The recent SMM trade fair was a global meeting place for maritime technology and commerce. The MS&D, Maritime Security and Defence, conference addressed key geopolitical issues that are of great importance in the maritime industry. So far, the rise and fall of major shipbuilding nations - from the UK to continental Europe and Japan - has been...
A small shipyard near Schwerin builds boats to high standards. They were already successful in the GDR era. Most readers of marineforum sail or have sailed on grey, blue or white ships, whether civilian, naval or government. Or they help build them. For many, this is not enough, they...
We reported on the new Class 707 naval fuel supply vessels, which have now been laid down. However, the ways in which tankers were procured were not always so ideal. The age-old shipbuilding tradition of hammering a coin into the keel of a ship is said to have existed thousands of years ago, as coins have been found under old ships during excavations.
In the thick of it, not just in it: marineforum as an editorial companion to our shipbuilding projects Expertly versed, editorially exciting, sometimes pointed, always on the pulse: for 50 years, marineforum has been describing, commenting on and classifying everything that floats and has a grey coating for industry experts and those unfamiliar with the subject. As shipbuilders of these very units, we provide the...
From a press release by Mercy Ships Deutschland e.V.: 22 April 2024, Geneva (CH) / Lindale TX (USA) - A landmark agreement between the MSC Group, the MSC Foundation and the aid organisation Mercy Ships International provides for the planning of the construction of a new hospital ship that will help thousands of people in Africa every...
The STOCKHOLM made history with a collision off the American coast. After more than seven eventful decades at sea, the ship is now about to be scrapped. Today's ASTORIA is one of the last historic ocean liners and the oldest ocean cruise ship in the world. Although the SEA CLOUD from 1931 is older, it...
In the presence of Minister of Defence Boris Pistorius, TKMS held the firing start for the construction of the new submarine class 212CD. The navy is already hoping for a follow-up. When the contract for the U 212CD project was signed on 8 July 2021, the Navy was still cautious: construction of the first submarine of the new class could begin in...
Russia - The 18-boat construction programme of Project 22800, the KARAKURT class (60 m, 800 t), currently stands at 16 units laid down, four of which are in service, two are undergoing trials, five have been launched and five are under construction. After one each at the end of 2018, 2019 and 2020, the...
With the hull number 108, the Xianyang, the eighth destroyer of the Renhai class (Type 055), was officially presented to the public two months ago at the Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company (DSIC) in the northern Chinese harbour complex of Dalian. A video praising the beauty and strength of this super destroyer - or FK cruiser - also serves this purpose....
Even before its official commissioning, the US Navy sent its newest INDEPENDENCE-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), CANBERRA (LCS-30), to the Australian port city of Sidney for the ceremony on 22 July. This was the first time that a Navy ship was not commissioned in American waters.
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