Betrug in elf Fällen, unter anderem auch in Sachen "Gorch Fock" Die Staatsanwaltschaft Osnabrück gibt in einer Pressemitteilung vom 02.09.2022 bekannt, dass Anklage wegen Betruges in einem besonders schweren Fall zum Nachteil des Marinearsenals Wilhelmshaven gegen zwei ehemalige Vorstände der Elsflether Werft AG erhoben wurde. Mit der umfangreichen Anklageschrift wirft...
Today, on 5 September 2022, the frigate "Hessen" is leaving its home port to join the US Carrier Strike Group (CSG) under the command of Frigate Captain Volker Kübsch. Together with the American aircraft carrier "USS Gerald R. Ford", the German frigate operates primarily within the group's air defence and is an integral part of the aircraft carrier group. In...
Die neuen F126 Fregatten der Deutschen Marine erhalten Verstellpropelleranlagen mit den dazugehörigen Naben, Blättern, Nabenabdeckungen und Propellerwellen von Kongsberg. Wie das Unternehmen mitgeteilt hat, hat der Generalunternehmer für den Bau der Fregatte, Damen Naval, Kongsberg mit der Lieferung von vier Schiffssätzen Verstellpropelleranlagen beauftragt. Das Propeller-/Propellerwellensystem sei das erfolgreiche Ergebnis einer...
Fincantieri's American subsidiary, Fincantieri Marinette Marine, began construction of the first Constellation-class frigate at the company's own shipyard in Marinette, Wisconsin, on 31 August 2022. According to the press release issued by the US Navy programme office responsible for the project, construction number 1, the "USS Constellation" (FFG 62), is scheduled to be...
Following the strengthening of Ukrainian coastal defences in the north-west quadrant of the Black Sea in recent weeks, the southern offensive just launched by the Ukrainian armed forces could promise success, as Russia is clearly no longer in a position to control and "hold down" this section of coastline from the sea. On the contrary: Ukraine has...
A Russian convoy consisting of the cruiser "Marshal Ustinov" (Slava class, project 1164, sister ship of the "Moskva"), the destroyer "Vice Admiral Kulakov" (type ship of the Udaloy class, project 1155) and the tanker "Vyazma" (Kaliningradneft class) is reportedly on a transfer from the Mediterranean back to the Northern Fleet and its home ports on the Barents Sea. The...
Three weeks ago, the Ukrainian news agency "The Guildhall Agency" published a satellite image that led reconnaissance officers in Kiev to conclude that Kalibr cruise missiles were being reloaded on the frigate "Admiral Grigorovich" at the naval base in Sevastopol. The recordings date from 10 August - the following day, the Ukrainian air defence forces reported the firing of two...
Shipping industry wants to remove the classification as a high-risk area There are increasing calls from shipping organisations to remove the high-risk area in the Indian Ocean. The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) of the United Nations was informed today - before the next meeting of its Maritime Safety Committee on 31 October - by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), BIMCO, the International...
In mid-August, Polish shipbuilder Remontowa Shipbuilding handed over the second boat of the Kormoran class minehunter (project 528, 850 tonnes) to the Polish Navy. The 58 metre long "Albatros" had previously undergone several months of sea trials and acceptance voyages to prove the full functionality of all systems on board. This was also...
According to press reports, the German Naval Yards shipyard, also known for many years as Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft GmbH, from whose surface shipbuilding it originated, will present a new corvette design next week at the upcoming SMM 2022 (short for Schiff-Maschine-Meerestechnik), the "world's leading maritime trade fair" in Hamburg. SEAGUARD 96, a 96-metre-long, 2,000-tonne...
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