The PMA (Panama Maritime Authority) recovers USD 8.5 MILLION in wages for cheated seafarers It is a sad reality that seafarers in international shipping are often cheated and not paid their wages. But there are also positive developments: The Panama Maritime Authority (PMA) has intensified its cooperation with the...
Problem: Recruiting young talent for maritime professions More than 80 school students came to Hamburg in the first week of May to find out about training opportunities and career paths in the maritime industry. Companies and organisations from the industry had invited students to the "Course for the future - your opportunities in the maritime world" event - and...
Currently, all Steregushchiy-class corvettes in active service have left the Baltic Sea for deployment. Before the Steregushchiy-class corvette RFS Stoikiy (545), which for many observers is a well-known unit assigned to the Baltic Fleet of the Russian Navy, the modified RFS Merkuriy (734), which only entered service in May 2023, has...
The hydrographic survey ship HNLMS "Snellius" (Snellius class, 81 metres in length) of the Royal Netherlands Navy has been assigned to the Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG 1) for three months since mid-April and has replaced its sister ship HNLMS "Luymes" (A 803). As a rule, the tasks of the NATO naval unit include the defusing or...
With the ASEV, the Japanese navy is introducing its heaviest class of warship equipped with guided weapons to date. The ships are designed for the future use of laser and railgun weapons. The Japanese Navy (internationally known as the JMSDF or Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force) currently has eight guided missile destroyers, including two units of the ASEV, which was launched in 2020.
Pacific Fleet minesweepers Yakov Balyaev and Pyotr Ilyichev have carried out a minehunting exercise in Avacha Bay on the east coast of Kamchatka using the Skanda unmanned surface drone. The two Alexandrit-class boats (project 12700) were built at a shipyard in St Petersburg. With a length of 62 metres and a displacement of 900 tonnes...
It can happen that quickly: can you come to terms with such a "role model"? The photos of the new Damen ASD 3010 ICE class multifunctional tug LNS "Lokys" (H 24) for the Lithuanian Navy were taken on the delivery voyage from Rotterdam to Klaipeda on 4 May 2025 in the Kiel Canal. On Monday, 12 May, nine...
Anyone who had breakfast on the dune in Heligoland this morning could enjoy a rare sight: the Rising Sun, one of the world's most famous mega yachts, built by Lürssen, is anchored here for a few days. Something is being tested here, but what exactly remains unclear. One thing is certain: the...
The town in the district of Pinneberg had publicised that the tourist attraction on the Elbe was defective and could not be repaired due to the poor budget situation. As a result, a local company took a look at the system and got one of two loudspeakers working again. In the meantime, both loudspeakers of the maritime flagship have been replaced...
FLASH - enemy air contact at bearing 090 distance 50 nm, it sounds from a cabin of the Naval Operations School Bremerhaven at 10:15 a.m. on a Monday morning. While the crew on board would have taken up their battle stations by now at the latest, the course participants from OPZ 6 are coordinating the threat under the watchful eyes of their instructors...
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