On Friday, 23 January 2026, two NATO warships will enter the port of Hamburg. The French coastal patrol vessel FS "Pluvier" is expected to arrive at around 9:00 am and the British frigate HMS "St Albans" will arrive at 1:00 pm. The crew of HMS "St Albans" will open the Stelling on Saturday, 24 January, for...

The oil tanker "Eventin", which is lying in the roadstead off the island of Rügen, may still not be sold or used for any other purpose by the German authorities. This was decided by the Federal Fiscal Court based in Munich in December, confirming an earlier decision in favour of the ship's owners. Determination The tanker, which flies the Panamanian flag, had been lost in January 2025 off...

At the beginning of December 2025, the Dutch Financial Intelligence and Investigation Service (FIOD) searched several Damen Shipyards offices and employees' private residences as part of a sanctions investigation. Two directors of the company, aged 39 and 60, were arrested and remanded in custody, as reported by the Dutch television programme Nieuwsuur. The subject of the investigation...

The naval aviators are on the rise: admittedly, it reads like a stereotype. But that's the truth. Following the arrival of the first two Boeing P-8A "Poseidon" and the landing of the very first NH90 "Sea Tiger" in December, the naval aviators in Nordholz are continuing to "swap" the entire "flying fleet". Following the budget committee's decision...

On 14 January 2026, "Henryk Zygalski", the second SIGINT reconnaissance ship for the Polish Navy, was launched in Gdańsk in the presence of Deputy Minister of Defence Paweł Bejda. The ship was named after a Polish mathematician and cryptologist who helped decipher the German Enigma code in the 1930s. The main contractor for...

Rheinmetall and Iceye deliver satellite-based reconnaissance for the Bundeswehr with "Spock 1" - a technological leap with strategic signalling effect....
On Tuesday 13 January, he handed over command to Captain David Helmbold. The handover was carried out by Rear Admiral Christoph Müller-Meinhard, Commander Support at the Naval Command in Rostock....
On Monday, 19 January 2026, the Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Defence, Sebastian Hartmann, will visit Wilhelmshaven to gain an impression of the German Navy's basic training....
On Monday, 19 January 2026 at 10 a.m., the minehunting boat "Fulda" will leave its home port of Kiel. The boat from the 3rd Minehunting Squadron will take over the German contribution to the permanent NATO organisation SNMCMG 1 (Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1) for the next few months....
The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) reports a noticeable increase in incidents of piracy and violence at sea in 2025. The risks to merchant ships and their crews are increasing again - with a geographical focus on Southeast Asia....
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