Category: Shipping

Hapag-Lloyd also grows in ports

Hapag-Lloyd also grows in ports

Posted by | 26 Dec 2022 | , , , , | 0

Following the commissioning of the 13,300 TEU "Rio de Janeiro Express", the first of the first of six sister ships, and the keel laying of the later "Hamburg Express" with a capacity of 23,000 TEU as the first ship in a series of twelve, the Hamburg-based container liner shipping company Hapag-Lloyd has now surprised the experts with a significantly increased commitment to the port terminal business. By taking over the entire terminal business and the associated logistics services of the Chilean SM SAAM, the shipping company has become one of the largest terminal operators in South and Central America. The purchase price is said to be one billion US dollars. SM SAAM's terminal business comprises ten terminals in...

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The high flyer

The high flyer

Posted by | 23 Dec 2022 | , , , | 0

Our Person of the Year has not only become a focal point for the naval aviators. Captain Thorsten Bobzin has left his mark on the naval aviators in difficult times. In mid-November, Rear Admiral Jürgen zur Mühlen, Commander of the Task Forces and Head of the Operations Department, handed over command of the Naval Aviation Command from Captain Thorsten Bobzin to Captain Broder Nielsen. The cool weather did not deter the many invited guests from attending in large numbers. Bobzin faced numerous challenges during his time in command: He was jointly responsible for the introduction of the NH 90 NTH Sea Lion multi-purpose helicopter and had to...

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Innovative heavy-lift newbuildings for SAL-Jumbo Alliance

Innovative heavy-lift newbuildings for SAL-Jumbo Alliance

Posted by | 22 Dec 2022 | , , , , | 0

The Hamburg-based shipping company SAL Heavy Lift and its Dutch partner Jumbo Shipping have ordered four heavy-lift vessels of the new "Orca" class from the Chinese Wuhu shipyard and have secured an option to build two more units. The design of this new innovative ship class was developed by SAL Heavy Lift in close co-operation with the Shipbuilding Department of the Hamburg-Harburg University of Technology. The 149.9 metre long and 27.2 metre wide ships with a high ice class have a load capacity of 14,600 tdw. With their two all-electric 800-tonne cranes, they are designed for transporting particularly heavy and bulky cargo, which can also be lifted with the cranes open if required.

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The glorious eighteen

The glorious eighteen

Posted by | 19 Dec 2022 | , , , | 0

Ferdinand Magellan never wanted to circumnavigate the globe and never did. The voyage he began was completed 500 years ago by the Spaniard Juan Sebastián Elcano. Thanks to Providence, we reached the bay of San Lucar, and of the sixty men who made up the crew when we left the Moluccas, we were only eighteen, and most of them were ill." This is how Antonio Pigafetta, the chronicler of the first circumnavigation 500 years ago, described the arrival of the VICTORIA in the port of Sanlúcar de Barrameda on 6 September 1522, right where the Guadalquivir flows into the Atlantic Ocean....

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Der Lübeck-Spirit

Der Lübeck-Spirit

Posted by | 16 Dec 2022 | , , , , | 0

Noch einmal gab die Besatzung der Fregatte Lübeck alles für ihr Schiff. Doch das endgültige Aus naht. Nach 32 Jahren wird die Lübeck bald außer Dienst gehen. Sie ist das letzte Schiff der Klasse 122, und damit neigt sich für die Deutsche Marine gleichzeitig eine Ära dem Ende zu. Auch wenn rein äußerlich alle Schiffe einer Klasse (fast) gleich aussehen, hat doch jedes seinen eigenen Charakter. Wie es bei der Royal Navy heißt: same but different. Doch was macht die „Lucky Lübeck“ und ihre Besatzung aus? Vor allem seit die Fregatte Augsburg im Jahr 2019 außer Dienst ging, kehrte...

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