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Record profit CMA CGM invests in fleet and logistics

Record profit CMA CGM invests in fleet and logistics

Gepostet von | 13 Mar 2023 | , , | 0

The French liner shipping company CMA CGM has posted a profit of just under $ 25 billion for 2022. The Marseille-based company reported a profit of just over $ 3 billion for the fourth quarter. This was less than in the same period of the previous year. Access marineforum digital+ Are you already a registered user? Log in here now - also MOV members: Username Password Remember meLost your password? Don't have access yet? Click here for the marineforum digital+ subscription: Access to all articles from the marineforum magazine Easy payment via PayPal, direct debit or credit card The subscription is free of charge at any time...

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Bremerhaven: Armaments hub like in the old days

Bremerhaven: Armaments hub like in the old days

Gepostet von | 1 Mar 2023 | , , | 0

In the harbour town on the Weser, the incoming and outgoing ships have always been registered - and the profile changes with every change in the general weather situation. After the war, as before, it was the traditional fishing vessels of the fishing industry in the southern part of the city and the American military transporters that supplied the Western Alliance's gateway north of the Geeste. Fishing had already died out in the 1970s, and the flow of material from the USA dried up in the 1990s. This marked the transition to the ever larger container ships and later also the huge car ferries, which were used to transport the German goods...

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USA: Selfie with balloon goes viral

USA: Selfie with balloon goes viral

Gepostet von | 28 Feb 2023 | , , | 0

The US Department of Defence has now published a photo that is said to have made a big splash in the Pentagon. It is a - obviously officially welcome - selfie from the cockpit of a U-2 reconnaissance aircraft flying over the Chinese balloon. Reconnaissance It was taken at the beginning of the crossing of the North American continent, when the object was reconnoitred at 18,200 metres (60,000 feet) using aircraft with the appropriate altitude capability. The single-seat reconnaissance and surveillance jets of the joint US-Canadian NORAD (North American Aerospace Defence Command) usually operate in this altitude band and above. The pilot wears a full-body pressure suit, similar to those worn by astronauts. He identified the aircraft, but undertook...

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Netherlands: Seabed Warfare on your doorstep!

Netherlands: Seabed Warfare on your doorstep!

Gepostet von | 22 Feb 2023 | , , , | 1

Netherlands warns of Russian actions against maritime infrastructure In the Netherlands, state security agencies have foiled a possible sabotage operation against maritime installations in the country's economic zone. These activities are said to have taken place "last autumn", according to Major General Jan Swillens, Director of the Dutch Military Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD),In a briefing for the media on 20 February 2023, Major General Jan Swillens, Director of the Dutch Military Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD), reported in a press release dated 20 February. In cooperation between the Foreign and Military Intelligence Service and the Dutch Coast Guard and Navy, the intelligence deployment of a Russian vessel to map energy infrastructures was...

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South Africa: Lots of smoke around trilateral naval exercise MOSI II

South Africa: Lots of smoke around trilateral naval exercise MOSI II

Gepostet von | 20 Feb 2023 | , , , | 2

According to official information, the trilateral naval manoeuvre Mosi II began on Friday, 17 February 2023. Until 27 February, Chinese, Russian and South African naval units will be holding a rendezvous on the east coast of South Africa in the sea area between Durban and the border with Mozambique. During the first exercise in November 2019, the three navies practised in the sea area around the Cape of Good Hope. The exercise name MOSI stands for smoke, vapour or fog. Mosi-oa-tunya - thundering smoke - is the common name for Victoria Falls in the local language area. The Chinese and Russian navies as partners The veil over the details of the exercise was...

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