Reconnaissance ship Dupuy de Lome passed through the Kiel Canal As enigmatic as this type of ship may be: they always manage to add something mystical. Kiel on Saturday morning shortly after sunrise: The French AGI FS Dupuy de Lome (A 759) came into the Kiel Canal from the middle of the Baltic...
Research vessel "Planet" back in Eckernförde On Tuesday, 15 July 2025 at 10 a.m., the research vessel "Planet" will return to Eckernförde. After setting sail on 1 October 2024, the research vessel "Planet" was part of the NATO support mission in the Aegean Sea. After nine months and 29,224 nautical miles, it's time to take stock: "It...
The Makassar class was originally designed for the Indonesian navy. However, other buyers were quickly found for this cost-effective, successful model. In recent years, a class of medium-sized amphibious landing ships of the Landing Platform Dock (LPD, amphibious transport dock) type has established a dominant position in this ship segment in Indonesia, almost unnoticed by Western analysts.
Another customs vessel has been delivered to the NVL site in Wolgast, meaning that another of a total of three new customs vessels has been handed over to the Directorate General of Customs as planned. The 55-metre-long vessel is equipped with a low-emission LNG drive and will be deployed in the Baltic Sea in future. The General Customs Directorate commissioned the Peene shipyard with the construction and...
Another customs vessel has been delivered to the NVL site in Wolgast, meaning that another of a total of three new customs vessels has been handed over to the Directorate General of Customs as planned. The 55-metre-long vessel is equipped with a low-emission LNG drive and will be deployed in the Baltic Sea in future. The General Customs Directorate commissioned the Peene shipyard with the construction and...
The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) is urging caution in the Strait of Singapore. The number of armed robberies there has reached its highest level since 2020. According to the recently published IMB report, a total of 90 cases of piracy and armed robbery were reported worldwide in the first half of...
The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) is urging caution in the Strait of Singapore. The number of armed robberies there has reached its highest level since 2020. According to the recently published IMB report, a total of 90 cases of piracy and armed robbery were reported worldwide in the first half of...
Tomorrow, Saturday 12 July 2025, the frigate "Hamburg" will leave Wilhelmshaven to take part in Standing Nato Maritime Group 1 (SNMG 1). After training cruises in the first half of the year, the crew under the command of frigate captain Alexander Timpf will now head to the North Sea, the Baltic Sea...
A stock anchor of the barque has now been moored in front of the state government's guest house for 40 years and symbolises the solidarity of the state parliament with the crew and the German Navy's sail training ship. The Schleswig-Holstein parliament had taken over the sponsorship of the tall ship three years earlier on 26 January 1982. kdk, ndr Watch video...
On 1 July 2025, a further ban on the discharge of wastewater from ships into Finnish territorial waters in the Baltic Sea came into force. This makes Finland the first country in the world to introduce a law, which was passed by the Finnish parliament in December 2024, that generally prohibits cargo ships from discharging wastewater into...
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