Category: Shipbuilding

Future in Kiel: New tkMS shipbuilding hall

Future in Kiel: New tkMS shipbuilding hall

Gepostet von | 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

Gepostet von | 29 Aug 2023 | , , , , | 0

Today, 29 August 2023, the second STS boat for Wehrtechnische Dienststelle 71 in Eckernförde was christened "Holstein" at the TAMSEN MARITIM shipyard in Rostock. Until now, TAMSEN MARITIM had only been known as a repair company, but after the christening of the "Schleswig" and the "Holstein", newly built boats from the Warnow will soon be included in the German Navy's fleet list for the first time. In his speech to business partners, staff and media representatives of the Hanseatic City of Rostock, Managing Director Christian Schmoll primarily thanked his employees, but also the excellent work of the partner shipyard from Tangermünde in Anhalt. The director of the...

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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

Gepostet von | 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"

Gepostet von | 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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Köhlbrand Bridge of "national importance"

Köhlbrand Bridge of "national importance"

Gepostet von | 21 Aug 2023 | , , , | 0

Hamburg's First Mayor Peter Tschentscher (SPD) is calling for a federal contribution to a replacement solution for the Köhlbrand Bridge. The federal government recently refused to commit to this. "Golden Gate of Hamburg" The 3,618 metre-long cable-stayed bridge has crossed the 325 metre-wide Köhlbrand, a branch of the Süderelbe, since 1974. It connects the Steinwerder district on the Hamburg Elbe island of Wilhelmsburg with Waltershof on the A7 motorway and thus also links the port to the motorways to Flensburg, Kiel, Hanover and Bremen. Replacement crossing Hamburg believes that the federal government still has a duty to finance a replacement solution for the Köhlbrand Bridge, which is important for the port....

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