German seaport companies have reached a new collective agreement with the trade union surprisingly quickly. The approximately 11,000 port workers in Hamburg and the other northern German coastal states will receive a 3.1 per cent wage increase and one-off payments from August. It only took two days of negotiations before the trade union ver.di and...
German seaport companies have reached a new collective agreement with the trade union surprisingly quickly. The approximately 11,000 port workers in Hamburg and the other northern German coastal states will receive a 3.1 per cent wage increase and one-off payments from August. It only took two days of negotiations before the trade union ver.di and...
The shipbuilding yard thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (tkMS) unveiled its new brand identity at the beginning of June 2025. From now on, it will operate under the brand name TKMS and the promise "Your Maritime Powerhouse". The shipbuilder wants to be perceived more strongly as an independent company and is therefore also changing the background colour from blue to anthracite. The...
Maritime supply industry looks back on stable growth and positive prospects At its press conference in Hamburg on 9 July, the maritime supply industry looked back on a successful financial year. The presentation by Martin Johannsmann, Managing Director of SKF Marine GmbH and Chairman of the Executive Board of AG Marine Equipment and Systems, was also very positive....
Benefit concert at the Mürwik Naval School in Flensburg Every two years, the Mürwik Naval School organises a benefit concert. Despite the changeable weather at the start of the event, the Kiel Naval Music Corps under the direction of Lieutenant-Captain Andreas Siry immediately created a great atmosphere among the 500 guests. From the overture...
The ports of northern Germany are to become climate-neutral in the long term. The federal government is providing an additional 400 million euros over the next four years for the modernisation of shipping and infrastructure. The investments, which are to come from the Climate and Transformation Fund (KTF), are earmarked for the construction of green shore power systems and energy bunkers as well as...
The ports of northern Germany are to become climate-neutral in the long term. The federal government is providing an additional 400 million euros over the next four years for the modernisation of shipping and infrastructure. The investments, which are to come from the Climate and Transformation Fund (KTF), are earmarked for the construction of green shore power systems and energy bunkers as well as...
Reconnaissance ship Dupuy de Lome passed through the Kiel Canal As enigmatic as this type of ship may be: they always manage to add something mystical. Kiel on Saturday morning shortly after sunrise: The French AGI FS Dupuy de Lome (A 759) came into the Kiel Canal from the middle of the Baltic...
Research vessel "Planet" back in Eckernförde On Tuesday, 15 July 2025 at 10 a.m., the research vessel "Planet" will return to Eckernförde. After setting sail on 1 October 2024, the research vessel "Planet" was part of the NATO support mission in the Aegean Sea. After nine months and 29,224 nautical miles, it's time to take stock: "It...
Another customs vessel has been delivered to the NVL site in Wolgast, meaning that another of a total of three new customs vessels has been handed over to the Directorate General of Customs as planned. The 55-metre-long vessel is equipped with a low-emission LNG drive and will be deployed in the Baltic Sea in future. The General Customs Directorate commissioned the Peene shipyard with the construction and...
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