Some do Christmas shopping - others lay the keels of two Virginia-class attack submarines in the space of 14 days! At the end of November, Ingalls Industries' Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) in Hampton Roads, Virginia, performed the ceremonial keel authentication for the 27th Virginia-class attack submarine. SSN 800 will bear the name...
On Tuesday, 13 December 2022 at 10 a.m., the tender "Mosel" and an hour later, at around 11 a.m., the minehunting vessel "Sulzbach-Rosenberg" will arrive in their home port of Kiel in time for the holidays. Both units departed from Kiel in July of this year for different areas of operation. While the minehunting boat "Sulzbach-Rosenberg" sailed towards...
Navantia handed over "HAIL", the third of five Avante 2200 corvettes ordered in 2018, to the Royal Saudi Naval Force (RSNF) on the second Sunday of Advent 2022. In addition to the construction, the contract, which was valued at 1.8 billion euros at the time, includes logistical support and training - including the provision of training and instruction facilities for the weapons deployment and training...
On 10 November, the Budget Committee of the German Bundestag approved 24 million euros (Chapter 1405 Title 55412) to pave the way for an interim solution for the Class 722 sea tug. On 26 November 2022, the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support published a tender for the "Purchase of...
In order to guarantee its energy supply independently of Russia, Germany is increasingly focussing on liquefied natural gas. Various technical facilities are required to be able to land this gas. One of the intermediate stations from the large LNG tanker to the gas pipeline on land is the conversion from cryogenic liquefied gas to gaseous service gas at ambient temperature. Start-up off Mukran on...
To accelerate the decarbonisation of the shipping industry and to set an example for other nations, France has announced the "France-Mer 2030" plan. France's Secretary of State for Maritime Affairs, Hervé Berville, outlined the plan during a meeting of the French shipping industry and called on private industry to join the government's endeavour to decarbonise...
Australian iron ore magnate Andrew Forrest has joined the call for a moratorium on deep sea mining, adding his non-profit group to the growing list of organisations opposing the practice. Speaking at the COP27 conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, Forrest echoed the concerns of many marine biologists and conservationists that...
One of the topics discussed at the World Climate Conference was the increasing pollution of the Mediterranean Sea. How should we tackle the problem? Here are a few snippets on the topic. Biodiversity The Mediterranean basin is home to a great diversity of flora (around 20,000 plant species, 60% of which only occur there) and fauna (around 17,000 animal species, of which only...
The Israeli navy has completed the integration of the C-Dome short-range defence weapon system with a successful interception test. In February of this year, the first shots were fired from on board the corvette "Magen", the Sa'ar 6-class ship. In the current test, an aerial target was hit by the C-Dome system on board the corvette in a realistic scenario.
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