At 00:01 on 25 January, the German Navy tender "Werra" took over the duties of the frigate "Brandenburg" for the NATO support mission in the Aegean. The flagship handover took place in the harbour of Souda on Crete. What is actually routine is subject to the restrictions of the pandemic this time. The strain on the crews is...
Even under the new US President Joe Biden, the USA is not changing its previous policy of freedom of the seas. Demonstratively, the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG) entered the South China Sea on 23 January, just a few days after Biden took office. According to the US Navy, the...
First pilot project of the Coordinated Maritime Presence concept The EU foreign ministers decided today (25 January) to launch a pilot project for a Coordinated Maritime Presence (CMP) in the Gulf of Guinea. This is the first time that the EU has responded in this way to an acute threat to freedom of navigation. The pilot project is scheduled to run for one year...
Lufthansa takes off with polar researchers on their longest passenger flight to date on behalf of the Alfred Wegener Institute On 1 February 2021, Lufthansa will take off on the longest passenger flight in its history. It is also one of the most unusual flights the airline has ever operated. On behalf of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Bremerhaven,...
The ecological component is becoming increasingly important in merchant shipping. Rising fuel costs, the pricing of carbon dioxide emissions and increasingly restrictive regulations are prompting shipowners and shipbuilders around the world to look for new technologies. In Korea, the classification society DNV GL has now honoured a design by Korea Shipbuilding and Offshore Engineering (KSOE). The...
Figures from the International Maritime Bureau (IMB), an organisational unit of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), show an increase in piracy attacks and armed robberies in 2020. Compared to 2019 with 162 pirate attacks, the number rose to 195 in 2020. The IMB Piracy Reporting Centre (PRC) reports that three ships were hijacked and...
Rheinmetall supplies digital classroom for German Navy's new NH90 NTH Sea Lion multi-role helicopter to Nordholz The German Navy is once again relying on Rheinmetall's simulation expertise to train its NH90 NTH Sea Lion helicopter crews. In December 2020, the company was awarded the contract via the European NH90 procurement and management organisation NAHEMA to provide an Asterion classroom solution...
The Maritime Cluster Northern Germany e. V. (MCN e. V.) donates around 1,400 euros to the non-profit maritime organisation "German Lutheran Seamen's Mission Foundation". 2020 also had its good sides: Due to the temporary reduction in VAT from July to December 2020, the membership fees already paid at the beginning of the year resulted in a donation to the...
The Dutch Navy has been using the Goalkeeper close-range defence system since the early 1990s. What was state-of-the-art at the time is no longer state of the art today. It is only thanks to a modernisation programme that the systems installed on various ships can still be kept in service. Goalkeeper is a so-called Close-in Weapon...
The Japanese shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha ("K" Line) aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by building LNG-powered ships and expanding its LNG bunkering business as part of its "Environmental Vision 2050". Its LNG bunkering vessel Kaguya recently completed the first ship-to-ship bunkering in Japan, making a piece of Japanese shipping history. With the environmentally friendly...
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