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Change in the MCN Board of Directors

Change in the MCN Board of Directors

Gepostet von | 14 Jan 2021 | , , | 0

Change of state representation on the board of the Maritime Cluster Northern Germany (MCN): Andreas Richter, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg Ministry of Economics and Innovation, is succeeded by Dr Niels Kämpny from the Lower Saxony Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour, Transport and Digitalisation. This means that Lower Saxony will take over the annually rotating representation of the five coastal federal states on the MCN e. V. board and the chairmanship of the state coordination committee in 2021. "Back in 2016, when the MCN was founded, the state of Lower Saxony provided us with advice and support. In view of the current challenges in the maritime industry, which are reflected in our fields of action, we are looking forward to further dialogue...

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Minehunting boat Datteln runs out

Minehunting boat Datteln runs out

Gepostet von | 12 Jan 2021 | , | 0

A new mission for the DATTELN: on 12 January, the 45 men and women cast off from their home port of Kiel to set course for the North Sea. There, the boat will become part of the Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG 1). Commander Tanja Merkl believes the boat is well prepared for the tasks ahead: "The crew of the minehunting boat DATTELN has undergone comprehensive operational and maritime deployment preparation this year as planned. Participation in SNMCMG 1 is therefore the goal for which we have prepared intensively." A US Navy soldier is also on board. He...

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New Commodore of MFG 5

New Commodore of MFG 5

Gepostet von | 8 Jan 2021 | , | 1

After just one and a half years as Commodore, Frigate Captain Jan Richard Keller (48) is leaving Naval Air Wing 5. On 11 January, Kapitän zur See Thorsten Bobzin will hand over command of the entire naval helicopter fleet and the almost 1,300 soldiers and civilian employees of MFG 5 to Frigate Captain Carsten Holtgreve (50). Holtgreve has already served as Commander of the Technical Group in MFG 5 and Head of the Logistics Department in the Naval Aviation Command. Most recently, he was office manager to the Chief of Staff at the Naval Command. MFG 5 is home to the Sea King, Sea Lynx, Sea Lion and EC-135 helicopters. Text: mb; Photos: Alexander...

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Russia continues to rejuvenate its "Kilo" fleet

Russia continues to rejuvenate its "Kilo" fleet

Gepostet von | 8 Jan 2021 | , | 0

The rejuvenation of the Russian Federation's conventional diesel-electric submarines is slowly nearing completion. The Kilo class (project 877/636) already comprises 24 boats with a fairly equal distribution across the three fleets, with the first boats already looking back on forty years of service. At the end of October, the "Wolkow", the second boat of the third batch (Project 636.3), a series of six units destined for the Pacific Fleet, was handed over to the Far Eastern command. The boats are being built by the United Shipbuilding Corporation, an offshoot of Admiralty Shipyards in St Petersburg. While the second boat took well over three years to build and test, the second...

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Farewell for months

Farewell for months

Gepostet von | 7 Jan 2021 | , , | 0

On 7 January, the tender WERRA set course for the eastern Mediterranean to relieve the frigate BRANDENBURG as the flagship of Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG 2). The seventy or so crew members had already been in the currently prescribed quarantine for days. And so the men and women had long since said goodbye to their families and friends on the day of departure. No infections with the coronavirus had previously been detected. However, to be on the safe side, everyone on board was tested again during a brief visit to Wilhelmshaven. The requirements are strict in order to prevent an outbreak of the virus on board...

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