Category: Armed Forces

Russians export oil in large quantities

Losses for Russia, but not massive Russia's seaborne crude oil exports from its western ports to Asian countries, especially India and China, rose again to more than 1 million barrels per day and could rise further. However, overall crude oil shipments remained virtually unchanged until 13 May as European Union countries continue to argue over a planned ban on Russian oil imports following the country's invasion of Ukraine. A total of 35 tankers loaded about 24.9 million barrels from Russian export terminals, according to ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg and reports from port agents. This put the...

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81 years ago today

81 years ago today, on 27 May 1941, the German battleship "Bismarck" was sunk in a battle with British naval and naval air forces. Here is the article that the International Museum Hamburg published a year ago - still worth reading and with numerous photos .#todayinhistory . https://www.imm-hamburg.de/2021/05/battleship-bismarck-sunk-80-years-ago/ Curious about more history? Already got plans for the weekend? Looks like it's going to be a rainy weekend in northern Germany. How about a visit to the IMHH. Or follow @maritimesmuseum on Twitter, FB www.facebook.com/immhh and watch fascinating documentaries on www.youtube.com/user/maritimesmuseum. Kaispeicher B Koreastraße 1 20457 Hamburg Öffnungszeiten / Opening Hours...

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Naval task force supplier: iMERZ in sight

What began optimistically in September 2019 in terms of scheduling now seems to be slowly coming to an end. Two years late, the new integrated Marine Emergency Rescue Centre (iMERZ) was transferred to its platform, the Einsatzgruppenversorger (EGV) "Frankfurt am Main", on 23 May. Construction of the rescue centre, which was designed as a permanent deckhouse, began in September 2019. The plans at the time assumed that the centre would be integrated on the "Frankfurt am Main" in spring 2020. The iMERZ is essentially a complete hospital, consisting of an infirmary, two operating theatres, an X-ray room, a dental technology department and various laboratories. Accordingly, it is designed as a permanent deckhouse...

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Senate confirms new commander of the US Coast Guard

The first woman to head the US Coast Guard (marineforum reported: https://marineforum.online). Vice Admiral Linda Fagan has now been confirmed as the new Commandant, officially making her the first woman in uniform to head a branch of the armed forces. The decision was made late Wednesday evening during the final session and was passed unanimously by the senators. During her hearing before the Senate Commerce Committee last month, lawmakers praised both her qualifications and the historic nature of her appointment. On Wednesday, Senator Maria Cantwell - chair of the committee - reiterated those themes again on the Senate floor before final confirmation. "We send...

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Autonomous warfare: joint exercise between Australia, the USA and the UK

Over the next 11 days, Australia, in co-operation with the United States and the United Kingdom, will conduct joint exercises at sea and test the latest autonomous warfare technologies at its naval school HMAS Creswell. The exercise, led by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), will test and evaluate unmanned, robotic and autonomous systems in Jervis Bay, the nearby Eastern Australian Training Area and in the sky. Exercise Autonomous Warrior 2022 (AW22) is the setting for a simulated next-generation naval battlefield. The exercise will involve around 300 personnel from 40 organisations from the three countries mentioned above, and will test cutting-edge technologies to...

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