Category: Shipbuilding

Naval task force supplier: iMERZ in sight

Naval task force supplier: iMERZ in sight

Gepostet von | 27 May 2022 | , , | 0

What began optimistically in September 2019 in terms of scheduling now seems to be slowly coming to an end. Two years late, the new integrated Marine Emergency Rescue Centre (iMERZ) was transferred to its platform, the Einsatzgruppenversorger (EGV) "Frankfurt am Main", on 23 May. Construction of the rescue centre, which was designed as a permanent deckhouse, began in September 2019. The plans at the time assumed that the centre would be integrated on the "Frankfurt am Main" in spring 2020. The iMERZ is essentially a complete hospital, consisting of an infirmary, two operating theatres, an X-ray room, a dental technology department and various laboratories. Accordingly, it is designed as a permanent deckhouse...

Weiterlesen
Port of Rotterdam plans autonomous floating fire extinguishers

Port of Rotterdam plans autonomous floating fire extinguishers

Gepostet von | 19 May 2022 | , , , , | 0

The Port of Rotterdam has conducted a market survey on the use of autonomous/remote-controlled floating firefighting equipment. If the information received confirms that such vessels are a good option, this could lead to a tendering process. The Port of Rotterdam operates a fleet of patrol and civil protection vessels that are deployed by the Harbour Master's Office in day, half and full-time shifts to perform management, inspection and civil protection tasks. The fleet also includes hydrographic survey vessels and an emergency response vessel. As part of the market survey, the port is asking operators for their opinion on the possibilities for autonomous/remote-controlled floating firefighting equipment. Autonomous vessels would both reduce risk, as people could be rescued from...

Weiterlesen
Banal airship or "airyacht"?

Banal airship or "airyacht"?

Gepostet von | 19 May 2022 | , , , , , | 0

Airships are a German invention, Count Zeppelin and Hugo Eckener are the great names that have left their mark. Lake Constance and Friedrichshafen will forever be associated with this pioneering era. However, every grandly conceived use of this "giant technology" ended tragically, whether as a weapon of war in the First World War or as a passenger solution in Lakehurst. The USA even used airships as aircraft carriers - perhaps someone will write something about this. The commercial use never materialised either, most recently in 2002 with the insolvency of the Cargolifter company, whose hangar is now a huge adventure swimming park. Otherwise, "blimps" are a joy for paying tourist sightseeing flights (is it actually called "flight"?) or...

Weiterlesen
thyssenkrupp Marine Systems with new CEO

thyssenkrupp Marine Systems with new CEO

Gepostet von | 3 May 2022 | , , , | 0

Dr Rolf Wirtz hands over the chairmanship to Oliver Burkhard The company is calling it a baton handover: Dr Rolf Wirtz is leaving the company on 1 May, as announced in December 2021. With the expiry of his contract, he had prepared an orderly handover in good time. At an extraordinary meeting on 18 March 2022, the Supervisory Board of thyssenkrupp Marine Systems appointed its previous Chairman Oliver Burkhard as the new CEO of thyssenkrupp Marine Systems. Dr Rolf Wirtz has headed the company since 2017 and was previously CEO of ATLAS ELEKTRONIK, whose integration into the system house he drove forward. During his time at the company, the digitalisation of processes from...

Weiterlesen
Fletcher almost sunk

Fletcher almost sunk

Gepostet von | 26 Apr 2022 | , , , , | 0

A decommissioned World War II destroyer moored near downtown Buffalo, New York, took on water Thursday and was listing dangerously. Crews were working to keep the former "USS The Sullivans" from sinking at its berth at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park. Part of the leaning ship's deck had sunk below the waterline by noon. The ship is memorable, it is a Fletcher destroyer, a class of which 175 ships have been built, according to available sources, the largest class ever built by...

Weiterlesen
en_GBEnglish
de_DEGerman en_GBEnglish