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Schottel drive for the world's first hydrogen tractor

The port of Antwerp-Bruges contains the world's first hydrogen-powered tugboat, as Schottel reports in a press release, which will be equipped with Schottel propulsion systems. The HydroTug was recently launched at the Spanish shipyard Astilleros Armon and will start operating in the Belgian port at the beginning of 2023 as one of the cleanest ships in the port's fleet. According to Schottel, the tug's main propulsion system consists of two Schottel SRP 460 rudderpropellers (2,000 kW each) with a propeller diameter of 2.4 metres. With this thruster configuration, the 31 metre long and 12.5 metre wide vessel achieves a bollard pull of around 65 tonnes. The SRP units will be...

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Norway's climate decision

Convert old oil and gas fields to green electricity - or close them prematurely! In the current German energy situation, it is worth taking a look at other European countries. In Germany, we should not simply believe that our European partners can supply us with unlimited energy. A look at Norway shows that even supposedly more progressive and independent partners have their difficulties. Norway, the largest oil producer in Western Europe, also wants to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 55 % by 2030 compared to 1990. However, a reduction of only 4.5 % was achieved by 2021, as preliminary official statistics show. Norway's climate minister Espen Barth Eide said...

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Large donation for the DLRG Flensburg

Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft - shareholder Lars Windhorst donates 20,000 euros to the Deutsche Lebens-Rettungs-Gesellschaft e.V. (DLRG) The DLRG group in Flensburg is delighted to receive a donation totalling 20,000 euros. At the FSG summer reception with Minister President Daniel Günther on 20 August at the Robbe & Berking Heritage Center, Philipp Maracke, Managing Director of Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG), presented the donation cheque to Thorsten Brocks, Chairman of the Flensburg branch of the DLRG. "I am delighted to provide financial support to this association, which is so important for our city on the water, on behalf of Lars Windhorst, founder of Tennor Holding and shareholder of FSG," emphasised the Managing Director. The Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft...

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More than sluggish

Once put into service as tugs, the various types of naval vessels quickly turned out to be versatile quick-change artists. But after many decades at sea, it is now time to decide on a successor. A Swiss Army knife is a useful little thing, usually carried inconspicuously on a belt or in a trouser pocket so that it is immediately available when needed. There are many very useful and few or no useless functions on such a multi-purpose knife. This is no surprise, as experts have been working on the development of such tools for decades, supported by user feedback. Basic functions and tried and tested...

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Ukraine war: further explosions and drone attacks in Crimea

Just a few days after the significant explosions at the Saki airbase around 40 kilometres north of Sevastopol and the dismissal of the head of the Black Sea Fleet by Moscow, there were further attacks on Russian facilities on the Crimean peninsula. Exactly one week after the first incident, there were explosions at an ammunition depot on a Russian military base in the Dzhankoi district in the north of the island. The town of Dzhankoi is home to a military airfield in the immediate vicinity, which must be a helicopter base according to the satellite image - around 40 helicopters can be clearly recognised spread across the entire site. Russian air defence "activated" Meanwhile...

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