posted by | 19 Apr 2024 | , , , | 0

For a coffee at Abeking & Rasmussen: On the occasion of 50 years of marineforum, the focus was more on the present and the future. The traditional shipyard on the Weser - motto: The art of shipbuilding - is an advertising customer, readership and companion. All the columns and articles that dealt with mine countermeasures units in 500 issues were somehow also about Abeking & Rasmussen. And when the editorial team needed specialist support, every piece of research was handled here in Lemwerder. Time to visit our friends on the Weser again. A warm welcome from CEO Matthias Hellmann, born in 1970, former bank manager and strategy consultant. Access marineforum digital+ Are you already a registered user? Now...

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New "BREMER DIALOGUE" format

New "BREMER DIALOGUE" format

Posted by | 20 Mar 2024 | , , , , | 0

PRESS RELEASE "BREMER DIALOGUE" MARITIME SECURITY AND NAVY 2035+: ON THE WAY TO "MULTI-DOMAIN OPERATIONS" The first Bremen Dialogue took place on 13 March 2024 at the invitation of the Chairman of the Executive Board of the German Maritime Institute Flotilla Admiral Christian Bock and the initiator and host Rheinmetall Electronics GmbH. The new format creatively promotes communication between maritime associations, industry and the Bundeswehr with the aim of improving mutual understanding. The aim was to discuss fields of action for integrated maritime security with a view to the NATO concept of multi-domain operations. The focus was on the question of what needs to be done in order to be able to fulfil the...

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