Category: Security policy

Russian fleet movements in the Baltic Sea

Russian fleet movements in the Baltic Sea

Gepostet von | 20 Apr 2022 | , , , , | 0

The Steregushiy-class corvettes RFS "Stoykiy" (545) and RFS "Soobrazitelny" (531), as well as the seagoing tug RFS Viktor "Konetskiy" returned to Baltiysk from the Skagerrak on 15 April 2022. Observers assume routine manoeuvre activity in the North Sea and Atlantic. On 16 April 2022, the large landing ship RFS "Ivan Gren" (010) of the Russian Northern Fleet then moved through the Kattegat and Great Belt into the Baltic Sea, where it arrived in Baltiysk on 18 April 2022. Whether the background to the relocation of the landing ship is a shipyard stay at the Yantar shipyard or the loading or unloading of weapons and equipment is speculation. Possibly...

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Flagship of the Black Sea Fleet damaged and sunk

Flagship of the Black Sea Fleet damaged and sunk

Gepostet von | 14 Apr 2022 | , , , | 0

Last message Thursday, 14.04.2022, 23:00 Russian Ministry of Defence confirms according to several media reports that the Russian cruiser "Moskva", the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, presumably damaged by at least one Ukrainian sea target missile "Neptune", sank last night. While the burning ship was being towed from its last position about 25 miles east of Snake Island to Sevastopol, it lost its "stability" in heavy seas and sank. Thursday, 14.04.2022, 10:00 a.m. A week ago, NavalNews had published a report on the "Moskva" by "Covert Shores" editor H.I. Sutton, in which the ship was portrayed very well in a striking way see link! www.navalnews.com Now we receive news...

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Offshore wind power accident

Offshore wind power accident

Gepostet von | 14 Apr 2022 | , , , | 0

Following the failure of an offshore wind turbine at a Danish offshore wind farm, offshore wind power developer Orsted is asking the relevant authorities to set up "no-entry zones" at some of its offshore wind farms. As Orsted announced on Wednesday, a rotor and three blades came loose from the nacelle of one of the offshore wind turbines at its 400-megawatt Anholt offshore wind farm and fell into the sea. No people were injured in the accident. However, as a precautionary measure, Orsted is asking the authorities to set up temporary exclusion zones at other wind farms where the same turbines as the one that failed are located. The Anholt offshore wind farm was commissioned in 2013 and consists of 111 Siemens Gamesa wind turbines with 3.6 MW. Other farms,...

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Change of management at the Federal Maritime Control Centre

Change of management at the Federal Maritime Control Centre

Gepostet von | 14 Apr 2022 | , , | 0

With the appointment of Rainer Siemers as the new head, the management of the Federal Maritime Coordination Centre will now lie with the Federal Police until 2025. It will rotate between the Federal Police and customs every three years. The Federal Maritime Coordination Centre is part of the Joint Maritime Situation Centre in the Maritime Security Centre, which is based in Cuxhaven. The Federal Police, Customs, the Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food, the Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration, the German Navy, the waterway police of the five coastal states and the Central Command for Maritime Emergencies work together in this joint institution of the federal government and the five coastal states (Bremen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein). They pool their operational competences and...

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Piracy in the Indian Ocean on the decline

Piracy in the Indian Ocean on the decline

Gepostet von | 14 Apr 2022 | , , , | 0

Yemen conflict is a risk for seafarers Piracy in the northern Indian Ocean has declined over the last ten years. The greatest threat to seafarers is in the waters around Yemen, according to a new report. In Dryad Global's 2021/22 annual report, the maritime security company notes that since the end of 2012, incidents of piracy in the northern Indian Ocean have gradually given way to complex geopolitical developments. Traditionally, the area was plagued by piracy, which is now almost negligible. One of the most striking features of maritime security in 2021 has been the apparent sense of impotence of the...

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