Category: Shipping

Hapag-Lloyd orders further container giants

Hapag-Lloyd orders further container giants

Posted by | 23 Jun 2021 | , , , | 0

Hapag-Lloyd has commissioned the Korean shipyard Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) to build six ships with a slot capacity of more than 23,500 TEU. The first of the newbuilds are to be delivered as early as 2024. The container liner shipping company had already placed an identical order at the end of 2020. In total, the fleet will therefore be expanded by twelve ships with more than 23,500 TEU in the coming years. The large container ships will be equipped with a modern and particularly efficient high-pressure dual-fuel engine that runs on LNG. Alternatively, there will be sufficient tank capacity on board to also run on conventional fuel. Hapag-Lloyd is focussing on liquefied natural gas as a medium-term...

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Defence Commissioner Eva Högl visits naval memorial

Defence Commissioner Eva Högl visits naval memorial

Posted by | 2 Jun 2021 | , , | 0

Yesterday, Dr Eva Högl, Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces, crossed the Kiel Fjord from Kiel Naval Base in a German Navy pinnace in the direction of Laboe to visit the naval memorial there. After an official welcome by Heinz Maurus, President of the German Naval Association (DMB), Högl laid a solemn wreath in the underground memorial hall. During the subsequent guided tour by DMB historian Dr Jann M. Witt, she was given a comprehensive insight into the history of the memorial and the U 995 Technical Museum. As a memorial to those of all nations who remained at sea and an official memorial to the German Navy, the U 995...

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Hapag-Lloyd orders another 60,000 containers

Hapag-Lloyd orders another 60,000 containers

Posted by | 28 May 2021 | , , | 0

Just a few weeks ago, Hapag-Lloyd placed a major order for 150,000 containers in China. Now the German shipping company has gone one better and ordered a further 60,000 boxes. The first units are to be delivered as early as July, thus at least partially eliminating the current shortage. The reasons for the lack of a sufficient number of containers lie in the unexpectedly strong increase in demand for products from Asia, which are mostly shipped to Europe and America by container. In addition, there is an imbalance between imports and exports in Europe, which means that empty boxes also have to be sent to Asia by ship. Besides...

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Economy needs SEA

Economy needs SEA

Posted by | 10 May 2021 | , , , | 0

The 12th National Maritime Conference starts today in Rostock-Warnemünde This year's 12th National Maritime Conference (NMK) will be broadcast digitally from the port of Rostock-Warnemünde for the first time today and tomorrow. Federal Minister Altmaier explains: "The maritime industry is one of the main pillars of Germany as a business location and is of enormous importance for an export nation. The industry is currently being hit hard by coronavirus, but we also see the crisis as an opportunity. Climate protection and digitalisation are challenges, but they are also an incentive and the key to competitiveness in the future. We have already achieved a lot in the past two years: with the promotion of hydrogen, the introduction...

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120 successes

120 successes

Posted by | 30 Apr 2021 | , , , , | 0

The minesweepers were active in the eastern Baltic Sea for a fortnight and the Open Spirit 2021 exercise ended yesterday. With great success, as more than 120 mines and other ammunition remnants were detected and rendered harmless. A total of 21 boats from eleven nations took part in the exercise to remove contaminated sites from the First and Second World Wars. The boats of the Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG 1) were also involved. Under the command of Dutch frigate captain Jan Wijchers on the Belgian Godetia were the Belgian Crocus, the Estonian Ugandi, the Dutch Zierikzee, the British Pembroke and the German Navy's Sulzbach-Rosenberg....

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