Partnership agreed for the provision of engines and spare parts for youth and competitive boats. The German Motor Yacht Association (DMYV) is the sporting authority for motorised water sports in Germany. Through its membership of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB), as the sole representative of motorised water sports, and the Union Internationale Motonautique (UIM) -...
The German Armed Forces Procurement Office has purchased another used ocean-going tug for the German Navy. The tug is to operate under the name "Borkum" and was selected because it is only two years old. According to information from Koblenz, the purchase price is in the low double-digit million euro range. The procurement was completed within five...
Die Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft-Nobiskrug bekommt eine neue Führungsspitze. Robert Fischer von Mollard wird Geschäftsführer der beiden Unternehmen; Michel Bollmann wird Technischer Leiter. Robert Fischer von Mollard war zuletzt als Produktionsleiter bei der Nobiskrug und Michel Bollmann in gleicher Funktion bei der Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft. Lars Windhorst, der Gesellschafter der FSG-Nobiskrug, wird aus...
On 1 June 2024, Björn Schlüter (36) took over the role of Chief Operating Officer (COO) at ABEKING & RASMUSSEN Schiffs- und Yachtwerft (A&R) in Lemwerder. Björn Schlüter has many years of management experience in shipbuilding and was most recently Head of Construction at the Fassmer shipyard. In the future management duo...
Minister Pistorius present at the keel-laying ceremony for the first Class 126 frigate "Niedersachsen" It is a "milestone in the largest procurement project in the history of the German Navy". The keel laying ceremony for the first Class 126 frigate took place today at the Peene shipyard in Wolgast in the presence of Federal Minister Boris Pistorius....
The Fraunhofer Institute for Large Structures in Production Technology (Fraunhofer IGP) will be conducting research on the former site of the engine manufacturer Caterpillar in Warnemünde in future. The researchers at the new hydrogen application centre, which will open in May 2024, are investigating how climate-damaging emissions in shipping can be reduced and how ships can be made even more sustainable as a means of transport.
Shipbuilding industry calls for industrial policy determination from Brussels and Berlin The VSM - Verband für Schiffbau und Meerestechnik e.V. (German Shipbuilding and Ocean Industries Association) hosted its annual press conference at the venerable Slomanhaus am Steinhöft in Hamburg. And the media came: it is clear that the maritime side of our lives in Germany is slowly being recognised. Too much is on...
Corvette K130 II. Los was christened at Blohm+Voss (Naval Vessels Lürssen). The NVL Group hosted the ceremony on the Elbe in sunny May weather. The K130 consortium, consisting of NVL B.V. & Co. KG, thyssenkrupp Marine Systems GmbH and GERMAN NAVAL YARDS KIEL GmbH, performed the ceremonial christening...
On 25 April, the keel laying ceremony for the second Class 707 naval fuel supply vessel was held at the Neptun shipyard in Rostock. The ancient shipbuilding tradition of hammering a coin into the keel of a ship is said to have existed thousands of years ago, as coins were found under old ship masts during excavations. For ship and...
Current fire extinguishing systems are inadequate for fighting engine room fires involving methanol-based engines, according to a new fire safety study. Engine fires In light of the growing interest in methanol as an alternative marine fuel, the study by the British company SURVITEC, a global provider of survival technologies, carried out extensive and comparative fire tests on marine engines in order to determine the...
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