A tanker from the Russian "shadow fleet" is involved in a collision near Skagen/Denmark, once again highlighting a known risk: ships on the world's oceans with unknown owners and maintenance conditions, as well as a lack of insurance. Such ships for the transport of Russian crude oil and other oil products have been...
We have already reported twice here on the innovation of the small company Hull Vane BV, based in Wageningen in the Netherlands. In May 2023, the Hvide Sande shipyard on the Danish west coast handed over the first offshore patrol vessel (OPV) to the Danish Fisheries Agency. It was equipped with azimuth propulsion nacelles and a combination...
Denmark may inspect ships in the Baltic Sea to monitor sanctioned Russian oil exports. As part of the oil price cap on Russian crude oil introduced by the EU, the G7 countries and Australia, the dominant Western insurers are not allowed to insure Russian oil cargoes priced above 60 dollars per barrel. Russian exporters are circumventing...
The Kingdom of Denmark naturally also includes the Faroe Islands between Norway and Iceland as well as Greenland, which is over 50 times larger in area and part of the American continent (2166 million km2). Denmark has many years of experience in operating military ships in the Arctic Ocean. And because our northern neighbour is very flexible...
The Russian-Ukrainian war also had a major impact on the navies of the Baltic Sea states. They were already in the process of rebuilding capacities that had been radically curtailed after the Cold War. Historically neutral Sweden is one of the countries whose security architecture has been most affected by the recent Russian aggression; a...
Sweden does not share findings The German Navy's minehunting boat "Dillingen", the multi-purpose vessel "Mittelgrund" and the German Federal Police patrol vessel "Potsdam" have completed their mission in the Baltic Sea and are back in their home harbours. The joint operation following the request for administrative assistance from the Federal Police focussed on the leaks north-east of the Baltic Sea island of Bornholm. There were...
The Scandinavian navies can look back on a long history. Due to the confrontation with Russia, their importance in the North and Baltic Seas is growing again. The Scandinavian states of Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Iceland are traditionally closely linked. They are committed to cultural and political co-operation in the Nordic Council and in the Nordic...
This was announced by US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin on 23 May 2022 as one of the results of another meeting of an international coalition for military support for Ukraine with representatives from Kiev. In this case, twenty nations negotiated, but more precise details of the participants were not disclosed. Reuters already reported on 19 May that Washington...
On 4 May 2022, the Royal Danish Navy made history. The "Nils Juel" fired the test shot in a first-of-class shootout at the Andoya Space Defence Test Centre in Norway. An important step towards the optimal deployment of the three "Iver Huitfeldt" class frigates, it was the first SM-2 ship-to-air missile to be fired from this class of frigate. The...
After the Cold War, Denmark withheld the necessary resources from its military. The latest crises are now bringing the country closer to the USA again. Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is always good for a surprise and her last-minute invitation to the press conference with the vague topic of defence met expectations. She announced...
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