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Denmark tightens environmental rules

Denmark tightens environmental rules

Gepostet von | 6 May 2024 | , , , | 0

The Danish government has announced a regulation that will ban the discharge of ship wastewater from open exhaust gas cleaning systems (scrubbers) into Danish territorial waters from 1 July 2025. Scrubbers are used to comply with the limit value for the sulphur content of exhaust gases set by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) in 2020. Such exhaust gas cleaning systems use a chemical solution (seawater and caustic soda) to "wash" sulphur out of the flue gases. The wash water then contains heavy metals (mercury, lead, arsenic, etc.), nitrates, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and sulphur: a toxic mixture that changes the pH value and makes the water acidic! Because there is no further purification step in open systems,...

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Maritime trade: two bottlenecks with influence

Maritime trade: two bottlenecks with influence

Gepostet von | 3 May 2024 | , , , | 0

International trade drives the global economy and is responsible for around 80 % of global goods transport by sea. Access to the two most important canals, the Panama and Suez Canals, is fundamental for uninterrupted supply chains and therefore also for economic growth. Current disruptions show the vulnerability of these important shipping routes. Suez Canal The French Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez completed this shipping link in 1869. It connects the Mediterranean with the Red Sea and became the fastest and most economical route between Europe and Asia. Around 30 % of global container traffic, i.e. up to 15 % of global trade, passes through this waterway and generates...

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Customised platforms

Customised platforms

Gepostet von | 29 Apr 2024 | , , , | 0

In the thick of it, not just in it: marineforum as an editorial companion to our shipbuilding projects Expertly versed, editorially exciting, sometimes pointed, always on the pulse: for 50 years, marineforum has been describing, commenting on and classifying everything that floats and has a grey coating for industry experts and those unfamiliar with the subject. As shipbuilders of these very units, we provide the appropriate content. Accordingly, as an observer and companion of our numerous projects, marineforum is both an in-house must-read and a constructive media partner. When marineforum was first published in its current form at the beginning of the 1970s, two speedboats set sail for Argentina from our premises in Bremen-Vegesack. Particularly popular at the time:...

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Big day for a big ship

Big day for a big ship

Gepostet von | 25 Apr 2024 | , , , | 1

For the NVL Group, the MBV project is one of several naval projects in surface shipbuilding. The second batch of Class 130 corvettes is also currently being built for the German Navy. The christening of the "Karlsruhe" as the third of the new corvettes is expected in the coming weeks. NVL is also involved in the production of the new Class 126 frigates together with the Dutch Damen Group. In the background to the event, there was news that six frigates are now being planned instead of four. This would be an enormous step for the Navy's order situation, both operationally and in terms of availability, and would be in line with the German Navy's 2035+ targets.

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