The Colombian Ministry of Defence has confirmed the signing of a contract between the Dutch Damen shipyard and the state-owned shipbuilding complex Cotecmar (Corporación de Ciencia y Tecnología para el Desarrollo de la Industria Naval Marítima y Fluvial). The object of the contract is the construction documentation for Colombia's new frigate PES (Plataforma Estrategia de Superficie - Strategic Surface Unit),...
According to the Israeli Ministry of Defence, in mid-September the Sa'ar 6 corvette "Oz" (translated: courage), the second of the four Magen-class units (90 metres in length, 1,900 tonnes) built by tkMS in Kiel, successfully fired a "Gabriel V" sea target missile as part of the weapons technology equipment and verification process. This missile belongs to the latest variant...
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Fachkonferenzen zum Deutschen Schifffahrtstag Beim Deutschen Schifffahrtstag werden am 29. September in Bremen zahlreiche Branchenexpertinnen und –experten zu den zentralen Zukunftsfragen der Schifffahrt zusammenkommen. Die Gesamtveranstaltung, die unter dem Motto „Nachhaltige Schifffahrt, gemeinsam, klar, sauber!“ steht, bietet getreu dem bewährten Leitspruch, dass aller guten Dinge drei seien, nicht nur eine,...
On Thursday, 22 September 2022, the commander of Operational Flotilla 1, Flotilla Admiral Henning Faltin (50), will hand over command of the 3rd Minesweeper Squadron from Frigate Captain Terje Schmitt-Eliassen (47) to Frigate Captain Carsten Schlüter (46) at 3 p.m. at Kiel Naval Base. For Frigate Captain Schmitt-Eliassen, this marks the end of a period in command that has been characterised...
Swearing in of junior officers at Mürwik Naval Academy On Friday, 23 September at 10 a.m., Crew 2022 will be sworn in at Mürwik Naval Academy (MSM) in front of relatives and visitors as well as high-ranking guests from politics, society and the Bundeswehr. There have been several rounds in recent years due to the pandemic. The late timing in the...
Peter Tamm receives the Bundeswehr Cross of Honour The Federal Minister of Defence Christine Lambrecht awards Peter Tamm the Bundeswehr Cross of Honour for his commitment to the Bundeswehr base in Hamburg. The award ceremony took place on 17 September 2022 on board the frigate BAYERN. On the occasion of the reception for the 833rd Hamburg Harbour Birthday on board the...
In spring 2018, the US Marines received the first newly built Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift transport helicopter to replace the now obsolete CH-53E Super Stallion heavy-lift helicopter. Now it has taken another four years, filled with performance tests under extreme climatic conditions and up to technically feasible flight altitudes, until the end of...
Psychosocial effects of the coronavirus pandemic and the war in Ukraine on the living and working environment of seafarers on board In commercial shipping, men and women generally work under a high level of psychological pressure. A high degree of responsibility for the ship, the cargo and, above all, for the crew, which is constantly...
Gorch Fock 38th training voyage 1971 Lisbon-Kiel Even half a century ago, photographs were taken of the training voyages of the "Gorch Fock" - albeit in a decidedly "analogue" style. Colourful slides were the standard, and Super 8 films were also shot. Black and white, however, was affordable and allowed all the graphic design possibilities of the "thousand shades of grey". There...
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