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Reederei Hamburg Süd - 150 years on the world's oceans

Reederei Hamburg Süd - 150 years on the world's oceans

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From 4 November, the International Maritime Museum will be hosting a special exhibition on 150 years of the Hamburg Süd shipping company. The shipping company has been at home on the world's oceans for 150 years now. Both world wars led to the total loss of its fleet, but both times it managed to recover and rebuild. In 1936, the Bielefeld-based company Dr August Oetker acquired a stake in Hamburg Süd. In 1955, the Oetker Group took over the shipping company completely. A successful period of steady expansion began until Hamburg Süd was sold to the Danish A.P. Møller-Mærsk Group at the end of 2017. The range of exhibits on display in the special exhibition extends from the founding charter of the...

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Russia: Observation system for the safety of the Northeast Passage?

Russia: Observation system for the safety of the Northeast Passage?

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Russia is currently developing a monitoring system for the Arctic coastal zone of the Federation. This system is intended to ensure the safety of shipping traffic in the North-East Passage. The "Tactical Missile Weapons Group" (Takticheskoe Raketnoe Wooruschenie) is responsible for its development. According to a representative of the group, the system is currently in the concept phase. The aim of the work is to create a single information space in the entire Russian Arctic along the Northern Sea Route. To this end, a network of remote-controlled observation centres is being set up, whose data and information will provide a comprehensive picture of the situation. The radar stations will make it possible to monitor the sea surface over distances of 50 to 200 kilometres. These...

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An aircraft carrier for a penny

An aircraft carrier for a penny

Gepostet von | 13 Oct 2021 | , , , | 0

As is well known, the cent is the smallest currency unit in monetary circulation in the USA (as is now also the case in Europe). There, however, it is colloquially referred to as a penny, just as the English, the originators of the term on the other side of the English Channel, still do today in the unbroken tradition of their coinage system. For such a penny, which has borne the likeness of Abraham Lincoln on one side for 112 years, you could choose one of the two aircraft carriers USS KITTY HAWK or USS JOHN F. KENNEDY and "purchase" it from the US Naval Sea Systems Command (the US Navy's material agency). Although...

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Defence Minister visits the naval school in Flensburg-Mürwik on 14 October

Defence Minister visits the naval school in Flensburg-Mürwik on 14 October

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On Thursday, 14 October 2021 at 1 pm, the Federal Minister of Defence, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, will be visiting the Mürwik Naval Academy. After the minister arrives, she will be welcomed by the commandant of the naval school, Flotilla Admiral Jens Nemeyer (58). A three-hour programme is planned for her. The Minister will gain a personal impression of the practical training of the officer candidates. In personal discussions with soldiers, the Minister will have the opportunity to gain an insight into the daily routine of officer training at the Mürwik Naval Academy. The first stop on her tour will be the ship handling simulator, which was modernised in 2018. Here...

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