Category: Shipping

Between top meals and fleet manoeuvres

Between top meals and fleet manoeuvres

Posted by | 11 May 2023 | , , , | 0

Seven months, 16 ports, more than 43,000 nautical miles, 10,687 kilos of fruit and vegetables, 110,580 bottles of water - the Indo-Pacific Deployment 2021/22 of the frigate BAYERN was a presence and training voyage of superlatives. When the frigate BAYERN set off for the Indo-Pacific in August 2021, the Covid pandemic still had the world firmly in its grip. A tour that was anything but routine for the crew and naval command due to the media attention and political interest. How do you prepare for something when the empirical values for a region are around 20 years old and at the same time a global pandemic is virtually...

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Growth through climate neutrality

Growth through climate neutrality

Posted by | 4 May 2023 | , , , | 0

Environmental protection is also a priority for the German government in the maritime sector. The new Maritime Coordinator also sets a number of other priorities for action. Dieter Janecek was appointed as the Federal Government's new Coordinator for Maritime Economy and Tourism on 18 January. The Green politician wants to set new priorities in his work: "Economy and ecology belong together. Germany has set itself ambitious goals with regard to climate neutrality. I would like to support the maritime industry and the tourism industry in achieving these goals and remaining competitive at the same time. SMEs are central to this: They need to be taken on board, skilled workers need to be secured, digitalisation needs to be driven forward...

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Sailing training ship Palinuro: Little sister under sail

Sailing training ship Palinuro: Little sister under sail

Posted by | 20 Apr 2023 | , , , | 0

The keel of the Italian sail training ship Palinuro was laid 90 years ago Some fishing vessels have an astonishing history. One of them is the Italian Navy's Palinuro, a schooner or barquentine. Launched in 1933 at the Anciens Chantiers Dubigeon shipyard in Nantes, France, and launched the following year under the name Commandant Louis Richard, she drove her client Joseph Briand, President of the French Société des Pècheries Malouines, into bankruptcy before she could even set sail on her first mission. Briand sold the steel three-master together with her sister ship Lieutenant René Guillon to the Pècheries du Labrador in Saint-Malo. Here...

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Piracy: Sustainable security

Piracy: Sustainable security

Posted by | 17 Apr 2023 | , , , | 0

Far-reaching measures are needed to permanently free sea areas such as the Gulf of Guinea from the threat of piracy. The concept of maritime security sector reform with the establishment of sustainable security governance promises success. Piracy is still often associated with pirates from films and television sailing under the banner of Jolly Rogers. However, the threat of piracy and armed robbery is still a real risk to shipping and maritime safety in the 21st century. According to Article 101 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), such piracy includes "(a) any unlawful act of violence or deprivation of liberty or any act of plunder,...

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Inland sea with significance

Inland sea with significance

Posted by | 13 Apr 2023 | , , , | 1

In troubled times, the German Navy has all the necessary capabilities to assume a leading role in the Baltic Sea area. The Baltic Sea has never really been a "sea of peace"! Even the Hanseatic League fought here for the freedom of the seas and safe sea routes. During the world wars, the Baltic Sea was both a battlefield and an escape route, and during the Cold War it was both a deployment zone and the front line of the power blocs. To this day, it is an involuntary repository for the legacy of the world wars and at the same time an important trade route for the neighbouring countries and international shipping. The extent and quality of the critical infrastructure on the seabed there has steadily increased. In terms of energy supply and communication, the...

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