[et_pb_section fb_built="1" admin_label="Section" _builder_version="4.18.0" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="|||" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.18.0" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" global_colors_info="{}"] Prominent speakers and concentrated expertise! On 8 November 2022, the Maritime Convention took place for the fifteenth time at the Schleswig-Holstein State Representation in Berlin, after two years as a face-to-face event...
A moment of carelessness and a wave took me off my tired legs and I slid roughly across the wooden deck. Somewhat shocked and dripping, I heard the boatswain shouting at me in the wind through the water in my ears "All right? Then watch sailor - to the sheet!" There pulled...
On Friday, 8 July 2022, the "Belgorod" (project 09852) was handed over to the Russian Navy. The ceremonial signing of the acceptance protocol and the handover, during which the St Andrew's flag is hoisted in accordance with Russian procedure, took place at the Sevmash shipyard (Severodvinsk/Arkhangelsk). A press release from the shipyard states that the management of the...
In July 2017, the U.S. Navy's Department of Defence announced the tender for the FFG(X) frigate project with twenty units. The FFG(X) was to be the successor to the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS, Independence and Freedom classes), which did not quite meet the expectations of the Navy due to its complex, expensive and vulnerable modularity.
Their five-year trip to East Asia, or Indo-Asia-Pacific Deployment, began nine months ago. The two OPVs HMS Tamar and HMS Spey (Modified River class) are certainly no fat ships, but with a length of 81 metres and a displacement of 1,800 tonnes, they have to "shimmy" their way through in stages. In September from Portsmouth...
Airships are a German invention, Count Zeppelin and Hugo Eckener are the great names that have left their mark. Lake Constance and Friedrichshafen will forever be associated with this pioneering era. However, every grandly conceived use of this "giant technology" ended tragically, whether as a weapon of war in the First World War or as a passenger solution in Lakehurst....
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On 4 May 2022, the Royal Danish Navy made history. The "Nils Juel" fired the test shot in a first-of-class shootout at the Andoya Space Defence Test Centre in Norway. An important step towards the optimal deployment of the three "Iver Huitfeldt" class frigates, it was the first SM-2 ship-to-air missile to be fired from this class of frigate. The...
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Blocked sea routes could trigger famine The war is not regional, it has an impact on the whole of Europe, indeed the whole world. In particular, the fact that Ukraine was the second largest grain exporter in the world before the war needs to be scrutinised. According to the figures for the 2019-2020 marketing year, Ukraine is behind...
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