Seoul is continuing the renewal of its frigate fleet with determination. After six units of the Incheon-class (115 metres, 3,200 tonnes) have been in service for ten years as the FFX-I and the FFX-II with a new silhouette as the Daegu-class (122 metres, 3,600 tonnes) with eight units delivered in the last five years, the...
A few hundred metres past each other When the Russian corvette RFS "Stoikiy" (Steregushchiy class) "turned" into the Langelandbelt on Friday last week (we reported) after passing Fehmarn to the north-west, the French reconnaissance ship FS "Dupuy de Lome" (A 759), which was on the opposite course, had a convenient "found food" ....
Hapag-Lloyd customers have cancelled 30 per cent of shipments from China to the US because they were spooked by the trade conflict between the world's two largest economies, a spokesman for the German container shipping group said. Instead, there has been a "massive increase" in demand for products and shipments from Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam,...
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...
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