Category: Shipping

New customs ship with gas propulsion

New customs ship with gas propulsion

Gepostet von | 28 Mar 2025 | , , , | 0

Peene shipyard delivers customs vessel The Peene shipyard in Wolgast handed over the first of three new customs vessels to German customs yesterday. Planning, design and production were completed on schedule. The ship has an LNG (liquid natural gas) propulsion system and was transferred to Emden before being handed over. Apparently everything seems to have gone well with the ship and its new type of propulsion system, as Harald Jaekel, Managing Director of Peene-Werft, was very pleased: "We are delighted to have been given responsibility for the construction of these technically demanding ships by the Central Procurement Office of the Federal Finance Administration. With the successful delivery of the first ship...

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Hamburg - New pilot transfer boat arrived

Hamburg - New pilot transfer boat arrived

Gepostet von | 28 Mar 2025 | , , , | 0

The Port of Hamburg is getting two new boats to take the pilots on board incoming and outgoing ships. The first boat, "Hamburg Pilot 3", has now been transferred by sea. The delivery of the "Hamburg Pilot 1" is also planned for this year; both will replace one of the old pilot boats. The pilot transfer vessels will be built at the Estonian shipyard Baltic Workboats AS within a year following a Europe-wide tender. The shipyard has already delivered dozens of almost identical vessels. The chairman of the Hamburg harbour pilots is enthusiastic about the boats, which cost around 3.2 million euros. The boats are completely well thought out, even...

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Tender Danube in Wismar

Tender Danube in Wismar

Gepostet von | 24 Mar 2025 | , , | 0

Open Ship at the weekend! The tender "Donau" visited Wismar last weekend. On Friday, the supply ship moored in the Hanseatic city next to the cruise terminal. The grey ship was open to visitors on Saturday and Sunday from 1 pm to 4 pm. Everyone was cordially invited and the weather was perfect, making it a popular excursion destination. The "Donau" is currently underway for operational training, also known as ISEX, in the Baltic Sea. The commander, Corvette Captain Stefan Huber, was accordingly delighted: "My crew and I are very pleased to be back in the Baltic Sea after our last visit in 2023...

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"Rügen": Customs fleet with new operational vessel

"Rügen": Customs fleet with new operational vessel

Gepostet von | 20 Mar 2025 | , , , | 0

With the "Rügen", German customs has put its most modern and largest operational vessel into service. The ship monitors maritime traffic in the Baltic Sea and on the border with Poland. Thanks to its LNG propulsion system, it significantly reduces emissions and is designed for long-term patrol operations. Customs vessel "Rügen": State-of-the-art technology for customs operations According to the Stralsund Main Customs Office, the "Rügen" is primarily used to monitor the cross-border movement of goods and to ensure compliance with customs regulations in the sea area around the island of Rügen, the German continental shelf in the Baltic Sea up to the exclusive economic zone and on the border with Poland. Its home port is Lubmin. The new ship replaces the 30-year-old...

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NOK Brunsbüttel - Sliding gates for 5th lock chamber in inlet

NOK Brunsbüttel - Sliding gates for 5th lock chamber in inlet

Gepostet von | 19 Mar 2025 | , , , | 0

The Kiel Canal is still the busiest artificial waterway in the world in terms of the number of ship passages. In recent months, however, it has often been in the headlines for rather negative reasons. Time and again, damage to the lock gates or incidents involving ships have caused a stir. Technical defects regularly lead to ships ramming into the embankment or becoming stranded in the canal, blocking the waterway. Such incidents are reminiscent of the "Ever Given", which blocked the Suez Canal for six days in March 2021 - with noticeable consequences worldwide. Another accident occurred at the beginning of the year: the French "Eco Levant" ran aground...

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