The frigate Lübeck left her home port today, 11 May. After travelling around Europe, she will join the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG 2) in the Mediterranean. She will replace the tender Werra, which has been deployed there up to now and will then start its journey home to Kiel. On ship...
This concerns us all! Appeal for support for the German Naval Association The Laboe Naval Memorial is getting on in years and a thorough renovation is essential, also for safety reasons. A total of €4.6 million must be raised in order to carry out the necessary work. The federal government will provide €2.25 million, the state of Schleswig-Holstein...
The Australian shipyard Austal has handed over what is now the tenth Guardian-class patrol boat to the country's Ministry of Defence. In a small ceremony, the boat was then immediately handed over to the Solomon Islands, an island nation in the South Pacific. The Guardian class has a length of 39.5 metres and is based on the designs of the Bay-,...
Another incident occurred in the Strait of Hormuz this Monday evening (10 May). Thirteen Iranian Revolutionary Guards speedboats approached an American naval convoy passing through the Strait at high speed. The ships included the Ohio-class strategic nuclear submarine USS Georgia and the Ticonderoga cruiser Monterey. Despite signals...
The US Navy has caught a really big fish in the net: On 8 May, it commissioned the USS Miguel Keith (ESB 5). She is the third ship of the Louis B. Puller class and serves as a mobile base for the logistical support of high-value combat units. With a length of 233 metres and a displacement of...
Trainers wanted! A brand new Naval Training Centre (NTC) is currently being handed over as "ready-for-use" (project phase 1) by CAE Maritime Middle East to the UAE Navy in Taweelah. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, there will be no ceremony, which will take place in about a year when project phase 2 "ready-for-training" is completed. The scope of delivery includes...
Commissioning of Europe's largest shore-side power plant ensures clean air in ports As part of the 12th National Maritime Conference, Europe's largest shore-side power plant will be officially inaugurated today in the port of Rostock-Warnemünde. The inauguration will be attended by the Federal Minister of Economics Peter Altmaier, the Federal Government's Coordinator for the Maritime Economy Norbert Brackmann, the Minister President...
On 10 May 2021, the first steel was cut for the ninth K 130 corvette, the Augsburg. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the so-called burning start was celebrated in a small circle at the German Naval Yards Kiel. This is actually a fairly unspectacular act in which a plasma torch cuts the first piece of steel. Despite the...
National Maritime Conference opened On 10 May at 11:00 a.m., the 12th National Maritime Conference (NMK) began at Terminal 8 in Rostock with a press conference: Peter Altmaier, MP, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy Andreas Scheuer, MP Federal Minister for Transport and Digital Infrastructure Norbert Brackmann, MP, Federal Minister for Transport and...
The 12th National Maritime Conference starts today in Rostock-Warnemünde This year's 12th National Maritime Conference (NMK) will be broadcast digitally from the port of Rostock-Warnemünde for the first time today and tomorrow. Federal Minister Altmaier explains: "The maritime industry is one of the main pillars of Germany as a business location and is of enormous importance for an export nation....
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