Germany - France - Spain: Trilateral project with global partners Parallel to the Indo-Pacific Deployment of the German Navy, which has just begun, the air forces of the three countries Spain, France and Germany are jointly organising a Pacific Skies Deployment from 26 June to 15 August 2024 based on the route of the ships determined by sea routes. The...
A lot going on at EF 2.... The Chief of Staff of Operational Flotilla 2, Captain Sven Beck, today handed over command of the 2nd Frigate Squadron from Captain Olliver Pfennig to Frigate Captain Jan Hackstein. The ceremony took place in front of the frigate "Hessen" at the Heppenser Groden naval base in Wilhelmshaven.
The German Navy's Indo-Pacific unit, led by Flotilla Admiral Axel Schulz, has already had two "wonderful port calls", as the unit commander called them, after crossing the Atlantic. From 17 - 20 May, the frigate "Baden-Württemberg" and the task force provider "Frankfurt am Main" were in Halifax/Canada, and from 23 - 26 May in New...
Yesterday, the 10th Maritime Colloquium took place in the beautiful city on the Jade, Wilhelmshaven. 10th Maritime Colloquium Wilhelmshaven
...The MS&D (Conference on Maritime Security and Defence) forum will take place during SMM (Shipbuilding, Machinery & Marine Technology) from 3 to 6 September 2024. The German Maritime Institute (DMI) is organising this forum in cooperation with Hamburg Messe. The exclusive media partner is Mittler Report Verlag. Maritime...
A cyber espionage group originating from China called "Mustang Panda" is alleged to have planted malware to take over computer systems of European shipping companies in Norway, Greece and the Netherlands. "Mustang Panda" has already been accused of espionage against governments and organisations in Asia, Australia and Europe and has used similar malware tools in the past.
Update 22.05.2024, 21:00 (see below) As several Russian media reported on the afternoon of 21 May, including TASS and Moscow Times, Russia intends to change its maritime borders. And cancels all documents 24 hours later. It is rumoured that Russia intends to transfer part of the waters in the eastern Gulf of Finland and areas...
After six Chinese fishing boats violated the fishing laws of the Republic of Vanuatu, a group of islands east of Australia, they were inspected by the local police. The special thing about this is that the inspection was carried out from a US Coast Guard ship, which was patrolling the waters of the Pacific island state for the first time. The basis for such 'missions' are...
Another eye-catching visitor is likely to keep the Baltic Sea neighbours busy. On 13 May 2024, the "Tchusovoy", GS 31 (project 1454), was photographed in the Great Belt by Michael Nitz. In Russian terminology, it is referred to as a 'hydroacoustic reconnaissance vessel', also known as a 'small reconnaissance vessel'. The ship, which displaces 1,700 tonnes and is almost sixty metres long, looks...
In early March, immediately after President Joe Biden's State of the Union address, the U.S. Department of Defence declared an emergency mission to establish a temporary pier facility on the Gaza coast to deliver 2 million meals a day in humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people. Under the direction of the U.S. Central...
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