Beim Einlaufen der Bonn wurde bekannt, dass ein Kamerad der "Bonn" schwer erkrankt ist. Wie die Wilhelmshavener Zeitung, die mit dem Marineredakteur Michael Halama exklusiv das Einlaufen begleitete, berichtet, wurde die Marine bereits aktiv. „Leider gibt es auf Seereisen immer auch mal unerfreuliche Nachrichten“ sagt Kapitänleutnant Daniel A., Presseoffizier der...
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One of the world's most severe heatwaves is currently heating up the shallow seas around the UK. According to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), this is a category 4 out of 5 heatwave, a categorisation rarely used outside the tropics and meaning "extreme" heat. This is probably...
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The Rhine, the lifeline for Germany and large parts of Europe, already has such a low water level at the beginning of this summer that inland waterway traffic is being restricted. The water level at the bottleneck in Kaub/Rhineland-Palatinate at Rhine kilometre 546 was 1.43 metres last week and is expected to drop by a further 16 centimetres this week, according to...
At the Sunday reception of Kiel Week 2023 on the frigate "Bayern", Guido Gerdemann, Managing Director of Hamburg-based MTG Marinetechnik GmbH, presented a model of the "Gorch Fock" to Vice Admiral Jan Christian Kaack, Inspector of the German Navy. As the sail training ship is currently in the North Atlantic and cannot be in Kiel, it had to be...
The European Commission has developed five legislative proposals to provide EU countries with better procedures and tools to ensure safe, clean and modern shipping in their waters. After all, three-quarters of all EU external trade takes place via maritime transport routes. Modernisation Three proposals focus on...
Durch die anhaltende Dürre sinkt der Wasserstand im Panamakanal. Die sogenannten „Neo-Panamax“ Schiffe mit den erlaubten Schiffsabmessungen 366 Meter Länge, 49 Meter Breite und 15,24 Meter Tiefgang (50 Fuß) durften seit dem 24. Mai für die neuen Schleusen nur noch einen Tiefgang von bis zu 13,5 Meter haben, statt der...
On 30 May 2023, ABEKING & RASMUSSEN Schiffs- und Yachtwerft SE in Lemwerder ceremoniously handed over the two minehunting boats built for the Indonesian Navy on the Weser. The client had set a tight schedule for the shipyard with its almost 500 employees. The contract, which was signed on 29 January 2019 by the Indonesian...
Swedish Armed Forces award contract for amphibious fire support The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) has commissioned Swedish shipbuilder Swede Ship Marine AB to supply eight "seaworthy artillery platforms" for the amphibious battalion in Stockholm and Gothenburg, according to a press release issued by FMV on 17 May 2023. The commissioned...
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