The unmanned surface drone (USV) Seagull is to receive significantly enhanced capabilities in the future. This was announced by Elbit Systems during a press trip with German journalists in Israel. The Seagull is a twelve-metre-long, highly mobile and air-transportable system that can be deployed either independently or from a mother ship. It reaches the deployment site...
Venezuela's crude oil exports are coming under pressure after the USA seized the crude oil tanker SKIPPER on 10 December. The seizure netted the United States 1.85 million barrels of oil and a 20-year-old supertanker that has been under arrest since 2022 for alleged involvement in a shadow oil trafficking fleet involving the Islamic State.
Until now, the state of Lower Saxony has levied trade tax on offshore wind farm operators in the German Bight that were not assigned to a municipality. The city of Oldenburg had filed a lawsuit against this because an operating company of a North Sea wind farm is based there. This practice has now come to an end, as in December 2024 the Federal Fiscal Court in...
Stele opened to commemorate a different time The German Navy once again has a place in Kappeln - Olpenitz between the Baltic Sea and the Schlei. In the middle of the harbour, on the large square near a food market on the harbour promenade. A 2 metre high stele now stands there, commemorating the...
From 25 November to 19 December, members of the Parow Naval Technology School ran their traditional naval punch stall at the Stralsund Christmas market on the initiative of the NCO interest group. The maritime classic enjoyed great popularity, far beyond the regional borders. With a great deal of personal commitment and in their free time, the members of the...
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