After a four-year break due to the coronavirus pandemic, the global shipbuilding industry met again for the 30th SMM (Shipbuilding, machinery & marine technology international trade fair), the world's leading maritime trade fair, in Hamburg (6 to 9 September 2022). The SMM was held under the motto "Driving the maritime transition". The focus was therefore on...
Am 7. September 2022 wurden die Arbeiten der Referenten für die 61. HITATA durch den Befehlshaber der Flotte und Unterstützungskräfte und stellvertretenden Inspekteur der Marine, Vizeadmiral Frank Lenski, im Rahmen einer kleinen Feierstunde gewürdigt. Nach der 60. HITATA im Jahr 2020 hatten traditionsgemäß wieder neun junge, engagierte Offiziere eigene Vorträge...
In view of the war in Ukraine, NATO's Allied Maritime Command (MARCOM, Northwood, UK) has this year combined the NATO manoeuvre "Dynamic Mariner" with the Turkish Navy's manoeuvre "Mavi Balina 22" to form a major multinational manoeuvre that will take place from 11 to 18 September in the eastern Mediterranean. Manoeuvre participation The aim of the manoeuvre is...
Damen relies on "made in Germany" As the Dutch company announced at the SMM in Hamburg, the propulsion diesel engines for the German Navy's new frigate class 126 are to be supplied by MAN Energy Solutions. The delivery comprises 8 MAN 32/44CR propulsion engines, two for each of the four frigates ordered. There is a...
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For six months - the entire period of Russia's ongoing war of aggression against Ukraine - HMS Audacious, the UK's newest operational Hunter-Killer nuclear submarine, has been on patrol in the Mediterranean. While above, NATO surface units were monitoring shipping traffic as part of Operation Sea Guardian - and primarily keeping an eye on...
Tall ship meets aircraft carrier: US Navy compliments the Signora It was on 12 July 1962: The US aircraft carrier "USS Independence" encountered the "Amerigo Vespucci" in the Mediterranean under full sail and asked her to identify herself by light signal. The Italian three-masted ship, which had been launched in February 1931, gave...
As already announced here ten days ago, the Kiel shipyard used the SMM 2022, which has just ended in Hamburg, to present a new corvette design. Here are a few more details that might interest you. The new Seaguard 96 is an "innovative high-end corvette that will be used in...
DAMEN Naval and Rolls-Royce's Power Systems division have signed a contract for the supply of 16 mtu diesel gensets for the German Navy's four new F126 frigates. This is DAMEN's first order for mtu diesel gensets for military applications. According to Hein van Ameijden, Managing Director of DAMEN Naval, the...
"Toxic" aircraft carrier returns to Brazil Officials in Turkey have confirmed it: the decommissioned aircraft carrier NAE São Paulo of the Brazilian Navy, which was to be scrapped in Aliaga, has changed course and is on its way back to Brazil. The tugboat of the aircraft carrier has changed its AIS signal and...
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