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....
BAE Systems is to manufacture additional FK containers for the US Navy's Vertical Launch Systems (VLS) as part of a contract extension. This will increase the existing supply contract by 76 million dollars. The containers serve several purposes. On the one hand, they are essential for the safe transport and storage of the missiles. On the other hand, they serve as soon as...
The crew of the USS Monterey confiscated thousands of illegal weapons on 6 and 7 May. During the search of a suspicious, stateless dhow in the northern part of the Arabian Sea, the US Coast Guard boarding team found a broad arsenal of warlike material. These included modern anti-tank missiles, Kalashnikov machine guns and sniper rifles, as well as optical weapons and...
Spain's newest submarine was handed over to its element for the first time on 7 May at Navantia in Cartagena, Spain. The boat with the hull number S-81 has been named Isaac Peral since its christening a few days ago. It is the first submarine to be built entirely in the country. Although the design is based...
The Greek Navy has taken delivery of the first refurbished S-70B helicopter. The US Ambassador to Greece, Geoffrey Pyatt, Chief of Staff Konstantinos Floros and Chief of Naval Staff Stylianos Petrakis travelled to Greece for the small ceremony. The eleven aircraft of this type are undergoing extensive maintenance and modernisation work at Aeroservices....
If anything, it's on a grand scale: The aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) arrived at Newport News Shipbuilding on 6 May to undergo its scheduled RCOH. This Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH) is scheduled about halfway through an aircraft carrier's intended service life to...
The Minister responsible for the Canadian Coast Guard, Bernadette Jordan, has announced that her country will acquire two new icebreakers as part of the National Shipbuilding Strategy. They will replace the largest icebreaker currently in service, the CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent, when it is retired as planned in 2030....
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