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Responsibility for Germany's maritime security

At the parliamentary evening in Berlin, the participants discussed the legal and organisational problems of maritime security. "Our maritime infrastructure is the lifeline for the economy and society in our country. How can these lifelines be protected, and who reacts when a danger threatens or needs to be combated?" This was the key question posed by Siemtje Möller, Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Defence, at the "Maritime Security" parliamentary evening she hosted at the Hamburg State Representation in Berlin. Peter Tschentscher, Hamburg's First Mayor, and Jens Plötner, Foreign and Security Policy Advisor to Federal Chancellor Scholz, emphasised the central importance of the sea and maritime security in their introductory speeches.

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Spanish Navy acquires multi-purpose tug OCEAN OSPREY

The OCEAN OSPREY (67 metres, 2,300 tonnes) was purchased by the Spanish Navy's Logistics Command from the shipping company Navaleva SL in mid-September for around 15 million euros in order to be available in future as a multi-purpose logistics vessel and tug for the Armada from the Ferrol Naval Arsenal (north-west Spain). Ten years ago, the Norwegian supply service provider Atlantic commissioned the construction of the ship at a Basque shipyard for 25 million euros. Declining demand for fossil fuels and a generational change in the floating energy park maintenance platforms have caused the value of these ships to fall, but at the same time the need for support units in the armed forces has increased. The new tasks...

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Ukraine: Stabbings against Russian navy in Sevastopol

There is no longer a Ukrainian navy - at least not to any significant extent in terms of tonnage or flagstaff. Nevertheless, its opponent, the navy of the Russian Federation, is not invulnerable, as the head of the German navy was quick to point out. The Ukrainian forces are currently pooling all their resources, from Western arms supplies to drones built in garages and basements to sabotage forces on the ground, in order to reach the vulnerable areas of the Russian navy. With their pinpricks, they not only want to ban floating material from deployment, but also limit the entire operational capability of the Black Sea Fleet. You can do that if you...

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EU: New package of measures to regulate "shadow fleet"

Denmark may inspect ships in the Baltic Sea to monitor sanctioned Russian oil exports. As part of the oil price cap for Russian crude oil introduced by the EU, the G7 states and Australia, the dominant Western insurers are not allowed to insure Russian oil cargoes priced above 60 dollars per barrel. Russian exporters circumvent the price cap by resorting to non-Western insurers. Around 60 per cent of Russian oil is shipped by sea from Ust-Luga near the Estonian border and from Primorsk near St. Petersburg. Belte and Sund The route through the Baltic Sea also runs through Storebælt (Great...

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There is such a thing! Maritime Germany! MC 2023

The German Maritime Institute and griephan | DVV media have been organising Germany's annual maritime conference in the heart of Berlin since 2007, and word is gradually spreading that maritime dependencies, the maritime economy and global challenges need to be discussed and conferred on across the oceans. The German Maritime Institute and griephan once again organised the MARITIME CONVENTION 2023 this year. And there were two special birthdays: the 50th anniversary of the German Navy itself and the 175th anniversary of the German Navy. The motto of the event was: "Expectations of maritime Germany". The venue was once again the Representation of the State of Schleswig-Holstein to the...

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