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RWM Sea Snake from Rheinmetall (Photo: Rheinmetall)
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Swedish Navy: The sea serpent bites

Sweden, NATO's newest member, has placed an order with Rheinmetall for eight Seasnake 30 weapon systems for the Swedish Navy. The systems will form the main armament of the new fast patrol boats (Combat Boat 90)....
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Icebreaker - WISENT in operation near Geesthacht. Picture: WSV-Lauenburg
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digital+ contribution Inland waterways - when canals freeze over

Persistent frost paralyses central inland waterways. Canals between Lower Saxony and NRW closed, supply chains come to a standstill....
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Oil monitoring aircraft DO228NG Photo: Vennemann
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Havariekommando - One in three oil spill offenders is caught

Havariekommando registered 130 pollution incidents in the North and Baltic Seas during 472 missions in 2025. Do-228 sensor flights identified 48 polluters....
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MV „Solong“ collided with tanker „Stena Immaculate“. Photo: GDWS, (Directorate-General for Waterways and Shipping)
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digital+ contribution Collision Solong - Fatal failure on the bridge

Solong collision - After the collision of the „Solong“ and „Stena Immaculate“ off the British coast, the captain was sentenced to six years in prison....
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INS Drakon under construction at TKMS in Kiel. Photo: Michale Nitz
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TKMS and ELBIT build submarine components in Israel

TKMS and Elbit Systems, the Israeli Ministry of Defence, open new production facility for submarine components in Israel. The facility will be used for the production of underwater GRP components for the construction of submarines....
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Russian nuclear icebreaker „Sibir“ Photo: Michael Nitz
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Russian icebreakers in the Baltic Sea

Russian icebreakers „Sibir" (project 22220) and „Murmansk" have been relocated from Arctic operating areas to the Baltic Sea. The ice winter of 2025/26 puts a strain on export corridors and Arctic capacities....
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Multi-purpose vessel ARKONA. Image: BAW (Federal Waterways Engineering and Research Institute)
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Baltic Sea - Icebreakers in constant use

Persistent frost paralyses parts of the Baltic Sea. Osesee icebreaker "Arkona" supports shipping, Hiddensee is locked in....
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MV EVENTIN is still ahead of Rügen. Picture: Central Command
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Baltic Sea - oil tanker "Eventin" a precedent?

The oil tanker "Eventin", which is lying in the roadstead off the island of Rügen, may still not be sold or used for any other purpose by the German authorities. This was decided by the Federal Fiscal Court based in Munich in December, confirming an earlier decision in favour of the ship's owners. Determination The tanker, which flies the Panamanian flag, had been lost in January 2025 off...

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German Navy deployment as part of Operation "Atalanta". Photo: German Armed Forces
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Maritime piracy 2025: Singapore Strait as a new hotspot

The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) reports a noticeable increase in incidents of piracy and violence at sea in 2025. The risks to merchant ships and their crews are increasing again - with a geographical focus on Southeast Asia....
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West-east connection of the Mittelland Canal. Graphic: Jörg Schönebaum/CC BY-SA 2.0 DE
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Inland waterway vessel leaked after collision with ice floe

A Dutch motor cargo ship was damaged by an ice floe on the Mittelland Canal near Bülstringen in Saxony-Anhalt on 12 January. According to the waterway police, the skipper was just about to dock when the alarm was suddenly triggered in the engine room and water entered the ship. The ingressing water was initially able to be pumped out by the ship's own...

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