Category: Security policy

Red Sea and EUNAVFOR Aspides: Frigate "Hessen" departs

Red Sea and EUNAVFOR Aspides: Frigate "Hessen" departs

Posted by | 9 Feb 2024 | , , , | 1

The actual voyage to the operational area began with the manoeuvre whistle of the anti-aircraft frigate "Hessen" (F 221, class 124) in Wilhelmshaven's 4th entry shortly before ten o'clock. The departure took place in wintry calm seas and moderate visibility, but it will probably not stay that way for long. The frigate "Hessen" has been ordered to the Mediterranean by the naval command in order to be able to join the units of the EU Operation Aspides (Shield) immediately following the necessary parliamentary decision. Participation in this operation differs from participation in previous EU and NATO projects in that it fundamentally involves a "sharp call to arms".

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Offshore wind farms - setting the course required

Offshore wind farms - setting the course required

Posted by | 6 Feb 2024 | , , , | 1

The European offshore wind sector is facing a Herculean task in order to build the necessary infrastructure to achieve the climate targets that have been set. This is shown by the results report presented in January 2024 by the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E). The European Network ENTSO-E, based in Brussels, currently consists of 40 transmission system operators, represents 36 countries and is responsible for the secure and coordinated operation of the European electricity grid, the largest interconnected electricity grid in the world. Planning instrument With its Offshore Network Development Plan (ONDP), ENTSO-E is presenting a planning instrument for the first time and its ten-year network development plan shows how offshore and onshore developments are to be integrated,...

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Rotes Meer: Die "Hessen" und Aspides

Rotes Meer: Die "Hessen" und Aspides

Posted by | 2. Feb 2024 | , , | 0

19. Februar: Start der maritimen EU-Mission im Roten Meer? marineforum.online hatte bereits am 23. Januar 2024 zur Entscheidungsfindung und Mittelgestellung bezüglich einer EU-geführten Marinemission berichtet. Beitrag lesen Hier nun weitere Entwicklungen Aspides, die EU-Marinemission im Roten Meer, hat in dieser Woche eine weitere Hürde genommen. Beim informellen Treffen der Verteidigungsminister konnten entscheidende Weichen gestellt werden. „Unser Ziel ist es, die Operation Aspides spätestens am 19. Februar einzurichten und zu starten. Und ich bin sicher, dass wir das tun werden“, sagte Josep Borrell am Ende des informellen Verteidigungsministerrates der EU am 31. Januar 2024. Nationale Beiträge Nach den Ausführungen des...

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Russian Navy: Large workshop ship on its way home - and now?

Russian Navy: Large workshop ship on its way home - and now?

Posted by | 1 Feb 2024 | , , | 0

On the last weekend in January, the large workshop ship "PM-82" of the Russian Navy could be seen travelling eastwards in the Fehmarnbelt. The Amur-class ship (project 304, 122 metres, 5,600 tonnes) was accompanied on its journey from Tartus in Syria to Baltiysk by the support ship "Sergey Balk", which has been commuting between the Baltic Sea and the Middle East for almost a year. In the autumn, "Sergey Balk" had only just escorted the Kilo-3 class submarine "Krasnodar" - one of six boats from the first batch of the modified Kilo class (project 636.3, 74 metres, 3,100 tonnes submerged) built for the Black Sea Fleet - from Tartus to St Petersburg for repairs. Accompanied by...

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Russia's LNG projects make progress despite sanctions

Russia's LNG projects make progress despite sanctions

Posted by | 18 Jan 2024 | , , , , | 0

Russia's largest producer of liquefied natural gas (LNG), Novatek, has completed the first line of its "Arctic LNG 2" project despite US and EU sanctions. The first LNG deliveries are scheduled to be shipped in the first quarter of 2024. PROFILE Arctic LNG 2 will have three production strings that can produce a total of 19.8 million tonnes per year. Each line will therefore have a capacity of 6.6 million tonnes. The other two production lines are expected to go into operation by 2026. Special feature: each production line will not be firmly founded in the permafrost, as is usually the case, but will be floating on gravity-based structures (GBS) in the Gulf of Ob....

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