Category: Shipping

Magdeburg - Closure of the longest canal bridge in Europe

Magdeburg - Closure of the longest canal bridge in Europe

Gepostet von | 15 Apr 2025 | , , | 0

The largest waterway intersection in Europe is located north of Magdeburg and has connected the Mittelland Canal across the Elbe with the Elbe-Havel Canal since 2003. As part of the German Unity Transport Project, the canal bridge has become an important element of the East-West link for shipping. The construction time was only a short five years. The 918 metre long trough bridge, which is independent of the river Elbe, is considered a technical masterpiece and saves inland waterway shipping between Hanover and Berlin a twelve kilometre diversions across the Elbe. It has now been drained and is expected to remain closed to shipping, pedestrians and cyclists until the end of May. The longest inland waterway bridge in Europe will...

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Russia - Explosion in the engine room of an oil tanker

Russia - Explosion in the engine room of an oil tanker

Gepostet von | 11 Apr 2025 | , , | 0

The crude oil tanker "Koala" (Suezmax, 164,000 DWT), loaded with around 130,000 tonnes of heavy oil, has partially sunk after an explosion on board in the important Russian Baltic Sea oil port of Ust-Luga. This was reported by Russian media in February. The 24 crew members were evacuated unharmed. The tanker partially sank to the bottom due to a water ingress in the engine room. However, part of the ship remained afloat and the cargo tanks were undamaged. According to the regional governor of Leningrad, the explosions were a "man-made incident" when the engines were started. According to Marinetraffic, the tanker is currently anchored in Ust-Luga and the cause of the accident is being investigated....

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ZDF format "On Deck": documentary series about training at sea

ZDF format "On Deck": documentary series about training at sea

Gepostet von | 9 Apr 2025 | , , , | 0

Seafaring! A profession with adventure, hardship and privation. Not many young people dream of going to sea. This job description seems too far removed from everyday life, life on the high seas too intangible. No office job, no work-life balance - but plenty of responsibility, team spirit and prospects. Now in the ZDFmediathek: "On Deck - Training at Sea" The four-part documentary series "On Deck - Training at Sea" has been available in the ZDFmediathek since 21 March 2025. It follows 14 young people on their way to becoming nautical officers - on board a container ship, in the middle of the Atlantic, eleven weeks away from...

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Switzerland largest container ship nation with MSC

Switzerland largest container ship nation with MSC

Gepostet von | 7 Apr 2025 | , , | 0

The world's largest shipping company, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), based in Geneva, has not only made a name for itself in the past by acquiring a stake in the Hamburg port logistics company HHLA, but also recently as a buyer of container ships, both worldwide and in Germany. The previous fleet leader, Germany, was relegated to third place, as the President of the Association of German Shipowners (VDR) announced in Hamburg. Switzerland is now followed by China. The decisive factor is the dimensionless gross tonnage (GT) of the container ships travelling under national control. 1. with 34.7 million GT - Switzerland 2. with 31.0 million GT - China 3. with 30.2...

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Russia - New icebreaker for the Arctic sea route

Russia - New icebreaker for the Arctic sea route

Gepostet von | 2 Apr 2025 | , , | 0

At the JSC Baltic Shipyard in St. Petersburg, the shipyard, Rosatom as the client and its subsidiary Atomflot as the shipping company, as well as Russian government representatives, celebrated the completion of another large nuclear-powered icebreaker. The commissioning of the "Yakutia" (project 22220) will further advance the strategy of maintaining year-round transit in the Arctic region. It is the fourth nuclear-powered icebreaker of the LK-60Ja class. The government's goal is to expand the group of icebreakers for the Northern Sea Route to 17 ships by 2030 in order to double the total cargo volume from almost 38 million tonnes in 2024 to more than 80 million tonnes. At...

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