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US floating pier off Gaza to be dismantled

US floating pier off Gaza to be dismantled

Gepostet von | 20 Jul 2024 | , , , | 0

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 So why is this pier now being dismantled and withdrawn?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 very highly of the American pier off Gaza and praises its efficiency: a volume of 9,000 tonnes of relief supplies was handled via this pier, corresponding to around 425 fully loaded articulated lorries. Of course, the floating pier occasionally had to be closed or repaired due to damage caused by bad weather conditions and was therefore temporarily out of action. But now this maritime mission...

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Maritime piracy: fewer attacks on ships, but no reason to sound the all-clear

Maritime piracy: fewer attacks on ships, but no reason to sound the all-clear

Gepostet von | 19 Jul 2024 | , , , | 0

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 ICC's International Maritime Bureau (IMB) recorded a total of 60 incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships - slightly fewer than in the same period last year (65 incidents). 84% of the targeted ships were successfully boarded (46) or hijacked (four) by the perpetrators; two ships were shot at and...

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St Petersburg: Significantly reduced parade for Navy Day

St Petersburg: Significantly reduced parade for Navy Day

Gepostet von | 18 Jul 2024 | , , , | 4

Western observers' questions about the surprising departure from Baltic waters of three Northern Fleet warships 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 Russian daily newspaper Novye Izvestia announced on its online portal on the morning of 18 July 2024, citing information from the city administration of Saint Petersburg, the main naval parade, which takes place annually on "Naval Fleet Day" in honour of the Navy of the Russian Federation in Saint Petersburg, will this year...

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Baltic Sea 'Hop and Go' of a Russian Navy task force

Baltic Sea 'Hop and Go' of a Russian Navy task force

Gepostet von | 17 Jul 2024 | , , , | 1

The departure of three warships from the Russian Navy's Northern Fleet from the Baltic Sea before the St. Petersburg Navy Day, which came as a surprise to Western observers, is causing speculation. The nuclear-powered submarine "Tambov" (Victor III class), the Udaloy-class destroyer "Admiral Levchenko" and the landing ship "Ivan Green" left the Baltic Sea on 14 July, although their participation in the Russian Navy Day parade in St. Petersburg had been announced. Previously, the submarine and the destroyer had been observed heading south in the Great Belt on 6 July, at that time accompanied by the ice-capable ocean-going tug "Nikolay Chiker". When the trio entered the Western...

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Indo-Pacific task force: We are very prominently recognised

Indo-Pacific task force: We are very prominently recognised

Gepostet von | 9 Jul 2024 | , , , | 0

Marineforum conducted an interview with Flotilla Admiral Axel Schulz, commander of Flotilla 2, also CTG 500.01 and thus commander of the German Navy's Indo-Pacific task force. The Navy's IPD24, Pacific Waves 24, has completed its first third. With the start of RIMPAC, the project is entering another, operationally more demanding phase. How do you rate the journey so far? All I can say is: "Once in a Lifetime"! A great endeavour. And I am proud and happy to be able to lead this organisation. I would like to avoid stringing together superlatives, but the hospitality in Halifax was outstanding as always, and the opportunity to be in the parade line-up for the...

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