The German Maritime Search and Rescue Service (DGzRS) was founded in Kiel on 29 May 1865 and over the past 160 years has laid the foundations for a sustainable, donation-financed and therefore independent sea rescue service in Germany with selfless helpfulness, constantly renewed rescue equipment and good organisation. Until the middle of the 19th century...
The ice bet in Bremen - a unique tradition Bremen has what other cities do not: An ice bet on a frozen Weser in January. However, the Weser has not really frozen over for almost 80 years. So this year, the motto was once again: "De Werser geiht" (The Weser is not...
Painted grey and for years part of the Ready Reserve Force (RRF) of the Maritime Administration (MARAD) of the US Department of Transportation, the "Cape Texas", or in military terms: T-AKR 112, made a modest and inconspicuous appearance. She moored in Kaiserhafen III on the Weser, not far from the still existing Cold War...
The multi-purpose vessel shell on its way from Klaipėda to the ABEKING & RASMUSSEN shipyard On Thursday morning (09 August 2023), the hull of the first, almost 105 m long multi-purpose vessel newbuild for the Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration (WSV) left Klaipėda (Lithuania) as a tug and tow. The Kasko cannot yet be propelled by its own...
From a press release by Saab Deutschland GmbH Saab Deutschland will open a new site for its Naval Systems product unit in autumn 2023 in the SPURWERK work environment in Bremen, which is currently under construction. The 1,680 m2 site will provide space for more than 100 employees. The new location in Bremen will...
On Thursday, 15 December 2022 at 10 a.m., the frigate "Lübeck" will be decommissioned in Wilhelmshaven after 32 years. She will close the chapter of the Bremen class F 122. "The past time was demanding and moving! The considerable operational workload, the coronavirus conditions and the imminent decommissioning were special circumstances that...
Specialist conferences at the German Shipping Day At the German Shipping Day on 29 September in Bremen, numerous industry experts will come together to discuss the key issues facing shipping in the future. The overall event, which has the motto "Sustainable shipping, together, clear, clean!", will offer not just one, but two, conferences on all aspects of shipping, true to the tried-and-tested...
29 September to 2 October 2022 in Bremen and Bremerhaven Under the patronage of Federal President Dr Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the German Shipping Day will take place from 29 September to 2 October in cooperation with the nautical associations, the Federal Association of German Inland Navigation (BDB) and the German Marine Association (DMB) at the two maritime locations Bremen and Bremerhaven....
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