Russian oil tankers are coming under increasing pressure due to the latest sanctions imposed by the USA, EU and the UK. Panama and Barbados have already cancelled several ships from their flag registers. The current sanctions against Russian oil tankers mean that many ships have to look for a new flag state. The sanctions are putting increasing pressure on Moscow's shipping network. After...
The traditional Cologne-based company Deutz has expressed interest in taking over the thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (tkMS) naval shipyard, according to the Handelsblatt report. Thyssenkrupp, the parent company and steel manufacturer from the Ruhr region, has been examining various options for the future of its marine division tkMS, which is internationally renowned for the construction of submarines in particular, for some time. The...
Estonia has also directly deployed a naval vessel to monitor the underwater infrastructure in the Baltic Sea after Finland detained the oil tanker "Eagle S", which is part of the Russian shadow fleet. The tanker is suspected of having damaged the Estlink 2 power cable with its anchor on 25 December 2024. This is already the third incident of this...
The new Hong Kong Convention is intended to make the scrapping of end-of-life ships safer and cleaner. The existing EU regulations are complicated. The Maritime Cluster Northern Germany (MCN) supports ship owners and recycling companies in understanding the new regulations. With the entry into force of the Hong Kong Convention of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) at the end of June,...
Ein manövrierunfähiger niederländischer Frachter ist von der Unterwarnow sicher in den Rostocker Überseehafen zurück geschleppt worden. Der 122 Meter lange Frachter „Lingeborg“ (7.350 Tonnen) ist Anfang Januar auf Höhe der Neptunwerft havariert. Laut Rostocks Hafenkapitän hatte das Schiff einen Blackout und trieb manövrierunfähig aufgrund der starken südwestlichen Winde in Richtung...
On Thursday, 16 January 2025, the commander of the Trossgeschwader, Captain Andreas Schmekel, handed over command of the Einsatzgruppenversoger (EGV) "Frankfurt am Main" from Frigate Captain Hanno Weisensee to Frigate Captain Sebastian Fliege at the Wilhelmshaven naval base. "After five years in command of the EGV 'Frankfurt am Main', it is now...
On 11 January 2025, at 10 a.m., the minehunting vessel "Datteln" will leave Kiel and become part of the Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG 1) in the coming months. The crew of the "Datteln", under the command of frigate captain Marcus Fiene, will, after months of training, become part of...
The damage is critical! Not only an allegedly lost anchor, but also espionage intent likely On 25 December 2024 at around 13:00 local time, Estlink 2, a power link between Finland and Estonia, was destroyed. Estlink has a capacity of 650 MW and was built to protect the Baltic states from Russian...
The frigate "Hamburg" arrived in Wilhelmshaven today, Friday 20 December 2024, at 10 a.m. The ship has contributed to security in the Eastern Mediterranean over the past six months. "The performance of the crew makes me proud. The professionalism and dedication of each individual over a long period...
An icy westerly wind drives thick clouds and the salty aroma of the Baltic Sea over the Hohe Düne naval base, while the cold reddens the faces of those present. It is unusually busy for a Friday morning. The first members of the crew of the corvette "Ludwigshafen am Rhein" are warming up in front of the Warnemünde Family Support Centre's support stand...
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