From 10 September 2021, the Baltic Sea will once again be the venue for one of the most important multinational exercises to improve strategic planning and tactical communication between the participating nations. The large-scale manoeuvre "Northern Coasts" is an essential component of cross-force cooperation in the Baltic Sea region. The protection of the northern flank is an elementary focus of the German...
General Meeting of the Maritime Cluster Northern Germany. Growing membership figures, a revised strategy and a focus on sustainability - at the general meeting of the Maritime Cluster Northern Germany e. V. (MCN), the board and management reported on the activities and results of the current and past year. Due to the coronavirus, the meeting took place on...
In the first week of June, the Brazilian Navy carried out a firing mission off Rio de Janeiro with a cross-section of its unit types. This included firing MM 40 sea skimmers at the Ceara landing ship, which dates back to the 1950s and has long since been decommissioned. How to ignite an MM 40 with words and gestures...
Almost simultaneously with the article by K.z.S Nils Brandt, Commander SSS Gorch Fock, on the importance of sail training for the prospective naval officers of the German Navy on 19 July 2021 in MarineForum Online, the second edition of Saltwater Leadership will be published by the U.S. Naval Institute in August this year. Written by...
In Puerto Belgrano, the largest Argentinian naval base about 700 kilometres south of Buenos Aires, shortly before Bahia Blanca, a ship has been "heroically" moored at the pier for ten years, unable to move under its own power: the Heriona is missing a crucial gearbox spare part from England! The four FK destroyers built by Blohm+Voss...
.....and suddenly the sky was black On 8 September 1981, the pre-command was set up, three weeks later the 3rd Flying & Technical Squadron Mk88. Or as it is correctly called today: Westland Sea Lynx Mk 88a. On 30 August, the naval aviators attracted a lot of attention. An "8-ship" formation flew over...
Today, the fuel tanker "Spessart" under the command of Captain Rolf-Heinrich von Bebern (55) is leaving the naval port of Kiel to join the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG 2) in the Aegean. Once in the operational area, the civilian-crewed fleet tanker "Spessart" will support the frigate "Schleswig-Holstein", which is already on its way to the Aegean in mid-August.
While at the beginning of July in Gargoub, halfway from Alexandria to the Libyan border, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi inaugurated a 1000 metre long (14 m) deep-water capable harbour pier as the largest national naval base, TKMS in Kiel was able to deliver the S 44 submarine, the fourth of the 209/1400 mod type, to the Egyptian...
On 25 August 2021, the Maritime Cluster Northern Germany (MCN) organised the fourth trainee network meeting together with MakerCube. Participants were able to get hands-on in workshops and had the opportunity to familiarise themselves with the diversity of additive manufacturing, regardless of their training profession. Digital manufacturing technologies, including 3D printing, are becoming increasingly important for maritime companies....
Invitation | Dialogue forum: Meer.Innovation | 07.09.2021, 19.00 | Online The Kiel Munition Clearance Week 2021 will take place from 06-10 September 2021. It is the first international conference on the topic of munitions clearance in the sea. The Hermann Ehlers Academy invites under the title "Dialogue Forum: Sea.innovation". The conference will discuss the...
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