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Dutch Navy: New protection task

Dutch Navy: New protection task

Gepostet von | 20 Jul 2023 | , , , | 0

The Dutch government has assigned the Ministry of Defence the permanent task of monitoring potential threats in the Dutch part of the North Sea. The Dutch government is thus recognising the risk of sabotage against vital maritime infrastructure and is gaining a better picture of the situation regarding threats in the North Sea. For example, the mapping 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...

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VJTF and SNMG1: The "Hessians" are also back in action!

VJTF and SNMG1: The "Hessians" are also back in action!

Gepostet von | 20 Jul 2023 | , , | 5

From a press release by Rostock Naval Command On Monday, 24 July 2023 at 10 a.m., the F124 class frigate "Hessen" will depart for the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF). During her six-month deployment, the ship will be travelling in the North Sea, Baltic Sea and North Atlantic. In addition, as the flagship and command platform of Standing NATO Maritime Group 1, she will take over as head of the organisation for the group commander, Flotilla Admiral Thorsten Marx (55). The "Hessen" only returned from a deployment as part of the aircraft carrier battle group around the new US carrier "Gerald R. Ford" in mid-November. The VJTF, known as the NATO spearhead, is part of the...

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EU: New undersea cable in the Black Sea to bypass Russia

EU: New undersea cable in the Black Sea to bypass Russia

Gepostet von | 20 Jul 2023 | , , , | 0

The European Union is planning to lay a new 1,100-kilometre-long data cable in the Black Sea in order to bypass the existing terrestrial connection (fibre optic) to Georgia, which is considered "unsafe" and "unstable" because it runs through Russia. Such a connection was already being considered before Russia's invasion of Ukraine; following Georgia's membership application at the beginning of March 2022, its planning perspective has now been significantly advanced. The Financial Times refers to a previously unpublished strategy paper from the EU Commission. Data cable The cable through the Black Sea is to be laid in international waters and cost around 45 million euros....

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Bremerhaven: Construction of converter platforms?

Bremerhaven: Construction of converter platforms?

Gepostet von | 19 Jul 2023 | , , , | 0

Offshore wind farms require the energy from the wind turbine generators (alternating current) to be transported via cables under the sea and then converted to direct current on land at the point of generation - as this is significantly less lossy over long distances. This conversion takes place in very voluminous converters that are anchored deep in the ground on high stilts near the wind farms, standing above the waves. These platforms, measuring an impressive 70 x 30 x 30 metres in length/width/height, are located around 20 metres above the surface of the water and reach up to 60 metres into the ground with their anchoring. Converters in Germany Currently...

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Migration and flight: Riding the rudder blade

Migration and flight: Riding the rudder blade

Gepostet von | 18 Jul 2023 | , , | 0

The news about refugees being picked up by sea is becoming increasingly spectacular. What was recently "only" an eleven-day journey from Nigeria to La Palma/Tenerife was survived by four stowaways on the rudder blade of a Liberian freighter/tanker after 5,000 nautical miles in mid-July! The as yet unnamed ship had set sail from Lagos/Nigeria at the end of June and had been travelling for thirteen days before Brazilian federal police discovered the four men without papers and verifiable identity in poor physical condition under the stern. After necessary medical observation, they are expected to be brought back to Nigeria shortly - probably by plane! Stowaways on the rudder blade or in the...

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