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30th SMM from 06 to 09 September in Hamburg - Update

30th SMM from 06 to 09 September in Hamburg - Update

Gepostet von | 14 Feb 2022 | , , | 0

The most innovative SMM of all time: Digital transformation, climate change and the maritime energy transition demand ground-breaking, realisable solutions - at the 30th SMM, they will be in the spotlight. With an expanded spectrum of themed areas and additional presentation formats, the leading international trade fair for the maritime industry will accompany the transformation at close quarters. On 6 - 9 September 2022, trade visitors from all over the world will once again have the opportunity to meet live in the exhibition areas of the exhibition grounds and at the top-class specialist conferences. This is where the leading minds from all maritime sectors traditionally come together to meet in person and present innovative ideas and solutions that will shape the future of...

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Russian Navy restricts shipping in the Black Sea

Russian Navy restricts shipping in the Black Sea

Gepostet von | 14 Feb 2022 | , , , , | 1

Areas closed for firing exercises The Russian Navy has announced exercise areas for a large part of the Black Sea and most of the Sea of Azov, effectively restricting shipping to Ukrainian commercial ports. Commercial shipping and air traffic are advised to avoid the designated areas from 13 to 19 February. One area covers the northern entrance to the Kerch Strait, which could cut off Ukrainian ports on the Sea of Azov from shipping for the duration of the exercise. This includes the harbours of Mariupol, Berdyansk and Henichesk. Russia has closed the strait in the past due to...

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Unmanned maritime surveillance by Triton

Unmanned maritime surveillance by Triton

Gepostet von | 10 Feb 2022 | , , | 0

Ernest Snowden, Robert F. Wood Jr: Maritime Unmanned. From Global Hawk to Triton, Naval Institute Press 2021 Although it is actually about the development of a new platform with new technologies for large-scale maritime reconnaissance, Snowden and Wood's book reads like a detective story. On the one hand, there are a handful of visionary naval officers with their counterparts from the defence industry, and on the other, the bureaucratic obstructionists from the Pentagon and competitors in the defence industry. Some of this resistance has already been described in P.W. Singer's book "Wired for War. The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century"...

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2034 - A possible next world war

2034 - A possible next world war

Gepostet von | 10 Feb 2022 | , , | 0

Elliot Ackerman, Admiral James Stavridis: 2034 A novel of the next World War, PENGUIN PRESS New York 2021, 303 p. In the mid-1980s, the publication of Tom Clancy's "The Hunt for Red October" and "Red Storm Rising" introduced a new genre to the literary world: The influence of new technologies on military operations and their impact on political decisions. The next step was taken with the books by Peter W. Singer and in particular his book with August Cole "Ghost Fleet. A Novel of the next World War" in 2015, which describes the possible course of future military operations based on...

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50 books about the sea

50 books about the sea

Gepostet von | 10 Feb 2022 | , , | 0

Admiral James G. Stavridis, USN (Ret.): The Sailor's Bookshelf. Fifty Books to know the Sea, USNI 23 November 2021, 232 pp. With this book, Admiral Stavridis remains true to his love: the sea and books about it. He has selected 50 books from the large number and variety of books available, which he describes in four main categories, each in short summaries of three to four pages: Seas, explorers, seafarers in novels, seafarers in non-fiction. The sailor will find well-known but also unknown works; the landlubber will receive a kind of navigation aid through literature with a maritime flavour. He is guided through history, learns about great sea battles...

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