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Methanol engines require adapted firefighting

Methanol engines require adapted firefighting

Gepostet von | 25 Apr 2024 | , , , | 0

Current fire extinguishing systems are inadequate for fighting engine room fires involving methanol-based engines, according to a new fire safety study. Engine fires Against the background of the growing interest in methanol as an alternative marine fuel, the study by the British company SURVITEC, a global provider of survival technologies, carried out extensive and comparative fire tests on marine engines fuelled with both diesel oil and methanol. The tests confirmed that conventional water mist firefighting systems do not provide the expected extinguishing performance on methanol fires. If conventionally fuelled ships are to remain safe, a new approach is needed, according to the product manager for water mist systems at Survitec. Bilge fires The tests also showed that standard extinguishing systems...

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Frigate "Hessen", the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden - a brief look back.

Frigate "Hessen", the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden - a brief look back.

Gepostet von | 24 Apr 2024 | , , , | 0

The German frigate "Hessen" is on its way home to Wilhelmshaven. She has completed her deployment in the EU-led Operation ASPIDES to protect civilian shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, a sea area threatened by drone and missile attacks, without suffering any serious damage. Until the redeeming "Air Warning White" after passing the Suez Canal heading north-west, in simple terms the withdrawal of the frigate's full air defence combat readiness, it was - including the breaks for resupply and ammunition replenishment in Djibouti - a good 56 days in the area of operations. "Back home", high and dry, we were bombarded with questions about the threat, weapons deployment...

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Q126: Maybe six after all - instead of four?

Q126: Maybe six after all - instead of four?

Gepostet von | 24 Apr 2024 | , , , | 0

In mid-April, the Bloomberg news agency reported on plans to trigger the option for two more new German F126 frigate builds, although it was referring to insider information. However, as it has not yet been possible to find anything to the contrary from the German side either, here is the Bloomberg report published on SWZ Maritime (Netherlands) in a German rephrasing with admittedly sparse background information. Even if "once again" there is nothing for the navy - there was unexpectedly little left over for the navy in the 100 billion turnaround package - this information should not remain hidden! Background Damen Naval is currently working on an order for four frigates of the...

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Change at the top of the DEUTSCHE MARITIMEN INSTITUT e.V. (DMI)

Change at the top of the DEUTSCHE MARITIMEN INSTITUT e.V. (DMI)

Gepostet von | 24 Apr 2024 | , | 1

At the DMI's general meeting on 19 April 2024 in Wilhelmshaven, the board was newly elected. Flotilla Admiral Christian Bock was replaced as Chairman by Flotilla Admiral Sascha Helge Rackwitz. Christian Bock has led the DMI since 2018. During his six-year term of office, the marineforum.online website was designed on his initiative and went online on 1 January 2021. In a very short time, marineforum.online developed into a successful platform. The portal now achieves an enormous reach of up to 60,000 hits per month, with three quarters of a million hits in 2023, the portal made a significant contribution to the formation of maritime opinion in Germany. The users from...

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The world's most modern submarine comes from Kiel

The world's most modern submarine comes from Kiel

Gepostet von | 23 Apr 2024 | , , , | 6

Submarine for Singapore launched as "Inimitable" On 22 April 2024, the fourth submarine in the Type 218SG construction programme was christened at the thyssenkrupp Marine Systems shipyard in Kiel. Among the 250 invited guests were Boris Pistorius, Federal Minister of Defence, and Teo Chee Hean, Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security of the Republic of Singapore, as well as other high-ranking representatives from Singapore and Germany. The boat's godmother was Mrs Teo Swee Lian, Teo Chee Hean's sister. Oliver Burkhard, CEO of thyssenkrupp Marine Systems, emphasised: "The submarines built as part of this project are the most modern conventional submarines that have...

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