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Econowind: Fuel-saving sails can now also be leased

Econowind: Fuel-saving sails can now also be leased

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So-called ventifoils enable ship owners to reduce emissions, comply with international regulations and save considerable costs. A new investment loan from ABN Amro now enables Atradius Dutch State Business (DSB) and its Econowind division to further develop these industrial sails and to finance both the sale and rental of the sails. This gives shipowners low-threshold access to this green technology. Econowind's aim is to equip as many ships as possible worldwide with this technology. At least the first ten ventifoils can be leased with this loan, a goal that should be easily achievable as early as next year. Econowind Econowind was founded in 2016 by the entrepreneur...

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German Navy on TV: DMAX sets sail in mid-October

German Navy on TV: DMAX sets sail in mid-October

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Two documentary series accompany the German Navy on NATO missions and in everyday life on the high seas. Kabel Eins promises "unique access to all branches of the armed forces" in October with the documentary project "Unsere Bundeswehr", but as it now turns out, the look behind the scenes of the armed forces is not as unique as expected. DMAX is also planning a similar documentary format from 15 October with "The Navy - Our Life at Sea". Every Saturday from 21:15, the Discovery channel will go on board three warships and show the German navy on its NATO missions between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. The three ships...

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Russian Pacific Fleet: Conventional submarine "Magadan" has moved to Vladivostok

Russian Pacific Fleet: Conventional submarine "Magadan" has moved to Vladivostok

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After taking part in the Russian Navy Day celebrations in Saint Petersburg at the end of July, the new submarine "Magadan" (B-602) of the modified Kilo II class (project 636.3) was allowed to embark on a transfer voyage lasting several months. The submarine, which entered service on 12 October 2021, was accompanied by the ocean-going tug "Viktor Konetskiy" on the 9,000 nautical mile journey to Vladivostok. On 9 October 2022, both reached the North Pacific home base of the "Magadan" on the Sea of Japan. Construction series for the Pacific Fleet The "Magadan" is the third of six submarines from the second batch ordered for the Russian Pacific Fleet at the Admiralty Shipyard in St. Petersburg...

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Emphasising secondary tasks

Emphasising secondary tasks

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The Bundeswehr has ended its participation in Operation Atalanta. What has been achieved, learnt and changed? At the end of 30 April, after around 14 years, German military participation in the European Union's first maritime operation came to an end: the European Union Naval Force Somalia Operation Atalanta. On the basis of a United Nations Security Council resolution and a decision by the Council of the European Union, the German Bundestag approved German military participation in Atalanta on 19 December 2008, and only three days later a warship, the frigate Karlsruhe, took part. The rapid increase in the number of pirate attacks in a very short space of time...

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Bulgarian special services investigate lorry explosion on Crimean bridge

Bulgarian special services investigate lorry explosion on Crimean bridge

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The Bulgarian counterintelligence service DANS (State Agency for National Security) in Sofia is investigating Russian allegations that the lorry blown up on the Crimean bridge came from that country. The previous Sunday, the head of the Russian investigative committee, Alexander Bastrykin, announced at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin that the route of the lorry had started in Bulgaria and then passed through Georgia, Armenia, North Ossetia and the Krasnodar region. The Bulgarian investigation began immediately after the Kremlin published this information on the instructions of acting Prime Minister Galab Donev. The Bulgarian public prosecutor's office has also been informed. The spokesman...

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