At the beginning of February, "The Conversation", an Australian online network of non-profit media companies with news, research reports and expert analyses, reported on an impressive study on the migration of plastic waste in the Indian Ocean. Initial situation In 2019, the Seychelles Island Foundation and Oxford University carried out a clean-up operation on the uninhabited Aldabra Atoll north-west of Madagascar. Over the length of the island...
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According to reports from naval circles, the long-awaited day for the Sea Lion seems to have arrived. A boarding party has embarked on the task force provider "Bonn" and will set sail on Monday 13 February with two NH90 Sea Lions on board. The basic functions have already been tested and preparations have been finalised. It...
The Pakistani navy begins an exercise with 50 participating nations today, 10 February. Until 14 February, in addition to the participating naval and naval air forces, special forces will also be working on the basics of maritime warfare. The exercise is divided into two phases, with the harbour phase (10 - 12 February) including socio-cultural activities and...
In times of much bad news, good news must not be lost! After months of despair during the COVID-19 pandemic, the year 2022 brought a recovery for the well-being of seafarers. The "Mission to Seafarers", which looks after the most important thing in the shipping industry - its people - publishes the quarterly report...
The new trawler "Jan Maria" has now been launched at the Turkish Tersan shipyard and will have its home port in Bremerhaven in future. The ship, with the registration number BX 792 and construction number NB 1108, is to be delivered to the German subsidiary of Parlevliet & Van der Plas in July.
The U.S. Navy was standing by in the expected impact area at 2:40 p.m. local time on Saturday, 4 February 2023, when the Chinese "research balloon" was shot down, with the amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall and embarked teams from the FBI and NCIS (Naval Criminal Investigative Service) ready to recover the debris. Security forces Three other Coast Guard...
The shipping company Allseas has been awarded a contract for the world's largest heavy-lift and construction vessel "Pioneering Spirit" as part of the German energy transition. Allseas has been commissioned to install the high-voltage direct current (HVDC) converter platforms for the "DolWin4" and "BorWin4" offshore grid connection projects in the German North Sea. The contract awarded by Dragados Offshore includes the transport and...
For a few years, it seemed as if the Hong Kong-based Genting Group would be a saviour in times of need for some German shipyards. But after the company's bankruptcy, the tenderloin was divided up. The Genting bankruptcy, which began in 2020 and led to the insolvency of the MV shipyard group with sites in Wismar, Warnemünde and Stralsund in March 2022,...
Damen Naval, the main contractor for the four F126 frigates, has commissioned Damen Marine Components (DMC) to develop and produce the required rudder pairs for the combat vessels. They are intended to improve the hydrodynamic properties of the ships and withstand extreme impacts. According to Damen, the DMC full spade rudders of the type...
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