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Maritime Cluster Northern Germany re-elects parts of the Executive Board

The members of the Maritime Cluster Northern Germany (MCN) have re-elected parts of the Executive Board. The election took place by postal vote following the virtual general meeting on 6 September 2021. The new second chairman of the MCN is Martin Pieper, Elmar Hertzog und Partner Management Consultants GmbH. Frank Nicolai, Moore BRL GmbH, is the MCN Treasurer for a further two years. The new members of the board include Prof Bastian Gruschka from Bremen University of Applied Sciences, Dr Iris Hayes from Phi-Stone AG and Dr Jens Tathoff from biike GmbH. In the context of the board election, the members of the MCN also elected the new auditor...

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New president at the DMYV

German Motoryacht Association Congress elects new President The German Motoryacht Association (DMYV) elected a new President at its 2021 Congress in Wiesbaden. The delegates elected Frank Dettmering as the new President. The 55-year-old entrepreneur from Wolfenbüttel had been an assessor on the German Motor Yacht Association's Executive Committee since 2017. His predecessor, Winfried Röcker, was bid farewell after 24 successful years and appointed Honorary President. During his time in office, Winfried Röcker achieved many successes for motorised water sports in Germany and always stood up for the interests of motorboat sportsmen and women in politics, administration and business. The major successes of his time in office include the reduction of...

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Minehunting boat "Homburg" returns home after three months of deployment

On Tuesday, 26 October 2021 at 10 a.m., the minehunting boat "Homburg" will return to its home port of Kiel. Over the past three months, the 43-strong crew from the 3rd Minehunting Squadron took part in the Standing NATO Mine Counter Measures Group 1 (SNMCMG 1). Together with ships and boats from seven NATO nations, the crew trained in the North and Baltic Seas under the leadership of the US Navy - a first in the history of SNMCMG 1. Leadership of the NATO group was then handed over to Poland at the beginning of October. Part of the crew of the minehunting boat "Homburg" is a mine diving team consisting of four soldiers from the...

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SZENARIS new member of the German Rescue Robotics Centre

The "Living Lab" of the DRZ e.V. (Deutsches Rettungsrobotik-Zentrum e.V.) was opened in Dortmund on 1 October. SZENARIS was also welcomed as a new member during this festive event. The competence centre, which is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), enables the research and development of mobile robotic systems for civil emergency response. The various systems can be tested for their operational suitability in different scenarios on test areas (indoors and outdoors). Since 2018, the German Rescue Robotics Centre (DRZ e.V.) has been pursuing the goal of promoting the development of robotic systems for the rescue and protection of people and property. The focus is on research and...

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