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DNV and partners invite you to World Maritime Day

"New technologies for greener shipping" is the motto of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO, www.imo.org) for 2022. The German Maritime Day fits in perfectly with the guiding principle of "Sustainable shipping: Together, clear, clean!" and it is no coincidence that the official United Nations World Maritime Day and the German Maritime Day fall on the same day, 29 September 2022. All information about German Maritime Day, the national maritime event in 2022, the background and motivations, the organisers, partners and supporters, the goals and ambitions and, of course, the extensive and detailed information about the...

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Adler Mannheim support Bundeswehr running team

Pinneberg, 21.02.2022 - The Bundeswehr and Reservists running team will receive further support in future. The Adler Mannheim, eight-time champions of German ice hockey, will be supporting the work of the Bundeswehr and Reservists running team in future. Major General Gert Nultsch, Chairman of the association, which is in the process of being founded, is delighted with the cooperation that has come about: "A collaboration like this is always recognition of our work and the commitment of the many runners who, together with the running team, get involved in the various projects and raise funds." Adler Mannheim is a German ice hockey team that has been playing in the German Ice Hockey League since 1994 and was founded in 1980...

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Marinha Portuguesa can't save a Porsche

Addendum from 26.02.2022 The fire on board the "Felicity Ace" has been considered extinguished since midday on 25 February. With 4,000 cars, mainly from the VW Group, as cargo with a value of around 400 million euros (i.e. almost half a billion euros!), insurers are now calling for decisive investment in the mandatory installation of automatic extinguishing systems based on high-pressure water mist on board ships of this size - less damage to the cargo, no impairment of the stability of the transport platform! Salvage experts have boarded the ship for the first time to be able to tow the drifting, 200 metre long vessel to a safe harbour for inspection. Also...

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News from the Polish "Miecznik" frigate

With the "Miecznik" (Swordfish) frigate programme, the Polish Navy aims to expand its maritime capabilities in the long term with three newbuilds. The construction phase is scheduled to begin in 2023 at two national shipyards and the units are to be delivered between 2028 and 2034. The "Miecznik" programme is part of a EUR 115 billion investment plan over 12 years. From the bids submitted last autumn, the designs of the British "Arrowhead 140" (Babcock) and the German "MEKO-A300" (tkMS) have now been selected as meeting the requirements to the greatest extent. In addition to the capability parameters and the usability of existing national systems/devices, technology transfer, lifetime costs and modernisation potential were also taken into account. The selected da...

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Frigate Bayern back at home

Earlier than planned The storm depression Ylenia accompanied the Bavarians on the last nautical miles before entering the harbour, which was planned for 4 p.m. today. In order to avoid the even more dangerous storm depression Zeynep, the decision was made at short notice to reach the 4th entrance earlier. At 2.30 p.m. the time had come: to the sound of the Naval Music Corps, the frigate docked back in its home port after 43,000 nautical miles. Celebrities were on board. The Parliamentary State Secretary from the Federal Ministry of Defence, Siemtje Möller, and the Deputy Inspector General of the German Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Markus Laubenthal, had already boarded the ship on the Jade for the arrival and had...

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