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First container ship refuelled with SNG

First container ship refuelled with SNG

Gepostet von | 4 Oct 2021 | , , , , | 0

On 29 September 2021, the first commercial container ship was refuelled with CO2-neutral synthetic LNG in Brunsbüttel. This makes the "ElbBLUE", owned by the German shipping company Elbdeich and registered in Limassol, the first ship in the world to run on synthetic natural gas (SNG). Built in China in 2012, the container ship is 153 metres long and has a displacement of 13,200 tonnes and can transport 1,036 containers. Originally powered by heavy fuel oil, the MAN 8L48/60B diesel engine from MAN Energy Solutions was converted to the MAN 51/60DF four-stroke engine in 2017. At the time, the ship was still called the "Wes Amelie" and attracted international attention with its drive unit. The so-called multi-fuel engine enables the use of...

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Young talent concerns in the UK

Young talent concerns in the UK

Gepostet von | 1 Oct 2021 | , , | 0

Retired frigate captain James Bond back in active service Who doesn't know it these days, whether fire brigade, police or armed forces: the competition for bright minds and nimble hands is in full swing. The German Armed Forces have been recruiting in many different ways, including here in Germany, e.g. with the digital careers fair in September: marineforum.online/mission-marine Our friends in the Royal Navy, the Army and the Royal Airforce, regardless of Brexit, are also facing a recruitment crisis. The number of British soldiers has fallen for the tenth year in a row. In the Army alone, there is a shortfall of 7,000 soldiers, while in the Royal Navy, according to unofficial...

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New names at the Kiel naval base

New names at the Kiel naval base

Gepostet von | 1 Oct 2021 | , | 1

Tirpitzhafen is now called Kiel naval base. The southern outer pier will be called Gorch-Fock-Mole and the outer pier will become Oskar-Kusch-Mole. The background to this new naming has already been discussed here in marineforum.online - now it is official and will be implemented. Based on the Bundeswehr's 2017 decree on tradition, it has been instructed that in future only the Bundeswehr's own 65-year history will apply to the line of tradition. In addition, places and people from the resistance against terror and tyranny are also included. This reorganisation means that the previous namesakes, Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz (1849 - 1930; founder of the High Seas Fleet in the German Empire) and Admiral Reinhard Scheer...

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Lürssen repositions itself

Lürssen repositions itself

Gepostet von | 1 Oct 2021 | , , , , , | 0

Separation of the naval shipbuilding division - job cuts in Hamburg Naval shipbuilding and all repair activities for naval vessels and coast guard boats will operate in an independent company under the NVL Group brand. As the future holding company of the NVL Group, the independent company NVL B.V. & Co. KG was spun off from Fr. Lürssen Werft GmbH & Co. KG. In future, the company will be headed by Lürssen managers Klaus Borgschulte and Tim Wagner as management spokespersons as well as Lena Ströbele and Dirk Malgowski. The family-run company Fr. Lürssen, which has been managed by cousins Friedrich (72) and Peter Lürssen (62) in the fourth generation since 1983, will thus unite all...

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Under sail again

Under sail again

Gepostet von | 30 Sep 2021 | , , | 1

With the handover of the GORCH FOCK to the German Navy, Lürssen has successfully completed the refurbishment of the sail training ship after around two years in the shipyard. The Bremen-based family business took over the project in October 2019 and overhauled the ship on the basis of a comprehensively re-evaluated performance specification. "Every ship handover is characterised by emotions and, above all, fills the employees who accompany a project for months and contribute to its success with pride. All the more so when it is a project with numerous technical challenges, difficult framework conditions and an ambitious schedule, as in the case of the GORCH FOCK," says Tim Wagner, Managing Director...

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