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Nordholz: World's most modern helicopter simulator handed over

Nordholz: World's most modern helicopter simulator handed over

Gepostet von | 15 Dec 2023 | , , | 0

A dream birthday "I had a dream," said Captain Broder Nielsen, Commander of the Naval Aviation Command in Nordholz, at the ceremonial handover of the simulator for the NTH Sea Lion from CAE to the German Navy on 14 December. The creation of the world's most modern simulator for helicopters turned out differently than he had dreamed, but was nevertheless a day of great joy. "We have put up with three decades of deficits," he said, and now this result is "top notch". The state-of-the-art flight simulator centre is also attractive for young people who want to choose the navy and aviation. Relieved,...

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Aid for Ukraine: Alliance to rebuild the naval forces

Aid for Ukraine: Alliance to rebuild the naval forces

Gepostet von | 14 Dec 2023 | , , , | 0

London: Norway and the UK announce maritime alliance to provide sustainable support to Ukraine in building coastal and maritime defence The Norwegian Minister of Defence met his British counterpart on 11 December 2023 to jointly present the Maritime Capability Coalition (MCC). The aim is to enable Ukraine to exercise better control over its coast and the neighbouring sea area in the future. Russia should then no longer be able to use the Black Sea as a base for missile attacks on the Ukrainian mainland. Open sea routes and free trade are important, not only for the Ukrainian economy, but also in order to transport grain to the...

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Seabed Infrastructure Security: Northern Europe gets going!

Seabed Infrastructure Security: Northern Europe gets going!

Gepostet von | 13 Dec 2023 | , , , | 0

Six northern European countries (Denmark, Germany, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden) are intensifying their cooperation in the field of maritime infrastructure. One part of this is the Seabed Security Experimentation Centre (SeaSEC), which has just been inaugurated in The Hague. The establishment of the SeaSEC is part of the Northern Naval Capability Cooperation (NNCC), which was officially ratified in Washington in early December 2023. The NNCC was established to strengthen the northern maritime industry and develop the best available systems and equipment. Rethinking PPPs Public, private and military partners are now working together to examine how important underwater infrastructure such as data cables, pipelines and platforms for fossil fuels and...

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Frankfurt am Main: On time at home in Wilhelmshaven

Frankfurt am Main: On time at home in Wilhelmshaven

Gepostet von | 12 Dec 2023 | , , | 0

From a press release by the Naval Command: On Friday, 15.12.2023 at 10 a.m., the Einsatzgruppenversorger (EGV) "Frankfurt am Main" will return to its home port of Wilhelmshaven after 23,000 nautical miles, corresponding to 42,600 kilometres, or one circumnavigation of the globe. The "Frankfurt am Main" remained in the Mediterranean for longer after the actual end of its mission in order to be able to assist with a possible evacuation of German citizens after the outbreak of war in Israel. After months away from home, the soldiers are looking forward to spending Christmas and New Year's Eve with their families before the "Frankfurt am Main" departs for the Indo-Pacific Deployment (IPD) next year. The commander of the task force supply ship,...

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Trouble looms in Hamburg: "Cosco" calls union ver.di to the scene

Trouble looms in Hamburg: "Cosco" calls union ver.di to the scene

Gepostet von | 12 Dec 2023 | , , | 0

Hamburg: The Chinese state shipping company "Cosco" wants to secure containers on board itself in future - a service for which so-called "lashers" are usually employed. The Chinese state-owned shipping company "Cosco" has held a 24.9 per cent stake in the "Tollerort" terminal of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) since the summer. According to the trade union ver.di, however, "Cosco" now wants to leave the securing of containers on one of its feeder ships to the seafarers on board. For ver.di, this would be a breach of collective labour agreements - jobs are seen as being at risk. ver.di has called on "Cosco" to refrain from independently "lashing" and for HHLA to ensure that the seafarers at its Hamburg terminals...

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