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EU initiative: New export routes for Ukrainian grain

EU initiative: New export routes for Ukrainian grain

Gepostet von | 7 Jul 2022 | , , , | 0

An online article in the EU magazine euractiv takes a look at Ukraine's faltering grain exports and underpins it with very catchy graphics. Before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the country exported 4 to 5 million tonnes of grain per month, primarily to countries in Africa and the Middle East. 90 % of this trade passed through the harbours of the Black Sea. EU "Solidarity Lanes" initiative With the blockade of the Ukrainian coast and access to ports on the internal waterways, new land routes via neighbouring European countries must be established before these foodstuffs can be shipped by sea to the destination countries. The process of finding alternative...

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US support for Ukraine: 23 small boats on the delivery list

US support for Ukraine: 23 small boats on the delivery list

Gepostet von | 7 Jul 2022 | , , , , | 0

In order to support Ukraine's ability to better control its coastline, waterways and ports and protect them against the Russian invasion, the USA is supplying a total of 23 Metal Shark aluminium small boats (Franklin and Jeanerette, Louisiana) at short notice. These will probably be 6 Defiant-45 boats, 14 Defiant-38 boats with a centre console or some with a cockpit and 3 Fearless-36 high-speed interceptor boats. Customised The boats are said to have been in negotiations with Kiev since 2019 and are therefore customised for Ukraine's needs. However, the overall programme has been significantly accelerated since the Russian invasion. The...

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Change of command on the frigate "Sachsen"

Change of command on the frigate "Sachsen"

Gepostet von | 6 Jul 2022 | , , | 0

From a press release by Rostock Naval Command: On Friday, 8 July 2022 at 9 a.m., the commander of the 2nd Frigate Squadron, Kapitän zur See Torben Jürgensen (46), will hand over command of the frigate "Sachsen" from Frigate Captain Phillipp Vögtle (43) to his successor Frigate Captain Thomas Liebert (44). Frigate Captain Vögtle took command of the "Sachsen" in October 2019 and has since experienced a lot with the F124 class ship and its crew. "My time on the frigate 'Sachsen' showed me once again how important it is that people take centre stage, even in turbulent material or political times....

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Somewhere on this earth - there is always marine!

Somewhere on this earth - there is always marine!

Gepostet von | 5 Jul 2022 | , , | 0

Are you looking for a place on Google Maps where you've probably never been with your cursor? Enter "Puerto Nariño". It's the southernmost tip of Colombia, 80 kilometres of Amazon riverbank in the Amacayacu National Park, sparsely populated and inaccessible in the middle of the jungle. Here at the border triangle of Brazil, Colombia and Peru, a thousand kilometres from the Pacific coast, it is the job of the Colombian navy to ensure law and order - and supply the bare essentials. Ambulance for the jungle So it fell to the navy to deliver an ambulance donated by the Colombian government's transport department to its destination.

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One of us - Bundeswehr and reservist running team supports bereaved families

One of us - Bundeswehr and reservist running team supports bereaved families

Gepostet von | 5 Jul 2022 | , , | 0

The Bundeswehr and Reservists running team is collecting over 4,500 euros in donations for the soldier of the Special Forces Command who died in a rockfall in the Tyrolean Kaiser Mountains at the beginning of June. On 9 June 2022, a soldier from the Special Forces Command tragically died in a rockfall during mountain training in Tyrol. This incident was followed with great horror and sympathy. The Bundeswehr and Reservists running team immediately decided to support the bereaved and called for a charity run. On Sunday, 26 June 2022, this charity run, which could be run, cycled or swum, ended. Out of respect for the deceased, the Bundeswehr running team and...

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