Small museums offer an authentic look at the maritime history of a region. It is not only in Germany that those interested in maritime history will quickly find what they are looking for off the beaten track. Institutions such as the International Maritime Museum Hamburg or the German Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven attract attention far beyond the circle of people interested in the subject. But there are also...
Congress in Washington expects the Pentagon to review the "Unified Combatant Command Plan" every two years. Four years ago, the US Department of Defence separated the country of Israel from the US European Command Area of Responsibility (USEUCOM, Stuttgart) and transferred the territory to the US Central Command (USCENTCOM, Florida), which is responsible for military operations in...
According to press releases issued by the Lithuanian Ministry of Defence and the Finnish Navy Alutech on 7 April 2025, Vilnius is acquiring two multi-purpose operational boats worth 22 million euros. The units, developed on the basis of the Watercat M18, are intended for the Lithuanian Navy and are to be assigned to the coastal defence battalion. Latvia has also already formally...
Denmark has ordered Naval Strike Missiles and thus becomes the 14th user of NSM. The Danish Defence Procurement and Logistics Organisation (DALO) has signed a government-to-government contract with the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency (FMA) for the delivery of Naval Strike Missiles (NSM) worth 2.1 billion Norwegian kroner (equivalent to 180 million...
Denmark has ordered Naval Strike Missiles and thus becomes the 14th user of NSM. The Danish Defence Procurement and Logistics Organisation (DALO) has signed a government-to-government contract with the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency (FMA) for the delivery of Naval Strike Missiles (NSM) worth 2.1 billion Norwegian kroner (equivalent to 180 million...
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...The Danish government has announced a regulation that will ban the discharge of ship wastewater from open exhaust gas cleaning systems (scrubbers) into Danish territorial waters from 1 July 2025. Scrubbers are used to comply with the limit value for the sulphur content of exhaust gases set by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) in 2020. Exhaust gas cleaning systems of this kind use a...
Danske Rederier (Danish Shipping), one of Denmark's oldest and most influential shipping organisations, has spoken out against a proposal to abolish tax breaks for Danish seafarers. Specifically, according to the Danish Shipowners' Association, this concerns a regulation that was introduced with broad government support in 1988 in order to secure the future of the...