Category: Shipping

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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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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