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CO 2 pollution: Rotterdam is the front runner

CO 2 pollution: Rotterdam is the front runner

Gepostet von | 9 Feb 2022 | , , | 0

In European comparison: Hamburg in third place! Transport & Environment (T&E), a non-profit organisation that campaigns for clean transport, has published a ranking of European ports by carbon emissions. This shows that ports need to do more to make shipping cleaner. Rotterdam was categorised as Europe's port with the highest carbon dioxide emissions. The port of Rotterdam, Europe's busiest seaport, emits almost 14 million tonnes of CO2 every year, putting it on a par with Europe's fifth largest industrial polluter - the Weisweiler coal-fired power plant in Germany, according to a new T&E study assessing the carbon emissions of ports. Antwerp...

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USA offers Aegis offshore inspections to Russians

USA offers Aegis offshore inspections to Russians

Gepostet von | 9 Feb 2022 | , , | 0

Transparency to reduce tensions in Ukraine. To ease tensions over Russia's military build-up in Ukraine, NATO and US negotiators have offered Moscow the opportunity to inspect two ballistic missile defence sites to prove that the alliance has not deployed offensive missiles. (marineforum reported several times). In return for the insight into the Aegis Ashore sites in Romania and Poland, Moscow is expected to offer similar transparency for two ground-based missile defence bases selected by the US. The US clarifies that no Tomahawk land-based missiles are deployed. Both sites have the same aerial reconnaissance radar and Mk-41 vertical launch system as...

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Argentina also defends itself against Chinese fishermen

Argentina also defends itself against Chinese fishermen

Gepostet von | 9 Feb 2022 | , , | 0

New French-built patrol vessels deployed The Argentine Navy has deployed its two newest offshore patrol vessels (OPVs), ARA Bouchard (P-51) and ARA Piedrabuena (P-52), to monitor an international fishing fleet travelling in the South Atlantic near the country's economic zone (EEZ). While there are no confirmed reports that these vessels are engaged in illegal, unregulated or unreported fishing, it is suspected that this is or will soon be the case. Bouchard and Piedrabuena, along with a Beechcraft B-200 Super King Air, were monitoring vessels travelling through the Strait of Magellan to the...

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Follow up: What comes after Neptune Strike 2022?

Follow up: What comes after Neptune Strike 2022?

Gepostet von | 8 Feb 2022 | , , | 0

The "Harry S Truman" was present as part of the NATO exercise in the Mediterranean, despite or because of the tensions between Russia and Ukraine. According to the news agency Reuters, the US admiral leading the Harry S Truman aircraft carrier battle group did not want to reveal what will happen after the end of the exercises in the Adriatic in the coming days. Rear Admiral Curt Renshaw referred to the Pentagon and said: "But we're prepared to operate anywhere, and we planned a longer deployment when we left Norfolk, and we plan to operate where we're needed most." Basically, future operations will be...

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RSS Invincible reports back for sea trials

RSS Invincible reports back for sea trials

Gepostet von | 7 Feb 2022 | , , | 0

TKMS hat am 03. Februar 2022 mit Flachwassererprobungen der RSS Invincible die Werftprobefahrten des ersten U-Bootes der Klasse 218SG fortgesetzt. Hierzu hat das 70 Meter lange und getaucht 2.200 Tonnen verdrängende AIP-U-Boot für 11 Stunden in das Seegebiet Kieler Bucht verlegt, bevor dieses nachts wieder bei ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (tkms) in Kiel festgemacht hat. Nach erfolgreichen Tests steht Beobachtern zufolge als nächstes die Verlegung des U-Bootes in Richtung Skagerrak auf dem Programm, wo der Tiefwassererprobungsabschnitt absolviert werden soll. RSS Invincible ist das Typboot einer Klasse von vier diesel-elektrisch angetriebenen U-Booten mit Brennstoffzellenantrieb, das die Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN)...

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