Category: Technology

"Rügen": Customs fleet with new operational vessel

With the "Rügen", German customs has put its most modern and largest operational vessel into service. The ship monitors maritime traffic in the Baltic Sea and on the border with Poland. Thanks to its LNG propulsion system, it significantly reduces emissions and is designed for long-term patrol operations. Customs vessel "Rügen": State-of-the-art technology for customs operations According to the Stralsund Main Customs Office, the "Rügen" is primarily used to monitor the cross-border movement of goods and to ensure compliance with customs regulations in the sea area around the island of Rügen, the German continental shelf in the Baltic Sea up to the exclusive economic zone and on the border with Poland. Its home port is Lubmin. The new ship replaces the 30-year-old...

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NOK Brunsbüttel - Sliding gates for 5th lock chamber in inlet

The Kiel Canal is still the busiest artificial waterway in the world in terms of the number of ship passages. In recent months, however, it has often been in the headlines for rather negative reasons. Time and again, damage to the lock gates or incidents involving ships have caused a stir. Technical defects regularly lead to ships ramming into the embankment or becoming stranded in the canal, blocking the waterway. Such incidents are reminiscent of the "Ever Given", which blocked the Suez Canal for six days in March 2021 - with noticeable consequences worldwide. Another accident occurred at the beginning of the year: the French "Eco Levant" ran aground...

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Friedrichshafen - Rolls-Royce Power Systems continues to invest

The British Rolls-Royce Group, to which Rolls-Royce Power Systems (mtu) has belonged in full since 2014, operates in three core business areas: Civil Aerospace, Energy Systems and Defence. Rolls-Royce has now announced that it will continue its investment programme beyond 2024 in 2025, precisely in order to achieve its net-zero emissions target by 2050. At the same time, it wants to support its customers in achieving the same. However, this requires access to marineforum digital+ Are you already a registered user? Log in here now - including MOV members: Username Password Remember meLost your password? Don't have access yet? Click here for the marineforum digital+ subscription: Access to all...

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Norddeich - travelling fully electrically in the Wadden Sea

Damen Shipyards was once again able to impress when the Dutch shipyard group handed over Germany's first fully electric catamaran ferry (e-cat) to its operator, AG Reederei Norden-Frisia, in January. The ship can carry up to 150 passengers and will operate in the East Frisian Wadden Sea. Built at Damen shipyards in Poland and the Netherlands, the catamaran has two propellers, each driven by a 600 kW electric motor. In view of the shallow waterways, it was designed with two hulls with a draught of just 1.2 metres. The aluminium hulls and the superstructure, which is also made of aluminium, keep the weight of the ship low, allowing it to reach speeds of up to 1.2 metres.

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Eckernförde: Mine divers extend diving depth to 84 metres

In response to the tense security situation, the German Navy is reorganising its mine diver training. This will enable dives to greater depths, as the navy needs to be better prepared for new dangers, according to its inspector, Jan Christian Kaack. This includes access to 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 for the marineforum digital+ subscription: Access to all articles from the marineforum magazine Easy payment via PayPal, direct debit or credit card The subscription can be cancelled at any time free of charge For...

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