Category: Shipping

Music of the future and reference to the present at the fjord

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Only ships in the head

With ideas, creativity and passion, Tamsen Maritim has conquered a place for itself in the German shipyard landscape. A visit to the Warnow. Shipyards have always been exciting. That's why reports like to start with the history. Stories then deal with traditions and building numbers, legendary classes and old craftsmanship. Not so with Tamsen Maritim. Although the Rostock-Gehlsdorf site can be traced back to 1850, it has little to do with what you find today. There are no busts of founders, no oil paintings of old schooners and certainly no collections of brass or rigging frippery. The facility is almost new, radiates planning foresight,...

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Mehr als schleppend

Einst als Schlepper in Dienst gestellt, entpuppten sich die verschiedenen Typen der Marine schnell als vielseitig einsetzbare Verwandlungskünstler. Doch nach vielen Jahrzehnten auf See muss nun dringend über Nachfolger entschieden werden. Ein Schweizer Offiziermesser ist ein nützliches kleines Ding, meist unauffällig am Gürtel oder in der Hosentasche getragen, um bei Bedarf sofort da zu sein. An einem solchen Mehrzweckmesser sind viele sehr nützliche und wenige oder gar keine unnützen Funktionen zu finden. Das ist keine Überraschung, denn mit der Entwicklung solcher Werkzeuge haben sich über Jahrzehnte hinweg Fachleute beschäftigt, vom Feedback der Nutzer unterstützt. Grundfunktionen und Altbewährtes sind bei...

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Sail training ships - so old and so modern

A moment of carelessness and a wave took me off my tired legs and I slid roughly across the wooden deck. Somewhat shocked and dripping, I heard the boatswain shouting at me in the wind through the water in my ears "All right? Then watch sailor - to the sheet!" There we pulled on the rope with a loud rhythm of "haul away". This went on for hours. It wasn't an exercise or a harassing drill, but a battle with a storm. What were harmless lines on the chart below deck in meteorology were harsh reality up here. Why do people do this to themselves? Sailing...

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Powerful tugs for France

It is a colourful ship that has been at the disposal of the French Navy for a few weeks now. The rescue and emergency tug Abeille Normandie arrived at German Naval Yards Kiel (GNYK) on 13 September 2021 together with its sister ship Abeille Méditerranée for modernisation work. Over the past few months, both ships have been converted into particularly efficient emergency towing vessels with rescue capacity in the largest dry dock in the Baltic Sea region with a length of 426 metres. After carrying out the final tests and inspections, GNYK handed over the Abeille Normandie to the customer, the French shipping company Les Abeilles from Le Havre, on 5 May. The 91 metre long and 22...

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