A company from the US state of Vermont has been awarded a fixed-price contract worth around 460 million euros for the scrapping, recycling and disposal of the former USS "Enterprise" (CVN-65). The work in Mobile, Alabama, is due to be completed by November 2029. When it was commissioned in 1961, the historic "Enterprise" was the world's...
F126 - possible cancellation - options and consequences An analysis of the F126 frigate project: on the causes of the delay, cost risks and alternatives. Shipbuilding at a turning point Germany's largest naval construction project since 1945, the F126 frigate project, is facing considerable delays and cost increases: The delivery of the first frigate, originally planned for 2028, will be...
The shipbuilding yard thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (tkMS) unveiled its new brand identity at the beginning of June 2025. From now on, it will operate under the brand name TKMS and the promise "Your Maritime Powerhouse". The shipbuilder wants to be perceived more strongly as an independent company and is therefore also changing the background colour from blue to anthracite. The...
Another customs vessel has been delivered to the NVL site in Wolgast, meaning that another of a total of three new customs vessels has been handed over to the Directorate General of Customs as planned. The 55-metre-long vessel is equipped with a low-emission LNG drive and will be deployed in the Baltic Sea in future. The General Customs Directorate commissioned the Peene shipyard with the construction and...
Another customs vessel has been delivered to the NVL site in Wolgast, meaning that another of a total of three new customs vessels has been handed over to the Directorate General of Customs as planned. The 55-metre-long vessel is equipped with a low-emission LNG drive and will be deployed in the Baltic Sea in future. The General Customs Directorate commissioned the Peene shipyard with the construction and...
Modernisation at the Blohm+Voss NVL site In order to get more young people interested in a career in shipbuilding, the industry is working hard to promote its image and recruit young talent. In the annual report of the VSM (Verband für Schiffbau und Meerestechnik e. V. - German Shipbuilding and Ocean Industries Association), recruitment is a central concern. The attractiveness of the industry also includes good training....
According to a press release, thyssenkrupp Marine Systems has been awarded a major contract worth 800 million euros for the comprehensive modernisation of six type 212A submarines for the German Navy. The Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) has concluded one of the largest service contracts in the company's history with tkMS. The...
Underway on a test voyage in the North Sea - Baltic Sea Canal The K 130 II class corvette. Lot was launched on o4. May 2023 as construction number 7 of the Braunschweig class at the traditional Hamburg shipyard Blohm & Voss, since 2016 part of Lürssen Defence and today part of the NVL Group, by Mrs Annette Lehnigk-Emden under the name...
Tamsen Maritim GmbH celebrates the 30th anniversary of the re-establishment of the Rostock-Gehlsdorf shipyard site In 1995, the Abeking & Rasmussen shipyard (Lemwerder) and Neptun Industrie Rostock jointly founded A&R Neptun Boat Service GmbH on the site of the former Neptun naval shipyard in Gehlsdorf. At that time, around DM 23 million was invested in new halls (total area...
Maritime co-operation between Germany and Singapore has reached a new level of maturity. Singapore's order for two more 218SG class submarines from thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (tkMS) not only cements a relationship of technological trust - it also creates a resilient security partnership in the geopolitically significant Indo-Pacific region. Singapore's...
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