Task force provider "Berlin" departs for the "Atlantic Bear" manoeuvre On Sunday, 3 August 2025, the task force provider "Berlin" under the command of frigate captain Karsten Uwe Schlüter will leave its home port of Wilhelmshaven. When the ship cast off, there will also be people on board during the course of the voyage who will be...
The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) is urging caution in the Strait of Singapore. The number of armed robberies there has reached its highest level since 2020. According to the recently published IMB report, a total of 90 cases of piracy and armed robbery were reported worldwide in the first half of...
The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) is urging caution in the Strait of Singapore. The number of armed robberies there has reached its highest level since 2020. According to the recently published IMB report, a total of 90 cases of piracy and armed robbery were reported worldwide in the first half of...
Tomorrow, Saturday 12 July 2025, the frigate "Hamburg" will leave Wilhelmshaven to take part in Standing Nato Maritime Group 1 (SNMG 1). After training cruises in the first half of the year, the crew under the command of frigate captain Alexander Timpf will now head to the North Sea, the Baltic Sea...
In December 2024, the "Estlink 2" Baltic Sea cable, which supplies electricity from Finland to Estonia, was damaged by the anchor of the "Eagle S". It has now been repaired faster than planned and is back on the grid. During the repair work with the help of a special ship, the damaged section of the approximately 170-kilometre-long...
Traditional SOPA reception in Wilhelmshaven The commander of Operational Flotilla 2, Captain Sven Beck, welcomed numerous guests from politics, society and international partners to a maritime ceremony. Particularly noteworthy was the warm welcome given to the friends of the Danish Home Defence Flotilla, who have been guests at the weekend in Wilhelmshaven for 33...
In December 2024, several countries bordering the North Sea and Baltic Sea, including Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Finland, Great Britain, Poland and Sweden, agreed in principle to inspect ships that are part of Russia's so-called shadow fleet and sail the English Channel, the Great Belt, the Öresund between Denmark and Sweden and the Gulf of Finland...
On 30 June 2025, an agreement on civil-military cooperation was signed between the German Navy and the Directorate-General for Waterways and Shipping (GDWS). The agreement regulates cooperation for the management of civilian maritime traffic on German sea routes. Against the backdrop of the security policy situation, the agreement is in line with the...
On 30 June 2025, Defence Minister Boris Pistorius announced that the German Armed Forces will undertake a presence cruise in the Arctic with the task force provider "Berlin" before the end of 2025. Harbour stops and exercises are planned in Iceland, Greenland and Canada; Germany will also take part in the Canadian Arctic exercise "Nanook" for the first time. This project emphasises...
For one week, the units of Flotilla 1 represented the German Navy at the Kiel Week and the Day of the Bundeswehr in Stralsund. On behalf of all the servicemen and women, reservists, volunteers, helpers and relatives, we would like to thank the crews of the corvette "Magdeburg" and the tender "Elbe" for...
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