There was a premiere on 12 June 2025. The German Navy's new ocean-going tug "Rügen" deployed to the Aegean and is now the second civilian-crewed ship to take part in the Aegean mission. Under the command of Captain Lutz Lücken, the ocean-going tug is making its way to its first deployment in the Aegean...
With the "Rügen", German customs has put its most modern and largest operational vessel into service. The ship monitors maritime traffic in the Baltic Sea and on the border with Poland. Thanks to its LNG propulsion system, it significantly reduces emissions and is designed for long-term patrol operations. Customs vessel "Rügen": State-of-the-art technology for customs operations According to...
The German Armed Forces Procurement Office has purchased another used ocean-going tug for the German Navy. The tug is to operate under the name "Borkum" and was selected because it is only two years old. According to information from Koblenz, the purchase price is in the low double-digit million euro range. The procurement was completed within five...
Divers from the German nature conservation organisation "Gesellschaft zur Rettung der Delphine e. V." (GRD) say they have recovered several hundred kilograms of old fishing nets from the Baltic Sea in recent weeks. Crime scene: fairway buoy A fairway buoy sank years ago about eight kilometres off the coast of Rügen. As a result, more and more...
From a press release by the Rostock Naval Command: On Wednesday, 23 August 2023 at 10 a.m., the tugboat "Rügen", which until recently was called "Rota Endurance", will be ceremonially commissioned at the naval base in Kiel. With the commissioning of this ship, the navy is taking a significant step towards modernising its fleet...
The German transmission system operator GASCADE Gastransport GmbH from Kassel has commissioned the Italian company SAIPEM, based in Milan, to lay the pipeline for a connecting pipeline in the Pomeranian Bay (Baltic Sea). SAIPEM will lay a 50 km long 48-inch gas pipeline (approx. 1.22 metres in diameter) from the Lubmin site to the east of Greifswald to...
Wie NDR 1 - Radio Mecklenburg-Vorpommern am 17.01.2023 berichtete, liefert ein weiterer Windpark in der Ostsee jetzt Strom. "Arcadis-Ost 1" steht 19 Kilometer vor Rügens Küste und produziert seit vergangener Woche Windenergie, wie das belgische Energieunternehmen Parkwind mitteilte. Mit dem Bau der Fundamente war im vergangenen Juni durch die Deme...
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