Category: Security policy

Panama - Movement in the flag register

Panama - Movement in the flag register

Posted by | 5 Dec 2024 | , , , | 0

Panama is cancelling the registration of six ships flying its flag after the UK blacklisted 30 ships at the end of November. The Panamanian Maritime Authority had already promised the Group of Seven (G7) in October to penalise ships sanctioned by the USA, the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United Nations. The support of one of the world's largest shipping administrations is a major success for the G7 (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US) and its allies, who are endeavouring to impose a price cap of 60 dollars per barrel on Russian oil exports....

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Houthis threaten shipping companies by e-mail

Houthis threaten shipping companies by e-mail

Posted by | 4 Dec 2024 | , , , | 0

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) in Hamburg, the threats were directed at shipping companies calling at Israeli ports and travelling in the waters near Yemen, among others. The VDR has also received such threatening emails and speaks of "targeted attempts at intimidation". It takes the threats "very seriously" and is in constant dialogue with its almost 200 members and the security authorities. Blocked sea routes According to the AFP news agency, the sender of the emails is said to be the "Humanitarian Operations...

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Mission accomplished!

Mission accomplished!

Posted by | 3 Dec 2024 | , , | 0

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 upcoming UNIFIL mission (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) and will therefore remain in the Mediterranean. The task force provider "Frankfurt am Main" will return to Wilhelmshaven in a few days. Flotilla Commander, Flotilla Admiral Helge Risch, announced: "The mission of IPD 24 has been fulfilled. The naval organisation has shown its presence in the Indo-Pacific and demonstrated Germany's...

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DLR and Federal Police strengthen cooperation in maritime security

DLR and Federal Police strengthen cooperation in maritime security

Posted by | 2 Dec 2024 | , , , | 0

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 concerns the joint testing and further development of capabilities for the protection of maritime critical infrastructures (KRITIS). For DLR, security is one of the basic needs of a globalised society. As a cross-cutting topic, access brings marineforum digital+ You are already a registered user? Log in here now - also MOV members: Username Password Remember meLost your password? You do not yet have a...

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Vietnam: Strategic airfield on an atoll of the Spratly Islands

Vietnam: Strategic airfield on an atoll of the Spratly Islands

Posted by | 30 Nov 2024 | , , , | 0

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 Spratly Island and about 630 kilometres southeast of Vietnam. The Philippine island of Palawan lies around 430 kilometres to the west. This new island is almost five kilometres long and offers enough space for expansion, including for a strategic runway with a currently completed length of around 1,000 metres out of a planned 3000 metres...

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