Category: Shipping

Mission boats for frigates: Latest technology - proven function

Mission boats for frigates: Latest technology - proven function

Posted by | 9 Feb 2024 | , , , , | 0

Wilhelmshaven - The first two new and modernised Rapid C-810 rescue and operations boats have been handed over to Flotilla 2. They will be deployed on the F123 and F124 class frigates. The first boat has already been successfully integrated on the "Hamburg", F124 and sister ship of the "Hessen", which left for the Red Sea on Thursday, 8 February 2024 in preparation for the yet-to-be-mandated EUNAVFOR "Aspides" mission, and is operationally available as a so-called boarding boat, for sea rescue and for transporting people and material. The two standby and operational boats have been added to the twelve already existing and up to now...

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Düsseldorf/Cologne/Bonn: Landing craft on a farewell tour

Düsseldorf/Cologne/Bonn: Landing craft on a farewell tour

Posted by | 9 Jun 2023 | , , , | 1

From a press release by the naval command: The last multi-purpose landing craft in the fleet is on its last inland voyage after 57 years of service. It is the only grey-painted boat in the German Navy that can sail on the Rhine. The crew of the "Lachs" uses its shallow draught to present the last landing craft of the German Navy to all interested parties. The boat arrives in Düsseldorf on 10 June and presents itself to visitors at an open ship the following day. Two days later, the "Lachs" docks in Bonn. Here too, the crew will open the jetty for guests. On both dates, the navy's mine divers will be...

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Fishing vessels are responsible for half of the plastic pollution in the oceans

Fishing vessels are responsible for half of the plastic pollution in the oceans

Posted by | 22 Jul 2022 | , , , | 0

Plastic pollution in the oceans was a focus of the recent UN Ocean Conference, which issued a statement in support of an earlier decision by the UN Environment Assembly to begin negotiations on a global plastics treaty. It is estimated that around 4.5 million fishing vessels operating in national and international waters are responsible for half of the plastic pollution in the oceans. This figure cannot be substantiated by other sources, as many fishing vessels are not registered. Recent research suggests that industrial fishing gear alone contributes more than 100 million pounds of plastic to the oceans. And by 2050, there could be more plastic than fish in the sea....

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First tanker arrives after 20-month standstill at Norwegian LNG plant

First tanker arrives after 20-month standstill at Norwegian LNG plant

Posted by | 13 May 2022 | , , , | 0

The LNG tanker "Arctic Voyager" arrived in Hammerfest, Norway, on 9 May before the liquefaction plant is due to resume LNG production the following week. Europe's only large natural gas liquefaction plant (LNG) on the island of Melkoeya off the Arctic city of Hammerfest is due to resume production on 17 May after a 20-month shutdown, according to operator Equinor. The plant, which can process 18 million cubic metres of gas per day, has been out of operation since September 2020 after a fire raised concerns about safety guidelines. Melkoeya produces gas from the Snoehvit offshore field in the Barents Sea, 160 kilometres (100 miles) away. The field had to...

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The desperation of the oligarchs

The desperation of the oligarchs

Posted by | 11 May 2022 | , , | 0

Expensive and long escapes Before the $325 million mega yacht "Amadea" became embroiled in a legal dispute in the South Pacific, the luxury vessel, owned by billionaire Suleiman Kerimov according to the US government, was on an 18-day voyage from the Caribbean to Fiji that likely resulted in a fuel bill of more than $500,000. There is speculation that the superyacht was en route to the Russian port of Vladivostok before the authorities in Fiji seized it at the request of US authorities. Russia's invasion of Ukraine on 24 February sparked a series of financial sanctions in Washington D.C. and its allies that have hit hundreds of...

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