Category: Shipbuilding

mtu/Rolls-Royce: The combustion engine is dead, long live the combustion engine.

mtu/Rolls-Royce: The combustion engine is dead, long live the combustion engine.

Gepostet von | 11 Apr 2023 | , , , | 0

From a press release by mtu / Rolls Royce Power Solutions Politicians say that combustion engines will be obsolete by 2035. And mtu is currently developing a new hydrogen combustion engine for stationary power supply. Engineers at Rolls-Royce are working in an interdisciplinary team to develop a piece of the future for a company that has so far mainly manufactured diesel and gas engines: the first hydrogen combustion engine. For two years now, the team has been working intensively on the challenging combustion process of hydrogen. This is because hydrogen is extremely flammable: if only a small amount of it is present in the air, a small spark is enough to ignite the mixture. Although the engineers...

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German Navy: We are puzzling a corvette!

German Navy: We are puzzling a corvette!

Gepostet von | 31 Mar 2023 | , , , | 0

In order to give as many German shipyards as possible a slice of the cake, construction is split between them: one builds the forecastle, another the stern, the third puts everything together and turns it into a proper hull - and the fourth gives the ship an electronic interior! This is what happened again with the German Navy's latest newbuilding, the corvette Luebeck. The towing train with the corvette's forecastle section was towed from German Naval Yards Kiel (GNYK) through the Kiel Canal (NOK) to Blohm+Voss in Hamburg on 25 March 2023. One day later, on 26 March 2023, the corvette, built by the Lürssen-Peenewerft...

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Sustainable ship recycling - an opportunity for Germany?

Sustainable ship recycling - an opportunity for Germany?

Gepostet von | 24 Mar 2023 | , , , | 0

DNV press release In its 2021-2025 coalition agreement, the current German government writes: "We are strengthening shipbuilding across the entire value chain, including ship recycling, as the industrial core in Germany." The Deutsche Nautische Verein von 1868 e. V. (DNV) and the Maritime Cluster Norddeutschland e. V. (MCN) very much welcome this statement, as we see considerable challenges in the strengthening of the entire value chain proclaimed by the federal government - in particular the establishment of sustainable ship recycling - in Germany, from which an urgent need for action can be derived. As an important shipping location with the great significance of its ports for the flow of goods in an export-orientated economy, Germany is...

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WTD workboat christened

WTD workboat christened

Gepostet von | 20 Mar 2023 | , , | 0

It was a big day for the TAMSEN MARITIM shipyard in Rostock, as ship christenings are not part of the repair yard's daily routine. On 16 March 2023, a new workboat of the Wehrtechnische Dienststelle 71 was christened to support the German Navy. The "Schleswig" is the first of two new Class 744 vessels that will be based in Eckernförde. The Tamsen in-house development bears the abbreviation STS (security, transport, towing) and is used to secure sea areas, transport personnel and support research tasks. The specialised boats also enable the use of underwater equipment and divers. The new workboats are replacing two AM and AK boats from the...

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Ship cable according to Bundeswehr standard

Ship cable according to Bundeswehr standard

Gepostet von | 2 Mar 2023 | , , | 0

Friesland-Kabel GmbH expands product portfolio From April, Friesland-Kabel GmbH's logistics centre in the Hanseatic city of Wismar will stock military marine cables that comply with the German Armed Forces' VG standard (defence equipment standard) in addition to marine cables for civilian applications. It is a response to the increasing demand in Germany, but also worldwide, according to the company's press release. The range includes cutting, taping and labelling as well as stockpiling and warehousing. The latter also enables just-in-time delivery of common cable types according to individual customer requirements. With the Prysmian Group, Friesland-Kabel GmbH has the world market leader for energy and telecommunications cables as a partner. Friesland-Kabel GmbH currently has the largest marine cable warehouse in Germany...

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