The crew "Charlie" has a new commander. On Thursday, 28 July 2022, Corvette Captain Pascal Störk (40) handed over command of the crew "Charlie" to Corvette Captain Christian Rodust (37). The ceremony was led by the commander of the 1st Corvette Squadron, Frigate Captain Kenneth Harms (42). Korvettenkapitän Störk was commander for around two years, was...
From 29 June to 4 August 2022, the biennial multinational and inter-force naval manoeuvre "Rim of the Pacific" (RIMPAC) will once again take place under the leadership of the United States Pacific Fleet in the sea area from Hawaii to Southern California. In addition to the littoral states of the Pacific, the United States Marine...
The maintenance and repair trainer (maintenance rig, MTR) for training NH90 NTH Sea Lion aircraft technicians, which has been in operation at Naval Air Wing 5 in Nordholz since 2019, is being modernised. ESuT had reported on the delivery. The simulator enables the maintenance personnel of Naval Air Wing 5 to realistically train maintenance and repair procedures. Part of the...
After Vice Admiral Frank Lenski, Commander of the Fleet and Support Forces and Deputy to the Chief of Naval Operations, was able to convince us in the 19th episode of the YouTube series "Nachgefragt" on the Bundeswehr's own channel on the topic of "The Naval Forces and the Ukraine War" (see marineforum.online from 15 July 2022, "Navy briefly explained"), it is now the turn of others. Yesterday...
The lack of investment in the past also affected the regeneration of the tugs. And now it has happened: The "Wangerooge", in service since 1986, can no longer be operated. The tugboat, which was delivered from the Schichau shipyard in Bremerhaven in 1968, was actually due to undergo a final major overhaul at Tamsen Maritim in Rostock....
On Sunday, 31 July 2022, Russia will once again celebrate the anniversary of the Navy in Saint Petersburg. As expected and also announced (see report from 8 July 2022), the two nuclear submarines "Severodvinsk" and "Vepr" were detected coming from the Northern Fleet between Norway and Scotland, entering the North Sea and the Skagerrak, and...
Industrial defence project Naviris, a 50/50 joint venture between the Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri and its French counterpart Naval Group, and the Spanish state-owned shipbuilding company Navantia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 12 February 2021 to confirm industrial cooperation on the European Patrol Corvette (EPC) project, following the start of the initiative in mid-2019 and a number of consultations. In...
On 20 July, the European Commission announced that it would provide EU funding totalling almost €1.2 billion to support 61 joint defence research and development projects. The projects will be selected and the funds made available under the European Defence Fund (EDF). Projects from the field of defence were also selected...
It is the pride and joy of Colombia - and not just its navy! One hundred percent self-built at the state shipyard COTECMAR (Cartagena), which belongs to the Ministry of Defence, and designed for exploration and presence in Colombia's exclusive economic zone, the "Simon Bolivar" (151) is an incentive and impetus for a new maritime awareness in the nation. That the...
Rolls-Royce plans to showcase new mtu marine solutions at the maritime industry trade fair in Hamburg (SMM) from 6 to 9 September 2022 In 2021, Rolls-Royce announced as part of its 'Net Zero at Power Systems' sustainability programme that it would realign the product portfolio of its Power Systems business unit so that by 2030 it would be powered by sustainable...
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