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"Rügen": Customs fleet with new operational vessel

"Rügen": Customs fleet with new operational vessel

Gepostet von | 20 Mar 2025 | , , , | 0

With the "Rügen", German customs has put its most modern and largest operational vessel into service. The ship monitors maritime traffic in the Baltic Sea and on the border with Poland. Thanks to its LNG propulsion system, it significantly reduces emissions and is designed for long-term patrol operations. Customs vessel "Rügen": State-of-the-art technology for customs operations According to the Stralsund Main Customs Office, the "Rügen" is primarily used to monitor the cross-border movement of goods and to ensure compliance with customs regulations in the sea area around the island of Rügen, the German continental shelf in the Baltic Sea up to the exclusive economic zone and on the border with Poland. Its home port is Lubmin. The new ship replaces the 30-year-old...

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USA bans "Chinese military companies"

USA bans "Chinese military companies"

Gepostet von | 20 Mar 2025 | , , | 0

At the beginning of January 2025, the US Department of Defence (DoD) published its annual list of companies with links to the Chinese military. This list now also includes the shipping giant COSCO Shipping as well as two of its subsidiaries and other companies, including the oil company China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC). There have long been reports of links between Chinese companies and their own military. The Pentagon has repeatedly specified this list in order to prevent US companies from cooperating with the 134 companies listed. These include Access marineforum digital+ Are you already a registered user? Log in here now - also MOV members:...

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NOK Brunsbüttel - Sliding gates for 5th lock chamber in inlet

NOK Brunsbüttel - Sliding gates for 5th lock chamber in inlet

Gepostet von | 19 Mar 2025 | , , , | 0

The Kiel Canal is still the busiest artificial waterway in the world in terms of the number of ship passages. In recent months, however, it has often been in the headlines for rather negative reasons. Time and again, damage to the lock gates or incidents involving ships have caused a stir. Technical defects regularly lead to ships ramming into the embankment or becoming stranded in the canal, blocking the waterway. Such incidents are reminiscent of the "Ever Given", which blocked the Suez Canal for six days in March 2021 - with noticeable consequences worldwide. Another accident occurred at the beginning of the year: the French "Eco Levant" ran aground...

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Mürwik Naval School: Farewell, officers' letters and a ball

Mürwik Naval School: Farewell, officers' letters and a ball

Gepostet von | 18 Mar 2025 | , , | 0

Farewell ceremony for Crew 10/2024 at the naval officers' alma mater On 14 March, the entire staff of the Mürwik Naval Academy - 300 servicemen and women as well as civilian employees - took part in a graduation ceremony. The occasion was the completion of the military officer training course for 70 members of crew 10/2024. The special guest of honour at this event was the former Deputy Inspector of the Navy and Commander of the Fleet and Support Forces, retired Vice Admiral Rainer Brinkmann, who ceremoniously presented the future naval officers with their officer's certificates. The more than 300 invited guests, friends and family members were offered a colourful supporting programme, with a tour of a naval...

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South Korea: US submarine in Busan - North Korea warns

South Korea: US submarine in Busan - North Korea warns

Gepostet von | 17 Mar 2025 | , , | 0

USS "Alexandria" visits South Korea - North Korea reacts with harsh criticism The USS "Alexandria" (SSN-757), a fast, nuclear-powered Los Angeles-class attack submarine, has docked in Busan (about 200 miles south-east of Seoul, opposite Japan), according to a spokesman for U.S. Naval Forces Korea. No further details were released. The "Alexandria" (6,900 tonnes), which was commissioned in 1991, is equipped with conventional weapons. North Korea's reaction: harsh criticism of the USA North Korea's state media reacted immediately and described the arrival of the US submarine as an "undeniable threat". They accused the USA of further fuelling tensions on the Korean peninsula and warned again of "countermeasures". In addition...

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