Association News of the German Shipbuilding and Ocean Industries Association names shrinking shipyard landscape as a dramatic security risk Dr Reinhard Lüken, VSM Managing Director, is clear in his editorial for the 85th issue of VSM Association News: he criticises the misguided focus of daily reports and makes it clear that the security policy situation must be a priority. In this context...
Philip Lüdecke joins MTG Philip Lüdecke joins the MTG team and will work on concepts for maritime command and control and weapon deployment systems and will also be active in customer consulting. Lüdecke joins MTG from Thyssen Krupp Marine systems (tkMs), where he was Head of Procurement Platform Systems and Head of...
Successor to the Walrus class - procurement decision in the Netherlands in favour of France It seemed to be on the cards: the French Naval Group's design has prevailed for the successor to the Walrus submarines. The decision to award the contract is provisional, as the current decision in the Council of Ministers still requires parliamentary approval. A meeting is scheduled for 27 March...
The KÖLN class was followed in the German Navy by the BREMEN class, also known as class 120 and 122. But where was the frigate 121? The navy decommissioned the last of its eight very successful workhorses of class 122 (BREMEN class) at the end of 2022. The four frigates of class 123 (BRANDENBURG class) will be...
Singapore's navy is an important guarantor of freedom of navigation in the Strait of Malacca and beyond. On the sidelines of the Maritime Convention, its commander, Rear Admiral Sean Wat, answered questions from marineforum about tensions in the region and the German Navy's involvement. Singapore has an important role to play in...
The shipping industry transports around 90 % of global trade and is therefore responsible for around three per cent of global carbon dioxide emissions. Reason enough to research ammonia as one of several alternative fuels. Test phase MAN Energy Solutions (MAN ES) is planning to launch the first ammonia-fuelled...
In September, the naval exercise Northern Coasts 2023 took place in the Baltic Sea - the exercise was planned and led from the naval command by the German Maritime Forces Staff - Deu Marfor for short. It was a grey September morning when the screens in the operations centre of the naval command were switched off. Poor weather conditions in the...
Manuela Schwesig, Minister President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, visited the Dutch naval shipyard Damen Naval in Vlissingen on 11 March 2024 as part of a delegation trip by the German Federal Council. She was informed about the maritime industry in the Netherlands and German-Dutch cooperation in the field of shipbuilding and defence technology. She paid particular attention to...
Duisburg: Now that the first pilotless "ghost ships" are sailing on Belgium's waterways, ships are set to follow on German waterways. In future, the captains will no longer be on board, but on land. For a few weeks now, a Belgian captain has been sitting at a desk in the former Haniel offices in Duisburg-Ruhrort. With headphones in front of four...
Steeped in history. Traditional. Time-honoured. These and similar terms are quickly associated with the alma mater of naval officers, the Mürwik Naval School (MSM). The "Red Castle by the Sea", built between 1907 and 1910 by building councillor Adalbert Kelm in the style of the Marienburg of the Teutonic Order according to Emperor Wilhelm II's...
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