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Preventing collisions with wind turbines

Preventing collisions with wind turbines

Gepostet von | 28 Mar 2022 | , , | 0

The Maritime Research Institute of the Netherlands (MARIN) has tested three innovative barriers to prevent collisions between ships and wind turbines. This test was prompted by the incident involving the Julietta D on 31 January 2022. This drifting ship first collided with a tanker and then with a transformer platform and a wind turbine foundation of the Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm currently under construction. The installed wind turbines could fall onto a ship in the event of a collision, posing a major risk to the crew, passengers, the ship itself and the environment. If there are an estimated 2,500 wind turbines in the North Sea by the end of 2030, the risk of...

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Better protection for the harbour porpoise in the Baltic Sea

Better protection for the harbour porpoise in the Baltic Sea

Gepostet von | 14 Mar 2022 | , , , | 0

EU regulation to reduce by-catches in marine protected areas A new EU regulation to better protect harbour porpoises came into force at the end of February. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the harbour porpoise population in the central Baltic Sea is threatened with extinction and comprises fewer than 500 animals. The new regulation bans gillnet fishing in German marine protected areas for three months of the year, which is when harbour porpoises are most abundant. The aim of the regulation is to prevent harbour porpoises from dying as by-catches in gillnets. The measures of the new EU regulation (2022/303) apply to the German protected area "Pomeranian Bay - Rönnebank" and the protected area...

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Debut at the World Defence Show

Debut at the World Defence Show

Gepostet von | 8 Mar 2022 | , , , | 0

The French group CMN NAVAL is presenting the world's fastest autonomous interceptor speedboat, the UHSI32, at the upcoming World Defence Show from 6 to 9 March 2022 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The autonomous capabilities and functions were developed by CMN in collaboration with Sea Machines Robotics and Raytheon Anschütz. CMN NAVAL will present various capabilities of the UHSI32, such as autonomous driving, compliance with collision avoidance rules and communication in over-the-horizon mode. The 45-knot patrol boat is particularly suitable for SAR and maritime surveillance. With a length of 32 metres and a width of...

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Sea of data

Sea of data

Gepostet von | 1 Mar 2022 | , , , , | 1

New digital cooperation launched in the maritime region between Rostock and Kiel. On 2 March 2022, Minister President Daniel Günther will present the maritime digitalisation project "Maritime Smart Sensor Data Space X" (Marispace-X), which is funded by the federal government with over 9 million euros, in the state parliament building. Stopping climate change, accelerating the expansion of wind power and clearing old munitions from the sea more quickly - a new big data project was launched in Germany on 24 February 2022. Federal Minister Dr Robert Habeck gave the go-ahead for the new digital lighthouse project Maritime Smart Sensor Data Space X, or Marispace-X for short, at the presentation of the funding decisions in Berlin last week....

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Möller and Lies welcome LNG terminal for Wilhelmshaven

Möller and Lies welcome LNG terminal for Wilhelmshaven

Gepostet von | 28 Feb 2022 | , , , | 1

"We welcome the announcement by Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz that a German LNG terminal is to be located in Wilhelmshaven," commented Siemtje Möller and Olaf Lies on Scholz's announcement in his government statement during today's special session of the German Bundestag. "Germany must be independent in terms of energy supply. Putin's current aggression and the war in Ukraine make it clear that we must not become dependent on Russian gas, as otherwise we risk the security of supply in Germany. An LNG terminal, a project that Olaf Lies and I have long supported for the Wilhelmshaven site, is an important step in this direction. So...

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