The coronavirus pandemic has also hit the German Navy hard. However, close cooperation with the naval medical service meant that it was still able to fulfil its orders. Global crises such as Sars in 2003, the Ebola epidemic in 2014-2016 and the Zika outbreak in 2016 have already shown the need to better coordinate measures in the areas of prevention, warning and response.
The European Commission has developed five legislative proposals to provide EU countries with better procedures and tools to ensure safe, clean and modern shipping in their waters. After all, three-quarters of all EU external trade takes place via maritime transport routes. Modernisation Three proposals focus on...
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The German Navy is celebrating its 175th birthday. But the road to peace and freedom was long and full of upheavals. On 14 June, the German Navy celebrates its 175th birthday. Well, you might ask yourself. Historically, the end of the Second World War and the subsequent new beginning...
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The German Navy has barely celebrated its 175th anniversary when the German government publishes a national security strategy entitled "Wehrhaft. Resilient. Sustainable. Integrated Security for Germany" as a gift. Long awaited Apart from the fact that the bodies responsible for Germany's national security have been waiting for such a basic paper for decades, e.g. for...
These days, anyone who can - and gets a tradesman's appointment - buys a photovoltaic system for their roof, balcony or window frame, and certainly also for their boat, in order to "generate at least some electricity". But even a solar panel has an expiry date! This is not printed on the glass surface, but it happens....
To mark its 175th birthday, the German Navy is giving itself a new target image. However, many good ideas stand in the way of just as many problems. In the 175th anniversary year of the German Navy, the inspector of the navy is looking ahead with the publication of its future structure. Vice Admiral Jan C. Kaack said in an interview with the...
On 14 June 1848, the National Assembly in the Paulskirche in Frankfurt am Main decided to establish an all-German navy. This was done to protect the German merchant fleet and was justified by the Schleswig-Holstein War against Denmark. This makes the German Navy the oldest branch of the German Armed Forces. It will be celebrated...
From a press release by Saab Deutschland GmbH Saab Deutschland will open a new site for its Naval Systems product unit in autumn 2023 in the SPURWERK work environment in Bremen, which is currently under construction. The 1,680 m2 site will provide space for more than 100 employees. The new location in Bremen will...