No sooner had the Defence and Budget Committees decided on the extensive procurement of defence equipment for the Navy yesterday (Wednesday) than the first contract was signed. As announced by the responsible Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support, the Lürssen shipyard has been commissioned to design and build three fleet service boats of the...
Since Monday, 21 June 2021, the Federal Police have been practising the deployment and international cooperation of special forces in maritime emergencies. As in previous years, they were supported by the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH). The challenge this year was a very special cooperation: in addition to the forces of the BSH, the...
According to the Russian Ministry of Defence, the British destroyer HMS Defender penetrated three kilometres into the country's territorial waters on 23 June. A border guard ship then fired warning shots and a Su-24M fighter plane dropped bombs in front of the British warship. The ship then turned away and attacked the Russian...
Earlier this afternoon, marineforum.online reported the Defence Committee's decision to procure a number of new ships and aircraft. Now the Defence Committee has also approved the project in its last meeting before the summer break. Eckhard Rehberg, budget policy spokesman for the CDU parliamentary group in the Bundestag, was delighted: "The Budget Committee today approved 27 proposals with a...
Hapag-Lloyd has commissioned the Korean shipyard Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) to build six ships with a slot capacity of more than 23,500 TEU. The first of the newbuilds are to be delivered as early as 2024. The container liner shipping company had already placed an identical order at the end of 2020. In total, the fleet in...
The next major maritime exercise this year will be Sea Breeze 2021 from 28 June to 10 July. As in previous years, the manoeuvre will be jointly led by the Ukrainian and American navies. After many nations cancelled their participation last year due to the coronavirus, this time units from...
Christening and launching are two important events in the life of a ship. The latest Japanese frigate Noshiro experienced both together on 22 June. After the type ship and the Kumano, it will be the third ship in the Mogami class. It is named after the river Noshiro in the north of the Japanese main island of Honshu. This frigate is being built...
The Center for Maritime Strategy & Security (CMSS) has been under new management since yesterday (21 June). From now on, Johannes Peters will be in charge of the academic institution. Peters will also be responsible for the organisation of the Kiel Seapower Series with immediate effect. The CMSS is an institution of the...
After travelling halfway around the globe, the new supply vessel NUSHIP Stalwart has arrived in its new home in Australia for the first time. At the end of May, the Stalwart left Ferrol in Spain, where it was built at the Navantia shipyard. The future ship of the Royal Australian Navy will be...
According to the Ministry of Defence in Moscow, a large-scale exercise has shown that the Russian armed forces can also operate successfully in the vastness of the Pacific, far away from home. The operational area was around 2500 nautical miles south-east of the Kuril Islands. On and under the waves, up to twenty warships and...
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