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Photo: Emden Town Hall on 29 and 30 April. hum
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Maritime security? Politicians have understood - now they have to deliver

Maritime security: The National Maritime Conference 2026 in Emden demonstrated the new security policy consensus - and the deficits in implementation, prioritisation and leadership....
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Photo: The former MFG 5 site in Kiel-Holtenau is to be partially reused by the Bundeswehr. Archive image/Kiel-Holtenau, adobestock
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MFG 5 Kiel Holtenau - Navy claims former site

MFG 5 Kiel Holtenau: The navy wants to use the former MFG 5 site in Kiel-Holtenau again. The plan is to station the naval battalion on the site....
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VSM - German Shipbuilding and Ocean Industries Association

VSM Annual Report 2025/2026

VSM Annual Report 2025/2026: Current developments in shipbuilding and marine technology, including current figures and topics at a glance....
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Photo: LNG tanker AVENIR ASCENSION. Avenir LNG
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digital+ contribution Bio-LNG bunkering as an integrated supply chain - a European first

Bio-LNG bunkering - For the first time, certified bio-LNG was brought directly from the terminal into an operational ferry fleet via an integrated supply chain....
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Photo: Turkish drone carrier ANADOLU. Turkish MoD
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digital+ contribution Drone carrier Turkey - Spanish maintenance contract

Drone carrier Turkey: Navantia takes over maintenance of the amphibious assault ship „Anadolu“. The ship is increasingly being geared towards unmanned aerial vehicles....
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Photo: Moelner 2026 multinational exercise, Bundeswehr/Julia Kelm
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Mjølner 2026 manoeuvre in northern Norway - practice on the northern flank

Mjølner 2026 manoeuvre: On 1 May 2026, the ships involved in the Mjølner 2026 exercise arrived in Harstad, Norway, for the first time. Their arrival marks the start of the visible preparatory phase of a multinational maritime exercise under German leadership....
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Photo: Flotilla Admiral Sven Beck congratulates the recruits, Rodewald

Public pledge in Wilhelmshaven

Public swearing-in ceremony in Wilhelmshaven: On 30 April 2026, the swearing-in ceremony and ceremonial swearing-in of the recruits of the Wilhelmshaven Protection Company took place on the town hall square in Wilhelmshaven....
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Warm North Sea water, only fun for children. Photo: kdk

North Sea warmer than ever before in 2025

North Sea warmer than ever before in 2025: North Sea reaches record temperature of 11.6 degrees in 2025 Baltic Sea also significantly warmer - with heatwave and possible cold extremes at the same time....
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Photo: Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the National Maritime Conference in Emden 2026, hsc

National Maritime Conference in Emden

National Maritime Conference in Emden - It is the 14th National Maritime Conference in Germany and it is being held at its founding venue. Emden. Maritime security takes centre stage. Politics, navy and industry discuss strategy and implementation....
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Photo: Flight safety exercise at Nordholz Naval Air Base, Bw/Krone

Naval aviator - collision of two aircraft, a flight safety exercise

Naval aviators: In a simulated scenario, a Sea Lynx helicopter and a P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft collided on the taxiway. Both aircraft were on fire....
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Photo: @ Hamburg Messe und Congress/ Rene Zieger

MS&D Conference 2026 Hamburg

The MS&D Conference & Expo 2026 will take place from 1 to 4 September 2026 in Hamburg as part of SMM.

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