The shipyard landscape in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern has long been characterised by ups and downs. Investors came, investors went. This year everything is different. With the Russian attack on Ukraine, Germany, the Bundeswehr and especially the German Navy were faced with a new security situation. With the issue of the order...
Russia's President Putin also adopts an aggressive maritime tone. Does the strength of his fleet justify this behaviour? At this year's Fleet Day, Vladimir Putin presented a new Russian naval doctrine. It is attracting attention less because of its content than because of the aggressive nature of its announcement. The new doctrine is based on the threat...
The German Navy is taking another important step into the future with the new emergency rescue centre. The focus is on modernisation and efficiency. The loss of the Naval Rescue Centre (Merz), which was part of the FRANKFURT AM MAIN task force provider (EGV), in 2015 due to a major fire in a shipyard hall made it necessary to procure a new one. The development of the new...
Bredo Dry Docks in Bremerhaven can look back on a long tradition of repairing naval vessels. The shipyard developed from IVG Schiffs- und Motorenreparaturwerk, which was founded in 1957 and renamed Motorenwerke Bremerhaven in 1962. MWB was created from this in 1994. Already there, naval vessels of all types of speedboats were...
Boeing's tried-and-tested Poseidon was selected as the successor to the ageing P-3C. The first aircraft is due to fly for the navy in just two years. Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPAs) make a significant contribution to long-range maritime reconnaissance and long-range airborne anti-submarine warfare capabilities and thus remain a vital part of the...
Urgently needed spare parts are difficult to procure, especially at sea. 3D printers are now set to provide a remedy. 3D printing has been offering the industry a wide range of options for additive manufacturing of spare parts for several years now. German allies such as the USA, Norway, the UK and the Netherlands are also utilising this innovative technology in order to meet the technical...
Few ships symbolise a maritime turning point as strikingly as HMS VANGUARD, which came too late for the Second World War and was no longer really needed in the post-war period. The Royal Navy ended the First World War with a sizeable fleet of capital ships, but was now in need of a fundamental renewal in terms of quality,...
South Korea is continuing to work on an ocean-going fleet that can also be used for missions far from home. Aircraft carriers are also on the wish list. Since the 1950s, the South Korean navy has focussed on fending off the immediate threat from North Korea. This is currently changing. Seoul is systematically modernising and expanding its fleet. The goal is...
The Bundeswehr has ended its participation in Operation Atalanta. What has been achieved, learnt and changed? After around 14 years, Germany's military participation in the European Union's first maritime operation, the European Union Naval Force Somalia Operation Atalanta, came to an end on 30 April. On the basis of a Security Council resolution of the...
Saab opened its branch on the Jade, or rather the Ems-Jade Canal, with a ceremony in the new premises on Bunsenstrasse. In future, all maritime projects in Germany will be managed from here. For years, Saab has been propagating the idea of operating abroad in strategic co-operation with domestic companies and is...
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