It is not only Germany that is focussing on environmentally friendly technologies to protect the climate. This requires huge quantities of raw materials, which are to be extracted in deep-sea mining in the coming years. The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea of 1982 and its implementing convention of 1994 regulate deep-sea mining under the direction of the International Seabed Authority ISA. It currently has...
The time for downsizing seems to be over in Operational Flotilla 2. The challenges of the future can be mastered with new ships and modern systems. Operational Flotilla 2 in Wilhelmshaven is the largest operational unit in the German Navy. With the frigates, it has the platforms with the broadest spectrum in terms of capabilities,...
With the EU-funded Miricle project, European navies will benefit from high interoperability and new capabilities in the field of mine defence. Naval Group Belgium plays a key role in this. The Mine Risk Clearance for Europe project, Miricle for short, which is continuing in the shadow of Russia's unexpected attack on Ukraine,...
New ideas for equipping maritime special forces were presented at a symposium. This will significantly expand their area of deployment. The annual conference organised by the US Joint Special Operations Command (Socom) was expanded for the first time this year to include additional interest groups. Under the name SOF Week 2023, the...
International experts meet at the invitation of GIDS and iFMS Naval officers and scientists from five continents recently exchanged views on maritime strategies and security in Hamburg's Speicherstadt warehouse district. They accepted an invitation from the German Institute for Defence and Strategic Studies (GIDS) and the interdisciplinary research focus Maritime Security (iFMS)...
The car freighter Fremantle Highway, which caught fire off the Dutch coast on the night of 25 to 26 July, was brought into the nearest Dutch port of Eemshaven and moored there after more than a week in which the ship was in a critical condition. This incident caused a great deal of...
A German-Finnish co-operation lays the foundation for autonomous maritime operations of the future. Atlas Elektronik and Marine Alutech used the opening of a new Marine Alutech shipyard in Lappvik, Finland, to present an autonomous workboat. In a joint research and development project, the autonomous core Jagos (Joint Autonomous Guidance and...
Marine Alutech puts its products in the right light with Finnish lightness. The shipyard's products are used by authorities in many countries around the world. When you are invited to Finland in May to have maritime technology presented to you, as editor-in-chief of marineforum you are naturally immediately electrified: Who...
At first glance, the Russian-Ukrainian war appears to be a purely land-based conflict. However, the epochal conflict also has a maritime dimension. When Russian President Putin brought the "Great" or state war back to Europe on 24 February 2022, a new era began, and not just in European history. Chancellor...
Maritime special forces require powerful and innovative equipment to operate efficiently. The industry offers a wide range of innovations. Combat swimmers are special forces that are specially trained to fight in and under water or move over water to fulfil missions on land. They can be easily...
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