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USA: Strong proof of cohesion

The U.S. Navy has deployed four substantial ships of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) to major Baltic ports and capitals following two weeks of bilateral training and exercise serials with Finnish units in the waters of the new NATO member. The USS Kearsarge, a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship with a displacement of 42,000 tonnes, arrived in the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda on 20 August. At the same time, the amphibious transport landing ship USS Arlington of the San Antonio class (25,000 tonnes) and the dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall of the Whidbey Island class (17,000 tonnes) stopped in Riga, Latvia. And the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Ignatius Flight...

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Kiev: President Selensky names type ship of the new Ukrainian corvettes

Ukraine had already signed a construction contract for four ADA-class corvettes (MILGEM project) with Turkey in mid-December 2020 - with the option of a fifth if things go well. Initial stipulations envisaged the complete construction of the type ship in Turkish hands. Subsequent negotiations with the aim of increasing the transfer of technology from Turkey to the Ukraine then resulted in a construction ratio of half, i.e. hull in Turkish production and further construction at the Ukrainian PJSC Nikolaev Okean shipyard (just south of Mykolajiv) together with Turkish engineers. The provisional schedule envisaged a start of construction of the hulls around the end of 2021 for the first sea trials in 2023...

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Schottel drive for the world's first hydrogen tractor

The port of Antwerp-Bruges contains the world's first hydrogen-powered tugboat, as Schottel reports in a press release, which will be equipped with Schottel propulsion systems. The HydroTug was recently launched at the Spanish shipyard Astilleros Armon and will start operating in the Belgian port at the beginning of 2023 as one of the cleanest ships in the port's fleet. According to Schottel, the tug's main propulsion system consists of two Schottel SRP 460 rudderpropellers (2,000 kW each) with a propeller diameter of 2.4 metres. With this thruster configuration, the 31 metre long and 12.5 metre wide vessel achieves a bollard pull of around 65 tonnes. The SRP units will be...

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Norway's climate decision

Convert old oil and gas fields to green electricity - or close them prematurely! In the current German energy situation, it is worth taking a look at other European countries. In Germany, we should not simply believe that our European partners can supply us with unlimited energy. A look at Norway shows that even supposedly more progressive and independent partners have their difficulties. Norway, the largest oil producer in Western Europe, also wants to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 55 % by 2030 compared to 1990. However, a reduction of only 4.5 % was achieved by 2021, as preliminary official statistics show. Norway's climate minister Espen Barth Eide said...

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Large donation for the DLRG Flensburg

Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft - shareholder Lars Windhorst donates 20,000 euros to the Deutsche Lebens-Rettungs-Gesellschaft e.V. (DLRG) The DLRG group in Flensburg is delighted to receive a donation totalling 20,000 euros. At the FSG summer reception with Minister President Daniel Günther on 20 August at the Robbe & Berking Heritage Center, Philipp Maracke, Managing Director of Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG), presented the donation cheque to Thorsten Brocks, Chairman of the Flensburg branch of the DLRG. "I am delighted to provide financial support to this association, which is so important for our city on the water, on behalf of Lars Windhorst, founder of Tennor Holding and shareholder of FSG," emphasised the Managing Director. The Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft...

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