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...
What British missiles failed to do in the Falklands War, their own navy has now done: the "Alférez Sobral" has been sunk. What the Royal Navy failed to achieve in the Falklands War by firing missiles, artillery hits during an Argentine navy exercise at the end of May have now done: The final sinking of the guard ship "Alférez Sobral". At the beginning of May 1982...
What British missiles failed to do in the Falklands War, their own navy has now done: the "Alférez Sobral" has been sunk. What the Royal Navy failed to achieve in the Falklands War by firing missiles, artillery hits during an Argentine navy exercise at the end of May have now done: The final sinking of the guard ship "Alférez Sobral". At the beginning of May 1982...
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