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Senegal: New patrol boats for Dakar at last

Senegal: New patrol boats for Dakar at last

Posted by | 13 Sep 2024 | , , | 0

Walo, Niani and Cayor are Senegal's three newly built OPV 58S for Maritime Defence and State Action at Sea missions along its 300 kilometres of coastline. Piriou Group, a privately owned shipyard group based on the south coast of French Brittany, has delivered these three 62-metre multi-purpose vessels to the West African coastal state fully equipped and has once again proven itself to be a competent manufacturer of small but well-equipped guard boats. Just over four years have passed since the contract was signed until all three boats and their trained crews were transferred to Dakar within the last nine months. Equipped with Marte sea target FK, Simbad/Mistral air defence and...

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German warships navigate the Taiwan Strait

German warships navigate the Taiwan Strait

Posted by | 13 Sep 2024 | , , , | 2

No cause for excitement - not even for the Chinese When a German unit, consisting of the then brand new frigate F 217 "Bayern", the frigate F 207 "Bremen" as well as a supply ship and a tanker, showed a German presence in the waters around China in 1997, the public in Germany took no notice. They were on friendly terms, and the harbour visit in Shanghai deepened the impression. In 2002, it was the frigates F 209 "Rheinland-Pfalz" and F 218 "Mecklenburg-Vorpommern" that visited the Chinese port of Qingdao, among others, and crossed the Taiwan Strait on their course. This had no significance whatsoever, which was still in the...

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Strengthening maritime co-operation in the Indo-Pacific region and the role of Japan

Strengthening maritime co-operation in the Indo-Pacific region and the role of Japan

Posted by | 13 Sep 2024 | , , | 0

With an increasingly aggressive China, westernised Japan has an important role to play in the Indo-Pacific. Under its leadership, a collective security alliance could be created in the region. I retired from the Japanese Self-Defence Forces in 2009 after serving as Chief of Staff of the General Staff. Fifteen years have passed since then, and during that time a tsunami caused a major disaster in eastern Japan. There was also a global pandemic caused by Covid-19. Humanity still does not have the wisdom or the ability to control and prevent such major disasters. On the other hand, we believed that...

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Netherlands - Fire on board a frigate

Netherlands - Fire on board a frigate

Posted by | 12 Sep 2024 | , , | 0

In the late morning of 29 August 2024, a fire broke out on one of the diesel generators on board the frigate HNLMS "Evertsen" (144 metres, 6000 tonnes) for reasons as yet unknown. The fire was extinguished and there were no injuries. The cause of the fire is currently being investigated. A spokesperson for the navy told marineschepen.nl on 30 August 2024 that there was only damage to the insulation of the exhaust pipe and that the diesel itself was undamaged. HNLMS "Evertsen" is an air defence and command frigate of the "De Zeven Provinciën" class and was the fourth and last ship to enter service in 2005. The ship was in...

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German frigate off North Korea: What is PSMX?

German frigate off North Korea: What is PSMX?

Posted by | 12 Sep 2024 | , , , | 0

Not everyone may be familiar with the abbreviation PSMX - but you can find out about it! The German Indo-Pacific group consisting of the frigate "Baden-Württemberg" and the task force vessel "Frankfurt am Main" is currently spending valuable time monitoring cargo traffic to North Korea, a country that is subject to several United Nations sanctions due to its nuclear weapons programme. Germany has pledged to help monitor the implementation of and compliance with these sanctions. This is most effective in the waters off the South Korean peninsula, where the association had just arrived for a visit in the port city of Incheon - 30 kilometres from Seoul. Everything...

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