Category: Shipbuilding

Russian shortage: ice-capable ships for the North-East Passage

Russian shortage: ice-capable ships for the North-East Passage

Posted by | 27 Sep 2023 | , , , , | 0

Russia must expand its production capacities for icebreakers if it wants to achieve its goals for expanding trade via the Arctic North-East Passage, as Russia lacks ice-class ships. Alternative route Russia has been planning for some time to expand the North-East Passage as an alternative to the Suez Canal and to intensify trade via this northern route as early as next year. President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly stated, most recently in August at the meeting of the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), that Russia wants to accelerate the development of the northern route, which would require the construction of new harbours and bunker stations as well as a larger fleet of icebreakers. The approximately 6,500 km long route leads...

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Future in Kiel: New tkMS shipbuilding hall

Future in Kiel: New tkMS shipbuilding hall

Posted by | 1 Sep 2023 | , , , | 2

The thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (tkMS) shipyard wants to be able to build submarines faster and more efficiently in its new hall. The next submarines for Germany and Norway (class U 212 CD) are the most technically advanced of their kind and will now also be built in the most modern halls, CEO Oliver Burkhard told the German Press Agency. It is the most modern shipbuilding hall for conventional submarines in the world. New technology With its dimensions of 170 by 70 metres and a height of just under 33 metres, the recently handed over hall complex already dominates the cityscape on the eastern shore of Kiel's inner fjord. A major advantage of the huge building is that...

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Growth for the defence fleet

Growth for the defence fleet

Posted by | 29 Aug 2023 | , , , , | 0

Am heutigen 29. August 2023 wurde in der Rostocker TAMSEN MARITIM Werft das zweite STS- Boot für die Wehrtechnische Dienststelle 71 in Eckernförde auf den Namen „Holstein“ getauft. War TAMSEN MARITIM bis dato nur als Instandsetzungsbetrieb in Erscheinung getreten, so werden sich nach der Taufe der „Schleswig“ und der „Holstein“ erstmals bald auch neugebaute Boote von der Warnow in der Flottenliste der Deutschen Marine wiederfinden. In seiner Rede vor Geschäftspartnern, Belegschaft und Medienvertretern des Hansestadt Rostock dankte Geschäftsführer Christian Schmoll primär seinen Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeitern, aber auch der exzellenten Zuarbeit der Partnerwerft aus dem anhaltinischen Tangermünde. Der Direktor der...

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GNY: Kiel shipyard wants to build disposal platform for the Baltic Sea

GNY: Kiel shipyard wants to build disposal platform for the Baltic Sea

Posted by | 24 Aug 2023 | , , , | 0

The Kiel-based shipyard German Naval Yards, together with Rheinmetall Project Solutions GmbH (Düsseldorf) and another partner from the offshore sector, is bidding for the construction of a platform for the disposal of munitions from the Baltic Sea. The jointly developed platform could be deployed as a pilot plant in the Kolberger Heide munitions dumping area at the entrance to the Kiel Fjord before mid-2024 and dispose of conventional munitions such as torpedo heads, mines and artillery shells in an environmentally friendly manner. According to the latest estimates, 1.6 million tonnes of conventional and 220,000 tonnes of chemical warfare agents lie on the seabed off the German North Sea and Baltic coasts. Because these were disposed of during and especially after the Second World War...

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Commissioning of tugboat "Rügen"

Commissioning of tugboat "Rügen"

Posted by | 24 Aug 2023 | , , , | 0

From a press release by the Rostock Naval Command: On Wednesday, 23 August 2023 at 10 a.m., the tugboat "Rügen", which until recently was called "Rota Endurance", will be ceremoniously commissioned at the naval base in Kiel. With the commissioning of this ship, the navy is taking a significant step towards modernising its fleet and expanding its operational options in access marineforum digital+ Are you already a registered user? Log in here now - also MOV members: Username Password Remember meLost your password? Don't have access yet? Click here for the marineforum digital+ subscription: Access to all articles from the marineforum...

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