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...In the late morning of 29 August 2024, a fire broke out on one of the diesel generators on board the frigate HNLMS "Evertsen" (144 metres, 6000 tonnes) for reasons as yet unknown. The fire was extinguished and there were no injuries. The cause of the fire is currently being investigated. A spokesman for the navy...
... Now it's Berlin's turn Oliver Burkhard, CEO of thyssenkrupp Marine Systems, and Friedrich Lürßen, shareholder of the NVL Group, used SMM 2024, the leading trade fair for the maritime industry, to sign a cooperation agreement on 3 September. In a special purpose company, they intend to jointly realise the construction of a MEKO A-400 AMD...
Since May 2024, the frigate "Baden-Württemberg" and the task force provider "Frankfurt am Main" have been underway as part of the Indo-Pacific Deployment (IPD) until December 2024. Previous milestones for the naval organisation have included participation in "Fleetweek" in New York, the passage of the Panama Canal, the joint transit with friends and partners from Mexico, Peru,...
While the German Indo-Pacific convoy consisting of the frigate "Baden-Württemberg" and the task force provider "Frankfurt am Main" are visiting Tokyo, a Japanese training convoy consisting of the training ship "Kashima" (143 metres, 5,500 tonnes, commissioned in 1995) and the guided missile destroyer "Shimakaze" (130 metres, 4,300 tonnes, commissioned in 1988) arrived in the port of Hamburg on Thursday....
Germany is not alone in wanting to play a greater role in the Indo-Pacific. The Norwegian Navy will participate in the Indo-Pacific voyage of an aircraft carrier group led by the Royal Navy scheduled for 2025. "This is a significant Norwegian contribution to ensuring security and the free use of the sea," said Defence Minister Bjørn Arild Gram at the...
On 20 July 2024, two units of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), the destroyer "Jiaozuo" (type 052D, hull number 163) and the battle group supply ship "Honghu" (type 093A, hull number 906), entered the Baltic Sea on their way to Saint Petersburg and passed through the Danish Straits. Destroyer The destroyer built at the Jiangnan shipyard...
The USA speaks of a great success - but aid organisations describe "Port Gaza" as a "230 million dollar failure"! So why is this pier now being dismantled and withdrawn? Vice Admiral Brad Cooper, Deputy Commander of the United States Central Command (Tampa/Florida), speaks highly of the American pier off Gaza and...
From an ICC Germany press release The latest report on piracy and armed robbery at sea for the first half of 2024 shows that there have been fewer attacks compared to the previous year. Nevertheless, caution is still required. In its report for the first half of 2024, published on 11 July 2024, the...
Western observers' questions about the surprising departure of three Northern Fleet warships from Baltic waters before St Petersburg Navy Day and the speculation surrounding a finding by the US Institute for the Study of War (ISW) about the threat posed by Ukrainian drones have now been answered: As the...
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