The marineforum often reports on deployments and exercises, but not much on maintenance phases. We wanted to know from the commander of the EGV Berlin, frigate captain Karsten Uwe Schlüter, what can happen during this time and how to manage it. How is the Berlin doing? What is the crew doing? The Berlin is in...
The BERLIN task force provider (EGV) will be equipped with an integrated Marine Rescue Centre (i-Merz). The day after the budget committee gave its approval at the end of March, the Vice President of the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw), Annette Lehnigk-Emden, and the Managing Director of German Naval Yards Kiel, Rino Brugge, signed the contract for the...
On Thursday, 14 April 2022 at 10 a.m., the Einsatzgruppenversorger (EGV) "Berlin" sailed into its home port of Wilhelmshaven. The "Berlin" was part of the multinational Cold Response exercise, in which around 30,000 soldiers from 27 nations with 50 ships and boats as well as 200 aircraft were deployed until the beginning of...
Ceremonial presentation of the flag ribbon to the sponsored ship of the city of Berlin On 20 August 2021, the Governing Mayor of Berlin, Michael Müller, presented a flag ribbon to the task force supply ship BERLIN in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, the highest honour a country can bestow on a military unit: "Our Bundeswehr risks a great deal in the name of Germany to protect...
Different rules obviously apply at sea: The Berlin boarding team has had positive experiences with corona. However, it was not the omnipresent virus, but a merchant ship with the contemporary name Corona J. The initially suspicious container ship was on its way from Port Said to Misurata in Libya,...
A few hours ago, the Einsatzgruppenversorger (EGV) Berlin left its home port of Wilhelmshaven. Under the command of frigate captain Stefan Klatt, the ship will take over the contingent for Operation Irini in the coming weeks. The focus will be on monitoring the UN arms embargo against Libya. The Berlin is authorised to detect suspicious...
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