State-of-the-art underwater detection also poses a threat to conventional submarines. Submariners have to face up to this. The steel hunter glides almost silently through the pitch-black depths. Tense concentration prevails in the submarine's command centre. The commander has ordered a crawl. Only the whispering of the crew occasionally drowns out the low hum...

The Dutch frigate HNLMS "De Zeven Provinciën" lost around 4000 litres of lubricating oil in the Baltic Sea last month. This happened during her deployment for the Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1). The oil escaped in small quantities in phases and was therefore not noticed immediately. The crew noticed it...

The war in Ukraine has serious consequences for the environment in the Baltic Sea. The Commission for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea - also known as the Helsinki Commission (HELCOM) - which is currently chaired by Germany, suspended its meetings one week after the Russian invasion on 24 February. The situation...

The 51st US Baltic Operations, the most important maritime exercise in the Baltic Sea region, will run from 5 to 17 June. Fourteen NATO countries, two NATO partner nations, over 45 ships, more than 75 aircraft and around 7,000 people will take part in BALTOPS 22. The participating nations include Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, the United Kingdom,...

Remotely piloted aircraft will be used to search for ships that do not comply with the sulphur limits in the region. The project, carried out by the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) together with the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency, is a continuation of similar projects that EMSA has carried out in this area....

The Steregushiy-class corvettes RFS "Stoykiy" (545) and RFS "Soobrazitelny" (531), as well as the seagoing tug RFS Viktor "Konetskiy" returned to Baltiysk from the Skagerrak on 15 April 2022. Observers assume routine manoeuvre activity in the North Sea and Atlantic. On 16 April 2022, the large landing ship RFS "Ivan Gren"...

More than 75 years after the end of the Second World War, there are still thousands of tonnes of various munitions in the Baltic Sea. The danger to people and the environment remains dramatic. The Kiel Munition Clearance Week, a combined face-to-face and online conference, was attended by numerous representatives from politics, science and technical experts. Domestic and foreign...

Against the backdrop of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, marineforum documents current maritime events in the Black Sea, the Mediterranean and the Baltic Sea. As always these days - hardly any news that can be independently verified. 28 March 2022 +++ Russian infantry replacements from Vladivostok +++ On 21 March 2022, the Japanese Ministry of Defence reported on four Russian...

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Vor dem Hintergrund des Russland-Ukraine-Konflikts dokumentiert marineforum aktuelle maritime Geschehnisse im Schwarzen Meer, Mittelmeer und der Ostsee. Wie immer in diesen Tagen – kaum eine Nachricht, die unabhängig überprüfbar wäre. 15. März 2022 +++ Schiffsverband aus 14 Einheiten nähert sich Odessa von Süden aus Ukrayinska Pravda meldet mit Stand 19...

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