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UPDATE: Large container ship free again

UPDATE: Large container ship free again

Gepostet von | 3 Feb 2022 | , , | 0

The ship that ran aground on the night of 2 February while approaching the Weser estuary is free. Using a total of eight tugs, salvage teams on the North Sea have brought the grounded container freighter "Mumbai Maersk" back underway. This was announced by the Central Command for Maritime Emergencies in Cuxhaven after the salvage operation, according to dpa. According to the agency, the 400-metre-long ship was stuck in shallow water a good six kilometres north of the East Frisian island of Wangerooge....

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Report on material readiness II/2021: German Navy

Report on material readiness II/2021: German Navy

Gepostet von | 3 Feb 2022 | , , | 0

While they used to be inseparable and were published together as one report, the armaments report and the report on the material readiness of the Bundeswehr's main weapon systems are now published separately by the Federal Ministry of Defence, albeit usually at the same time. The Bundeswehr has a total of 71 main weapon systems. Their clear status, i.e. their availability for training and deployment, and the corresponding development of the figures are documented in the "Report on the material operational readiness of the Bundeswehr's main weapon systems II/2021". This includes twelve systems in the German Navy: In addition to the submarines, corvettes and frigates, this also includes the flying systems such as the helicopters of the naval aviators. We...

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Compass for the future

Compass for the future

Gepostet von | 2 Feb 2022 | , , | 0

A good team can prevent many future accidents by intensively dealing with mistakes. Crew resource management therefore plays an important role in the training of prospective submarine commanders. People are not infallible. Looking at accidents ex post still leads to frowns and the realisation that something like this should never have happened. However, we know that 75 to 90 per cent of errors are human in nature, which is why qualitative error management gives us the opportunity to break out of the classic "error phobia" and replace fear, shame and the fear of punishment with an objective and open approach. During the training for...

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No ordinary application

No ordinary application

Gepostet von | 2 Feb 2022 | , , | 0

"Bad Rappenau" leaves home port for the Black Sea On 7 February 2022 at 10 a.m., the minesweeper "Bad Rappenau" will leave its home port of Kiel. The boat, which is part of the 3rd Mine Countermeasures Squadron, will make the German contribution to NATO's Standing Mine Countermeasures Group 2 (SNMCMG 2) for the next five months and the crew of the "Bad Rappenau" will meet up with the rest of the NATO group in Haifa (Israel) under the command of Corvette Captain Jan Brodersen (37). They will then head for the Black Sea. The minesweeper will visit nine countries, eleven ports and take part in five international manoeuvres during its voyage.

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Tonga without connection

Tonga without connection

Gepostet von | 2 Feb 2022 | , , | 1

Marineforum reported on 21 January about the damaged submarine cable on Tonga - an example of critical infrastructure. And now the repair by the specialised ship has been delayed. However, it will only arrive there in a week's time and the repairs cannot begin before then. Who lays important telecommunications infrastructure where in the South Pacific is also a geopolitical question. The hope for the special ship "Reliance" is also the hope of having Internet access again soon. The connection has been interrupted since the eruption of the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai volcano on 15 January. Tonga was completely cut off from the outside world for several days, but telephone calls via satellite are now possible again. But what the satellite...

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