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German Navy: "We brought out everything that floats"

German Navy: "We brought out everything that floats"

Gepostet von | 10 Mar 2022 | , , , | 3

The conflict in Ukraine has led to a deployment of the German Navy on an unprecedented scale. As the future inspector of the navy, Vice Admiral Jan Christian Kaack, said, a total of 24 ships are deployed in the Mediterranean and the Baltic Sea, including three frigates. "We have brought out everything that floats. This allows us to show our presence together with our NATO partners." Among other things, the ships are part of the so-called permanent NATO units. These are at the highest level of combat readiness and the soldiers are optimally...

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Shipyards in crisis

Shipyards in crisis

Gepostet von | 9 Mar 2022 | , , , | 0

The insolvency of the MV Werften Group poses considerable challenges not only for the structurally weak region in north-east Germany. Experts see a threat to the entire German shipbuilding industry. 10 January 2022 will go down as a black day in the recent history of German shipbuilding. On this day, the management of the MV Werften Group, which belongs to the Malaysian Genting Group and has sites in Wismar, Rostock and Stralsund, filed for insolvency. Lloyd Werft in Bremerhaven, which also belongs to Genting, was also affected. The shock was particularly great in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, although it was not entirely unexpected. The shock was particularly...

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DWT Symposium Prospects for the defence industry 2022

DWT Symposium Prospects for the defence industry 2022

Gepostet von | 9 Mar 2022 | , , , , | 0

At the symposium 'Prospects for the defence industry', representatives from the official side will meet with representatives from the fields of defence technology and the defence industry. For more than ten years, DWT and SGW have been offering a tried-and-tested dialogue and information platform with this event, which marks the start of the annual programme. Due to the formation of the new government, the date has been postponed to 7 March 2022, and the change in German security policy initiated on 27 February has given the event a new impetus. This gave high-ranking representatives of the Federal Ministry of Defence (BMVg) the opportunity to give an indication of the 'Special Fund Bundeswehr' announced by Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz....

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Princess Anne visits Global Mercy

Princess Anne visits Global Mercy

Gepostet von | 9 Mar 2022 | , , | 0

The Princess Royal met the crew and inaugurated the ship Princess Royal Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise visited the Global Mercy and took part in an inauguration ceremony. Princess Anne has been the patron of Mercy Ships since 2021. She had already visited the Africa Mercy hospital ship during a mission in Sierra Leone in 2011, and the visit to the Global Mercy was the first official Mercy Ships appointment that the Princess attended in her role as patron. Among other things, Princess Anne visited the hospital on board and spoke with volunteers. She paid tribute to the crew's commitment. At the end of the visit, she attended an inauguration ceremony...

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Wirtschaftsverband Weser: The Upper Weser must remain a shipping route

Wirtschaftsverband Weser: The Upper Weser must remain a shipping route

Gepostet von | 9 Mar 2022 | , , | 0

Heavy load transports on the Upper Weser take up to 325 tonnes - as much as two Boeing 747 jumbo jets - weighs the transformer, which is transported by barge from the Ruhr region via the Upper Weser. Thomas Lippel, Head of the Waterways Department at the Weser Waterways and Shipping Authority, coordinates the loading. The transformer station at the former nuclear power plant site in Würgassen will receive new, modern transformers that will distribute electricity to hundreds of thousands of households in the Upper Weser Valley region as well as to the cities of Hanover, Kassel and Göttingen. Heavy goods transport such as transformers, but also rotors for wind turbines or other machine parts, are finding inland waterway transport increasingly attractive. The days of freight shipping...

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