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A review with co-organiser Heinz Schulte from DVV Media

Maritime Convention in Berlin A look back at the 16th edition of this outstanding event with co-organiser Heinz Schulte from DVV Media. In this interview, Mr Schulte reflects on the development of the convention since its founding in 2007, when the idea of a central anchor event in Berlin - a first for the maritime industry - was born under the then President Vice Admiral (ret.) Lutz Feldt and in cooperation with the publishing house. This year, the convention is being organised under the exciting theme of "Maritime Germany and its global perception". To mark the anniversaries - 175 years of the German Navy and 50 years of the German Marine Institute, now the German Maritime Institute (DMI) - the...

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MeOHmare - MTU methanol engine for the shipping of the future

Joint project to develop the marine engine of the future by 2025 According to a press release, the companies Rolls-Royce (MTU Friedrichshafen) and Woodward L'Orange (Einspritzsysteme Großmotoren Stuttgart) and the research centre WTZ Roßlau (Dessau) have been working on the new joint project "MeOHmare" since the beginning of 2023, which is being funded by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK) with eight million euros. The three companies are to develop a concept for a high-speed combustion engine for ships that can be operated with green methanol (e-methanol) in a CO2-neutral manner by the end of 2025. Fuel for future ship propulsion systems Green hydrogen is produced by electrolysis using renewable electricity. This hydrogen can be produced by synthesis and with the addition of...

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EU: New package of measures to regulate "shadow fleet"

Denmark may inspect ships in the Baltic Sea to monitor sanctioned Russian oil exports. As part of the oil price cap for Russian crude oil introduced by the EU, the G7 states and Australia, the dominant Western insurers are not allowed to insure Russian oil cargoes priced above 60 dollars per barrel. Russian exporters circumvent the price cap by resorting to non-Western insurers. Around 60 per cent of Russian oil is shipped by sea from Ust-Luga near the Estonian border and from Primorsk near St. Petersburg. Belte and Sund The route through the Baltic Sea also runs through Storebælt (Great...

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There is such a thing! Maritime Germany! MC 2023

The German Maritime Institute and griephan | DVV media have been organising Germany's annual maritime conference in the heart of Berlin since 2007, and word is gradually spreading that maritime dependencies, the maritime economy and global challenges need to be discussed and conferred on across the oceans. The German Maritime Institute and griephan once again organised the MARITIME CONVENTION 2023 this year. And there were two special birthdays: the 50th anniversary of the German Navy itself and the 175th anniversary of the German Navy. The motto of the event was: "Expectations of maritime Germany". The venue was once again the Representation of the State of Schleswig-Holstein to the...

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DMI becomes a partner of the Hamburg SMM trade fair

German Maritime Institute takes over MS&D for SMM 2024 The International Conference on Maritime Security and Defence (MS&D) is a specialist conference on maritime security that takes place every two years as part of the SMM (Shipbuilding, Machinery & Marine Technology) trade fair at the Hamburg Messe exhibition centre. SMM has been organised by Hamburg Messe und Congress GmbH in the Hamburg exhibition halls since 1963 and focuses on shipbuilding, maritime equipment, mechanical engineering and marine technology. The content of the upcoming MS&D 2024 will be organised by the German Maritime Institute (DMI). Those responsible made the signing of the contract public at the Maritime Convention on 21 November 2023 in Berlin....

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