Category: Shipping

Now official: Ukrainian harbours formally closed

Ukraine has officially closed its four ports on the Black and Azov Seas that were captured by Russian forces, the Ukrainian Ministry of Agriculture announced on Monday. The ports of Mariupol, Berdiansk and Skadovsk on the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea port of Kherson have been closed "until control is restored", the ministry explained. The reason for this is that it is impossible to handle ships and passengers, carry out chartering and transport and ensure the safety of shipping. All Ukrainian seaports have ceased operations as a result of the Russian invasion at the end of February. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that Ukraine was unable to operate due to the Russian...

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Donald Cook back at home

On 17 March 2022, we reported on the visit of the USS "Donald Cook" to Warnemünde. The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer returned to Naval Station Mayport on 24 April after a three-month deployment. The "Donald Cook" had departed Naval Station Mayport in January on a short-term deployment to operate with NATO allies and partners in the Eastern Atlantic, North Sea and Baltic Sea. The crew spent more than 70 days at sea and made three port visits. In addition to Rostock, these were Copenhagen (Denmark) and the Isle of Portland (England). During her deployment, the Donald Cook took part in the NATO exercise Dynamic...

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thyssenkrupp Marine Systems with new CEO

Dr Rolf Wirtz hands over the chairmanship to Oliver Burkhard The company is calling it a baton handover: Dr Rolf Wirtz is leaving the company on 1 May, as announced in December 2021. With the expiry of his contract, he had prepared an orderly handover in good time. At an extraordinary meeting on 18 March 2022, the Supervisory Board of thyssenkrupp Marine Systems appointed its previous Chairman Oliver Burkhard as the new CEO of thyssenkrupp Marine Systems. Dr Rolf Wirtz has headed the company since 2017 and was previously CEO of ATLAS ELEKTRONIK, whose integration into the system house he drove forward. During his time at the company, the digitalisation of processes from...

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Oligarch yachts wanted

marineforum.online has already reported on how interested people are - often gleefully - in the whereabouts of the oligarch yachts. The interest is a hot topic in chat rooms, blogs and on social media around the world. The 19-year-old American Jack Sweeney has now also found a new hobby. He previously fearlessly published the data from Elon Musk's flights in private jets, which is said to have annoyed the capricious Elon terribly. In the course of the Ukraine crisis, the young man tracked the flights of Russian oligarchs. This spotting is a hobby of many, just take a look at Flugradar24.eu. His new hobby is dedicated to the superyachts of the...

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Drones monitor sulphur emissions in the Baltic Sea

Remotely piloted aircraft will be used to search for ships that do not comply with the sulphur limits in the region. The project, carried out by the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) together with the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency, is a continuation of similar projects that EMSA has carried out in this area. Over the next three months, a drone will measure the sulphur content in the exhaust plumes of ships travelling through the Baltic Sea. The "sniffer" will be able to detect any breaches of the applicable limit values. At the same time, image data will also be collected for hydrographic surveying. The remote-controlled aircraft will take off from the Staberhuk military base...

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