Category: Security policy

Rolls-Royce launches three new mtu NautIQ products

Rolls-Royce launches three new mtu NautIQ products

Gepostet von | 7 Apr 2022 | , , , , | 0

Important contribution to safety, efficiency and climate protection targets. Rolls-Royce is expanding its mtu NautIQ ship automation portfolio with three new products: mtu NautIQ CoPilot, mtu NautIQ CoOperate and mtu NautIQ CoDirect each offer different options for intelligent crew support, autonomous control and remote operation. For customers from all areas of shipping, they bring significant benefits in terms of safety and efficiency as well as environmental and climate friendliness. The new products are the next step in the collaboration between Rolls-Royce and Sea Machines Robotics, the developer of autonomous control and remote control systems for ships, which was first announced at the Monaco Yacht Show in September 2021. The further development of the mtu NautIQ product range...

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Update: Putin's war - impact on the maritime markets

Update: Putin's war - impact on the maritime markets

Gepostet von | 7 Apr 2022 | , , , , | 0

Maritime trade with Russia and Ukraine - impacts on global logistics and ship-building markets - by Prof Dr Uwe Jenisch Deliveries of oil, gas, coal, grain and raw materials from Russia by ship are largely no longer possible. Gas, coal, grain and raw materials from Russia by ship have largely been cancelled. Container, ferry and feeder traffic with Russian ports has thinned out. ports has thinned out. New cargoes to and from Russia are being rejected. Russian ships are being turned away in many ports around the world or subjected to increased checks for boycott goods. Pipelines remain open for the time being. The Black and Azov Seas are "war zones" under insurance law, bringing traffic to a standstill. GPS interference & AIS spoofing in the region. Over 100 merchant ships under various flags...

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US Navy ends the LCS experiment

US Navy ends the LCS experiment

Gepostet von | 5 Apr 2022 | , , , | 0

The US Navy is drawing a line under the altogether rather 'frustrating' LCS experiment. It's not official yet, but we know, because it's been an agonising process for a long time. Now the nine Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ships are probably destined for disposal. The most recent was commissioned in 2020, as the US Navy was never really happy with this experiment. The ships - USS Fort Worth (LCS-3), USS Milwaukee (LCS-5), USS Detroit (LCS-7), USS Little Rock (LCS-9), USS Sioux City (LCS-11), USS Wichita (LCS-13), USS Billings (LCS-15) and USS St. Louis (LCS-19) - are among the 24 Littoral Combat Ships...

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Zelenskyy calls on Norway to prevent Russian ships from entering European harbours

Zelenskyy calls on Norway to prevent Russian ships from entering European harbours

Gepostet von | 4 Apr 2022 | , , | 0

In a broadcast speech to the Norwegian parliament on Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for the delivery of additional weapons to Ukraine and Oslo to prevent Russian ships from docking in their harbours. He called for additional weapons and reiterated the importance of sanctions to stop Russia. Zelenskyy repeated the accusation that Russia had mined the sea in the Black Sea region, which posed a danger to shipping. "We have no common borders with you, but we have a common neighbour who opposes all our common values," the Ukrainian president said in his introduction...

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Ex-NATO general: Risk of Russia invading the Baltic states is "real"

Ex-NATO general: Risk of Russia invading the Baltic states is "real"

Gepostet von | 4 Apr 2022 | , , | 0

General Alexander Richard David Shirreff, who gave a lecture at the Royal Academy of War Sciences in Sweden, gave a clear message about where he believes the Kremlin is heading - namely the Baltic states. The danger of war in the Baltic states is real, said the Briton, the former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, in an exclusive interview with the Swedish television channel SVT. Shirreff made it clear where he believes the Kremlin is heading - and that could be the Baltic states. "It is tangible. Putin's intention was clear from the beginning, after all, he has said that the best security solution for Europe...

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