Illegal fishing threatens the livelihoods of many countries in Africa and South America. International cooperation and regional solutions form the basis for an effective fight against it. Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing is increasingly jeopardising the marine resources of coastal states in developing countries. While global attention is often focussed...

On Sunday, 1 March 2026, the frigate "Sachsen-Anhalt" under the command of frigate captain Daniel Läzer will return to its home port of Wilhelmshaven from its UNIFIL mission abroad....
Persistent frost paralyses central inland waterways. Canals between Lower Saxony and NRW closed, supply chains come to a standstill....
Fassmer receives order from BAAINBw for four „SAMSe mod“ training boats for the German Navy. Delivery planned from 2028....
Havariekommando registered 130 pollution incidents in the North and Baltic Seas during 472 missions in 2025. Do-228 sensor flights identified 48 polluters....
Navy takes delivery of BlueWhale: Today the Inspector of the Navy, Vice Admiral Jan Christian Kaack, took delivery of the first BlueWhale from the Executive Vice President of TKMS ATLAS ELEKTRONIK, Michael Ozegowski and the CEO IAI, Boaz Levy. Also on site for this unusual event was State Secretary Jens Plötner....

With the US Foreign Military Sales programme, it took less than five years from order to delivery of the first P-8A. A concept with potential for Germany? The procurement of large defence equipment for the Bundeswehr is usually a lengthy and usually expensive process. For the replacement procurement of a maritime patrol aircraft, the...

Solong collision - After the collision of the „Solong“ and „Stena Immaculate“ off the British coast, the captain was sentenced to six years in prison....
TKMS and Elbit Systems, the Israeli Ministry of Defence, open new production facility for submarine components in Israel. The facility will be used for the production of underwater GRP components for the construction of submarines....

Numerous conversions turned a merchant ship into a floating operations centre. The OCEAN TRADER is used by the American special forces to support their worldwide operations. The ship was built in 2011 as the CRAGSIDE at Odense Staalskibsværft for Maersk. The US Navy agreed a long-term leasing contract with Maersk in 2013 and had the ship built between 2015 and 2017.

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