Category: Shipping

Turning scrap into money

Turning scrap into money

Gepostet von | 9 Jul 2025 | , , | 0

Increasing environmental protection requirements could make the recycling of ships lucrative again in Germany. In Emden, EWD wants to benefit from this development. Yachts, submarines, research vessels, cruise liners: German shipyards build the most diverse and sophisticated ships. They also rebuild, repair and maintain them. However, there is a lack of companies that dismantle old ships. Ship recycling is currently largely "non-existent" in Germany, explains Reinhard Lüken from the German Shipbuilding and Ocean Industries Association. The European Union has a list of companies that are authorised to recycle certain EU-flagged ships - however, there is no entry from Germany, but there are from Denmark, the Netherlands and Turkey, for example. Access marineforum digital+ You...

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Abandoned

Abandoned

Gepostet von | 5 Jun 2025 | , , | 0

Can you imagine going to work every day, on Saturdays and Sundays, seven days a week, for nine years in a row without a break and without pay? It's hard to imagine that this is exactly what happened to the Syrian ship's engineer Abdul Nasser Saleh against his will. The man had been working permanently on board the Tanzania-flagged ship Al Maha for 12 years since 2012 and had been repeatedly stalled and even threatened by his Saudi Arabian ship owners over the years due to lack of pay, Access marineforum digital+ Are you already a registered user? Log in here now - also MOV members: Username Password...

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Time bombs on the seabed

Time bombs on the seabed

Gepostet von | 29 May 2025 | , , | 0

Thousands of military wrecks with remnants of ammunition on board lie at the bottom of our seas. Each one has its own special features, as an exciting example from the Adriatic shows. The Adriatic - a fascinating holiday destination on the Mediterranean. Every travel guide extols its turquoise waters, unspoilt landscapes, historic towns and first-class Mediterranean cuisine. But this idyll is deceptive, as a look underwater reveals. It is early 1944 and the Second World War is entering its decisive phase. Victory for Germany and its allies is becoming increasingly unlikely. Although Goebbels had already proclaimed "total war" in February 1943, the Allies were advancing at all...

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When the box falls into the sea

When the box falls into the sea

Gepostet von | 25 Apr 2025 | , , | 0

Six years ago, the MSC Zoe lost several hundred containers in the North Sea - and for hours the crew didn't notice. Researchers are now working on how to minimise the extent of such accidents. Six years ago, the "MSC Zoe" was one of the largest container ships in the world: a good 395 metres long and 59 metres wide, it can load over 19,000 standard containers (TEU). The Panamanian-flagged ship was on its way to Bremerhaven from Portugal on the night of 2 January 2019 when it happened: In several batches and in bad weather off the Dutch and German coasts, the...

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Using artificial intelligence to combat lost networks

Using artificial intelligence to combat lost networks

Gepostet von | 15 Apr 2025 | , , | 0

Every year, tens of thousands of tonnes of fishing nets, known as ghost nets, end up in the sea. Sea creatures and diving birds get caught in them indiscriminately and usually die an agonising death. Artificial intelligence is now helping to salvage them. Since the 1960s, fishing nets have no longer been made from the perishable natural materials hemp, sisal or linen, but from synthetic materials such as polypropylene, polyethylene and polyamide (nylon, Kevlar). Nets or net parts manufactured in this way and then lost or disposed of at sea only decompose after several hundred years and thus contribute to the plastic pollution of our oceans. According to the latest studies, ghost nets make up between 30 and 50 per cent of marine plastic and catch...

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