Today, the EGV "Frankfurt am Main" returned from the Indo-Pacific Deployment 2024 (IPD) in Wilhelmshaven. 08 December 2024 Under the command of frigate captain Hanno Weisensee, the crew left Wilhelmshaven in May 2024 to take part in IPD 2024 together with the frigate "Baden- Württemberg". The operation has given the crew...
A German Navy helicopter was presumably shot at with signalling ammunition by the crew of a Russian ship. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) briefly mentioned the incident to the German Press Agency (dpa) on the fringes of a NATO meeting in Brussels. However, she did not give any details. Signalling ammunition is usually only fired in emergency situations. According to dpa information...
Panama is cancelling the registration of six ships flying its flag after the UK blacklisted 30 vessels at the end of November. The Panamanian shipping authority had already pledged to the Group of Seven (G7) in October to penalise ships that are blacklisted by the USA, the European Union, the United Kingdom and the...
Several German shipping companies have apparently received threatening emails from the Houthi militia in Yemen in recent months, warning of further attacks. Risk potential According to the German Shipowners' Association (VDR), the threats were directed at shipping companies calling at Israeli ports and travelling in the waters near Yemen, among others...
German Navy ends Indo-Pacific Deployment 2024 After 208 days, the Indo-Pacific Deployment (IPD) of the German Navy ended on 1 December 2024 at the Spanish naval base in Rota. The unit covered a total of around 45,000 nautical miles (83,000 kilometres), the equivalent of two circumnavigations of the globe. The frigate "Baden-Württemberg" is now preparing for the imminent UNIFIL mission in...
The German Aerospace Centre (DLR in Cologne) and the German Federal Police (BPol) are working more closely together in the field of maritime security. The Chairwoman of the DLR Executive Board and the President of the Federal Police Headquarters (Potsdam) signed a cooperation agreement in Neustadt/Holstein on 21 November 2024. The agreement deals with the joint testing and further development of capabilities...
Vietnam has been adding more artificial islands since 2021. According to Radio Free Asia, the country has added more than 600 hectares of dry land around the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea in the last year alone. The largest activity took place on 'Barque Canada Reef', an atoll about 400 kilometres southwest of...
Operational Flotilla 2 receives new commander. On Friday, 29 November 2024 at 10 a.m., the Commander of Operational Forces and Head of Operations at Naval Command, Rear Admiral Stephan Haisch, once again made a change of command in his area. Flotilla Admiral Axel Schulz has handed over command of Operational Flotilla 2 to Captain Sven Beck...
Recently, a delegation led by the Commodore of MFG3 "Graf Zeppelin", Captain Oliver Ottmüller, visited Squadron Number 5 of the New Zealand Air Force in Ohakea. As part of the exchange on the introduction and in particular the operation of the new P-8A Poseidon aircraft, the naval aviators from Nordholz established contacts with the...
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