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Lürssen repositions itself

Lürssen repositions itself

Gepostet von | 1 Oct 2021 | , , , , , | 0

Separation of the naval shipbuilding division - job cuts in Hamburg Naval shipbuilding and all repair activities for naval vessels and coast guard boats will operate in an independent company under the NVL Group brand. As the future holding company of the NVL Group, the independent company NVL B.V. & Co. KG was spun off from Fr. Lürssen Werft GmbH & Co. KG. In future, the company will be headed by Lürssen managers Klaus Borgschulte and Tim Wagner as management spokespersons as well as Lena Ströbele and Dirk Malgowski. The family-run company Fr. Lürssen, which has been managed by cousins Friedrich (72) and Peter Lürssen (62) in the fourth generation since 1983, will thus unite all...

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Under sail again

Under sail again

Gepostet von | 30 Sep 2021 | , , | 1

With the handover of the GORCH FOCK to the German Navy, Lürssen has successfully completed the refurbishment of the sail training ship after around two years in the shipyard. The Bremen-based family business took over the project in October 2019 and overhauled the ship on the basis of a comprehensively re-evaluated performance specification. "Every ship handover is characterised by emotions and, above all, fills the employees who accompany a project for months and contribute to its success with pride. All the more so when it is a project with numerous technical challenges, difficult framework conditions and an ambitious schedule, as in the case of the GORCH FOCK," says Tim Wagner, Managing Director...

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Brazilian training ship in the Hanseatic City of Hamburg

Brazilian training ship in the Hanseatic City of Hamburg

Gepostet von | 30 Sep 2021 | , | 0

Brazilian training ship BNS NAVIO ESCOLA BRASIL visits the Hanseatic City of Hamburg for the 25th time On 29 September 2021, the Brazilian training ship BNS NAVIO ESCOLA BRASIL arrived in the port of Hamburg under the command of Captain Marcelo do Nascimento Marcelino. The training ship, which was commissioned in 1986, is on a training voyage with 454 crew members - including 189 cadets - and is visiting the Hanseatic city of Hamburg for the 25th time. During this training voyage, the cadets of the Brazilian Navy will be confronted with the realisation of the training contents of the previous four years of their intensive cadet training. The training voyage on the 130 metre long, 13.5 metre wide and...

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Change of commander in the 2nd Frigate Squadron

Change of commander in the 2nd Frigate Squadron

Gepostet von | 30 Sep 2021 | , , | 0

On Friday 1 October, the commander of the 2nd Frigate Squadron, Kapitän zur See Christian Scherrer, will hand over command of the 2nd Frigate Squadron on board the frigate "Hessen" to Frigate Captain Torben Jürgensen, whom Captain Scherrer took over exactly two years ago. "It has been a pleasure and an honour to lead the 2nd frigate squadron as commander for the last two years. It has been a privilege to lead the great men and women of the 2nd Frigate Squadron," said the outgoing commander. His path takes him to Berlin, where he becomes Head of Division in the Political Department of the Federal Ministry of Defence. His successor,...

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South Korea - third submarine launched

South Korea - third submarine launched

Gepostet von | 29 Sep 2021 | , | 1

On 27 September, the South Korean Navy Commander, Admiral Boo Suk-jong, christened and launched the third and final submarine of the first batch of the air-independent CHANGBOBO III class at the Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyard in Ulsan with the name SHIN CHAE-HO. These submarines are a South Korean development and are built to almost 80% from their own production parts, displace around 3,000 tonnes and have an endurance of 20 days under water with a crew of 50. These boats are not only SLBM-capable (submarine-launched ballistic missiles) - the type boat DOSAN AHN CHANG-HO only successfully completed an underwater test firing of a variant of the Hyunmoo-2B missile from...

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