The Royal Netherlands Coast Guard's portfolio of tasks has expanded in recent years, meaning that a fast crew supply vessel (FCS 5009) from the Damen Shipyard Group will be added to its fleet in mid-2026. The "Enforcer" - a so-called fast crew supplier - is intended to ensure the continuity of general coastguard duties in the North Sea. The...
In parallel to Vladimir Putin's ongoing visit to the 23rd India-Russia Summit in New Delhi, India has signalled that the leasing of a Russian nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN), which has been agreed since 2019, can now move into the implementation phase. Although the government rejects the impression of a newly concluded major contract, the key parameters remain unchanged:...
Die britische Marine hat im November erneut zwei russische Kriegsschiffe durch den Ärmelkanal geleitet. Das britische Verteidigungsministerium sprach von einer rund um die Uhr durchgeführten Beschattungsaktion. Britische Medien berichten, dass HMS „Severn“ (P282), ein 1.700 Tonnen schweres Offshore-Patrouillenboot der River-Klasse, die russische Mehrzweck-Korvette RFN „Stoikiy“ (2.200 Tonnen, Projekt 20380 -...
While the production of liquefied natural gas (LNG) has increased in West Africa and the USA, there are also delays in unloading at Egyptian LNG terminals. These delays have led to a shortage of available LNG transport capacity, with the result that freight rates have fallen dramatically in recent weeks.
From a press release by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Cologne: It weighs just six kilograms and is the size of a shoebox - but its interior makes it an observer of the world's oceans: the miniature satellite OTTER was launched into space on 28 November 2025. At 500 kilometres...
A volunteer lifeboat crew from the UK's Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) came to the aid of the RoRo vessel belonging to Finnish shipping company Finnlines after the ship made a distress call in the early morning of 11 November 2025. The cause was a fire in the engine room around 20 kilometres south-east of Eastbourne/East Sussex. When the lifeboat crew...
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