Traditional SOPA reception in Wilhelmshaven The commander of Operational Flotilla 2, Captain Sven Beck, welcomed numerous guests from politics, society and international partners to a maritime ceremony. Particularly noteworthy was the warm welcome given to the friends of the Danish Home Defence Flotilla, who have been guests at the weekend in Wilhelmshaven for 33...
An international research team from the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) is investigating the causes and interactions of melting sea ice in the Arctic Ocean on board the research icebreaker "Polarstern". The "Polarstern" set off from Tromsø, Norway, on 2 July 2025 to spend the next two months analysing feedbacks between global warming and sea-ice retreat in the Arctic Ocean. The focus of the...
Largely unnoticed by the European media, the Chinese navy has experienced breathtaking growth in recent years, upsetting the balance of power in the Indo-Pacific region and posing a serious threat to American supremacy on the world's oceans. In purely numerical terms, the Chinese navy (People's Liberation Army - Navy,...
Eco-Crossing: intelligent assistance for climate-friendly ferry connections Elsfleth, 2 July 2025 - Innovation meets everyday life: every day, numerous people commute between Farge and Berne on the Weser ferry. The Eco-Crossing project aims to make this everyday connection not only reliable, but also significantly more climate-friendly. The central question is: does a ferry have to be...
In December 2024, several countries bordering the North Sea and Baltic Sea, including Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Finland, Great Britain, Poland and Sweden, agreed in principle to inspect ships that are part of Russia's so-called shadow fleet and sail the English Channel, the Great Belt, the Öresund between Denmark and Sweden and the Gulf of Finland...
At its core, modern warfare results in an increasingly complex interplay of domains. With its Cross-Domain Command Concept, NATO is pioneering this development. When, on 11 December 1941, four days after the Japanese navy attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, the Third Reich...
On 30 June 2025, an agreement on civil-military cooperation was signed between the German Navy and the Directorate-General for Waterways and Shipping (GDWS). The agreement regulates cooperation for the management of civilian maritime traffic on German sea routes. Against the backdrop of the security policy situation, the agreement is in line with the...
On 30 June 2025, Defence Minister Boris Pistorius announced that the German Armed Forces will undertake a presence cruise in the Arctic with the task force provider "Berlin" before the end of 2025. Harbour stops and exercises are planned in Iceland, Greenland and Canada; Germany will also take part in the Canadian Arctic exercise "Nanook" for the first time. This project emphasises...
Vice Admiral Shoshana Chatfield, U.S. Military Representative (USMILREP) on the NATO Military Committee, was also fired without notice in April. The Military Committee is the body that advises NATO's highest-ranking military officers from across the alliance and draws up strategic guidelines. Chatfield, a trained helicopter pilot and successful graduate of Boston, Harvard and San Diego,...
For one week, the units of Flotilla 1 represented the German Navy at the Kiel Week and the Day of the Bundeswehr in Stralsund. On behalf of all the servicemen and women, reservists, volunteers, helpers and relatives, we would like to thank the crews of the corvette "Magdeburg" and the tender "Elbe" for...
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