Category: Shipping

Hands-on navy - exhibition in Rostock

Exhibition of the 1st Corvette Squadron opens on 16.09.2021 On Thursday 16 September 2021 at 10 a.m., the 1st Corvette Squadron will open a regional exhibition at its home base Hohe Düne. On around 300 square metres, visitors can learn a lot about the different occupational groups and fields of work in the crew of a K130 corvette. "The exhibition aims to bring everyday life on board to life. To this end, we show films about life on board, a model of our corvettes and their weapons. Numerous stations invite visitors to join in and try things out for themselves," says the main organiser and head of the collection, Lieutenant Captain Yannick Renken (30). "One of our biggest...

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MCN organises "Maritime Marketplace Northwest" again

23 September 2021 from 15:00 - 17:00 With the successful event format "Maritime Marketplace Northwest", the Maritime Cluster Northern Germany pursues the goal of networking companies in the maritime industry. Last year, we had planned our anniversary event for the 10th edition of the Maritime Marketplace Northwest, which unfortunately had to be cancelled due to the coronavirus. True to the motto "postponed is not cancelled", we will make up for our anniversary in presence in due course. To ensure that networking is not neglected until then, a 9.5th Maritime Marketplace will take place online on 23 September 2021. MCN members will present their company, their latest products, ideas...

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Steamship Albatros - a memorial and its history

In the course of her long life, she had many functions: Excursion steamer and cattle transporter, naval tender and refugee ship - the Albatros. Today one of the few attractions of the ageing Baltic resort of Damp, she was launched in 1912 by the Meyer shipyard in Papenburg for the "Vereinigte Flensburg-Ekensunder & Sonderburger Dampfschiffs-Gesellschaft" and travelled the Flensburg Fjord as a passenger steamer until 1969. After being decommissioned and transferred to Damp, a new role had to be found for the old lady. There were plans to convert her into a discotheque, but it was not until 1980 that the German Naval Association and its president at the time, Friedrich...

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Summer visit to the polar bears

While the thermometers in Central Europe are showing summer heat, the British research vessel Protector has set an icy record. Never before has a Royal Navy ship travelled further north than 80° 41.5' N. To be fair, this does not include submarines, which pass under the perpetual ice and then break through the ice cover when they surface at a suitable point. The Protector has now come within 1050 kilometres of the North Pole to collect data on the ocean and the environment. It was a long way to get there, as the research vessel had not travelled to the...

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