Category: Shipping

First LNG delivery in Brunsbüttel

The first delivery of LNG has arrived at the Elbe port of Brunsbüttel. The tanker "Ish" arrived with 173,000 m3 from the United Arab Emirates. The "Ish" is currently moored next to the FSRU "Hoegh Gannet", which had already been moved to its designated berth in the hazardous goods area of the Elbehafen on Monday. The liquefied gas will be converted there and fed back into the grid. Access marineforum digital+ Are you already a registered user? Log in here now - also MOV members: Username Password Remember meLost your password? Don't have access yet? Click here to subscribe to marineforum digital+: Access to all articles...

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Global Mercy in Dakar: Patients from Senegal and Gambia are operated on free of charge

Mercy Ships' new hospital ship was built especially for this purpose and is now starting its first humanitarian mission. The Global Mercy, the largest civilian hospital ship in the world, arrived in Dakar, Senegal, yesterday. After carrying out medical training programmes in Senegal last year, the Global Mercy will be performing surgical operations for the first time this year. As part of this mission, Mercy Ships is working with both the Senegalese Ministry of Health and the Gambian Ministry of Health to treat patients from both countries. All operations take place on board the...

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First visit by Defence Minister Boris Pistorius to the German Navy

From a press release by Rostock Naval Command: On Tuesday, 21 February 2023, Defence Minister Boris Pistorius will visit the German Navy in Eckernförde for the first time. He will take the opportunity to familiarise himself with part of the Navy's range of capabilities, both at sea and on land. After an exchange with the Inspector of the Navy, Vice Admiral Jan Christian Kaack, Minister Pistorius will visit the submarine training centre. This will be followed by a demonstration of the naval battalion's capabilities before sea voyages on the minehunter "Bad Bevensen" and the frigate "Hessen" are on the agenda. There he will gain an insight into working and living on board a warship....

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Godmother of the Gorch Fock deceased

Ulli Kinau, born in 1944, was the niece of the seafaring poet Johann Wilhelm Kinau, whose pen name Gorch Fock became the namesake of the famous sailing ship class of Blohm & Voss Hamburg twice. As the 14-year-old daughter of brother and journalist Rudolf Kinau, who became famous through the radio series "Hör mal'n beten to", Ulli Kinau was allowed to christen the ship of the young German Navy. More than ten thousand people gathered for the occasion on 23 August 1958. She lived in Finkenwerder and was involved in seafaring all her life.

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New commander for the 2nd Frigate Squadron

Change of command took place on the "Hessen" On Thursday, 16 February 2023 at 14:30, Flotilla Admiral Axel Schulz (52) handed over command of the 2nd Frigate Squadron from Captain Torben Jürgensen (47) to the new commander of the squadron, Frigate Captain Olliver Pfennig (48). The handover ceremony took place on the frigate "Hessen" at the Heppenser Groden naval base in Wilhelmshaven. After only 16 months in office, Jürgensen was called to Berlin as Adjutant to the Inspector General of the German Armed Forces. For his successor, the takeover is linked to a return to his home squadron. The change was carried out on the ship on which Pfennig was commander,...

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