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Enormous: Suez Canal turnover at 7 billion US dollars

Egypt expects the Suez Canal's revenues to reach around 7 billion US dollars by the end of the current fiscal year, Finance Minister Mohamed Maait said on 21 May. Tourism revenues are expected to reach between 10 and 12 billion US dollars by then, despite the Ukrainian crisis, he added. The Egyptian budget year runs from 1 July to 30 June. The canal is the fastest shipping route between Europe and Asia and one of the Egyptian government's main sources of foreign exchange. Source: Thomson Reuters 2022/...

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81 years ago today

81 years ago today, on 27 May 1941, the German battleship "Bismarck" was sunk in a battle with British naval and naval air forces. Here is the article that the International Museum Hamburg published a year ago - still worth reading and with numerous photos .#todayinhistory . https://www.imm-hamburg.de/2021/05/battleship-bismarck-sunk-80-years-ago/ Curious about more history? Already got plans for the weekend? Looks like it's going to be a rainy weekend in northern Germany. How about a visit to the IMHH. Or follow @maritimesmuseum on Twitter, FB www.facebook.com/immhh and watch fascinating documentaries on www.youtube.com/user/maritimesmuseum. Kaispeicher B Koreastraße 1 20457 Hamburg Öffnungszeiten / Opening Hours...

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Croatia offers Adriatic ports for the transport of Ukrainian grain

The European Commission introduced the so-called "solidarity routes" at the beginning of May to improve connections between the EU and Ukraine for grain exports, while Ukrainian ports remain blocked due to the Russian invasion. Croatia's Adriatic ports could provide an alternative route for the transport of grain from Ukraine, Jutarnji List reported, citing the State Secretary of the Croatian Ministry of European and Foreign Affairs. Following his participation in the General Affairs Council of EU27 ministers in Brussels on 23 May, Andreja Metelko Zgombić said: "During the debate, I pointed out that Croatia's Adriatic ports are available and could offer an alternative route for...

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Strategy is not a supreme discipline in Germany

8th Maritime Colloquium of the German Maritime Institute in Wilhelmshaven When the President of the German Maritime Institute (DMI), retired Rear Admiral Karsten Schneider, closed the DMI's 8th Maritime Colloquium with these words, it was possible to look back on a series of challenging presentations and panels. On 24 May 2022, maritime security experts gathered at the Atlantic Hotel Wilhelmshaven to discuss the topic: "The German Navy facing new tasks - new challenges - new capabilities?". The organiser was supported by the German Navy's Operational Flotilla 2, the griephan information service, the German Naval Association, the German Armed Forces Association and the German Atlantic Society. It was...

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Naval task force supplier: iMERZ in sight

What began optimistically in September 2019 in terms of scheduling now seems to be slowly coming to an end. Two years late, the new integrated Marine Emergency Rescue Centre (iMERZ) was transferred to its platform, the Einsatzgruppenversorger (EGV) "Frankfurt am Main", on 23 May. Construction of the rescue centre, which was designed as a permanent deckhouse, began in September 2019. The plans at the time assumed that the centre would be integrated on the "Frankfurt am Main" in spring 2020. The iMERZ is essentially a complete hospital, consisting of an infirmary, two operating theatres, an X-ray room, a dental technology department and various laboratories. Accordingly, it is designed as a permanent deckhouse...

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