09 September 2025 - The challenge of the future - How is the profession of pilot changing, Hamburg The future is uncertain. Whether it's digitalisation, autonomous vehicles or a shortage of skilled workers, the future of the maritime industry is foggy. It's no different for the pilots who bring the world's merchant ships safely into German harbours. With...
05 February 2025 - 5th Cross-Cluster Conference Hydrogen, Hamburg The maritime industry is at the centre of global efforts to decarbonise. Hamburg has set itself ambitious climate targets and is actively driving the development of a regional hydrogen economy. Hydrogen-based alternative fuels such as methanol and ammonia play a key role in the regional hydrogen market.
Visitors will gain insights into various areas of the German Navy's traditional training centre. The "Red Castle by the Sea" opens its doors for the last time in 2024 On 12 November, the Mürwik Naval Academy will open its doors to the public for the last time in 2024 from 13:30 to 16:30. Access will be...
Landeskommando Bremen and Bundeswehr-Sozialwerk e.V. organise concert in St. Petri Cathedral in Bremen For the second time, the Landeskommando Bremen and the Bundeswehr-Sozialwerk e.V. are organising a charity concert in Bremen Cathedral. The Wilhelmshaven Naval Music Corps will be playing selected works of church music on 5 November from 19:00 under the direction of frigate captain Matthias Prock....
Leadership - The power of communication Book review as part of the Virtual Officers' Mess What are our plans for the upcoming Virtual Officers' Mess of the Young MOV? Leadership is the most important aspect in the professional environment, the trigger for motivated employees, for innovation, for success and for personal satisfaction. And good...
Seglertreff MOV e.V. Rostock 2022 The journey 2022 is done, a sailing summer is history again and the sailors are full of stories ... The winter camp is occupied, travel memories, impressions, acquaintances, plans and a lot of work - a moment to meet and talk about what has been experienced and what is to come. Sharing and allowing interested parties to participate...
Registration for the 3rd charity run is now open Registration for the third charity run of the Bundeswehr and Reservists running team has been open since 6 June. Following the success of the last two charity runs in 2020 and 2021 - the Bundeswehr and Reservists running team collected donations in the second charity run last year alone - the...
81 years ago today, on 27 May 1941, the German battleship "Bismarck" was sunk in a battle with British naval and naval air forces. Here is the article that the International Museum Hamburg published a year ago - still worth reading and with numerous photos .#todayinhistory . https://www.imm-hamburg.de/2021/05/battleship-bismarck-sunk-80-years-ago/ Curious for more...
Joint conference of the Bundeswehr Centre for Military History and Social Sciences in Potsdam, the German Naval Museum in Wilhelmshaven and the Friends of the Mürwik Naval Academy in Flensburg-Mürwik "Sea power", as the current discussion about the armament of the USA, Russia and China, but also of smaller powers at sea, shows, appears to be just as important today as...
Maritime Convention 2021 goes digital We would have loved to organise the Maritime Convention again as an in-person event at the Schleswig-Holstein State Representation. But unfortunately, the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic are still clearly noticeable on many levels in 2021. For this reason, the event organised by griephan and the German Maritime Institute (DMI) will be...
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