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CONDOR IMS - Authorisation for the guarding of seagoing vessels

Since the end of December 2021, CONDOR International and Maritime Services (CONDOR IMS GmbH) has once again been approved by the Federal Office of Economics and Export Control (BAFA) for the guarding of seagoing vessels. This makes the Essen-based company one of the few German pioneers to have successfully completed the procedure for defence against external threats on seagoing vessels. Since December 2013, private security companies wishing to offer armed services aimed at defence against pirates on seagoing vessels flying the German flag have required a BAFA licence, regardless of where they are based. This is carried out in consultation with the Federal Police (BPOL), which is primarily responsible for the specific procedures and...

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Fast, faster, naval arsenal

It was often criticised that the corvettes in Warnemünde should have a higher availability. The navy, procurement office and naval arsenal were able to remedy this with an innovative pilot project. In 2020, the pilot project "Immediate Operational Readiness Programme - Immediate Repair Order Navy" was launched on behalf of the Inspector General of the German Armed Forces. The aim was to increase the operational readiness of the corvettes at the Warnemünde base and on deployment. At the same time, a noticeable reduction in the workload of the Naval Arsenal (MArs) was to be achieved in order to be able to better concentrate its own resources on repairs in the workshops. For example, the naval arsenal had to be geographically...

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Brand new Russian nuclear icebreaker

Through the Baltic Sea to Murmansk What a lump? The brand new nuclear icebreaker RFS Sibir is currently on a delivery voyage from the Baltic Sea to Murmansk. It is part of Russia's overall strategic concept in the Arctic. The Sibir was launched on 22 September 2017. The ship has since been handed over to the operator Rosatomflot. The ship left St. Petersburg on 13 January and is on its way to Murmansk. It passed the Fehmarnbelt on 15 January and left the Skagerak on 17 January. The Sibir is a nuclear-powered icebreaker of the LK-60 class. It is powered by two RITM-200 pressurised water reactors with...

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India's new aircraft carrier VIKRANT

Noch bevor das Jahr 2022 zu Ende geht, soll der erste ausschließlich in Indien gefertigte Flugzeugträger VIKRANT in Dienst gestellt werden. Davor liegen aber noch eine Reihe von Funktionsnachweisen und Seeerprobungen. Erste Tests Einen Teil dieser Prüfungen hat das Schiff bereits in zwei Testfahrten abgelegt: Anfang August 2021 lief der erste Teil mit hafenseitiger Belastung der Antriebs- und Energieerzeugeranlagen auf der Bauwerft Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) ganz im Südwesten des indischen Subkontinents. Das Schiff Der gut 260 Meter lange und über 60 Meter breite Träger ist das größte je in Indien gebaute Schiff und wird auch als „Dream of...

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