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More than just a tender

More than just a tender

Gepostet von | 7 Sep 2023 | , , , | 1

The Class 404 tenders are due to be replaced in less than ten years. The navy wants the new ships to be able to take on additional tasks. The NVL shipyard has presented an initial draft on this basis. In the target image for the years after 2035, the naval command envisages six support units as successors to the Type 404 tenders. The modular platforms are intended to ensure "organic logistics, operational support including reconnaissance", according to the summary of tasks and capabilities in the Marine 2035+ target vision brochure. In presentations, the package is expanded by representatives of the naval command to include "amphibious, command and control, transport including casualty transport"....

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Fire on the Fremantle Highway

Fire on the Fremantle Highway

Gepostet von | 6 Sep 2023 | , , , | 0

The car freighter Fremantle Highway, which caught fire off the Dutch coast on the night of 25 to 26 July, was brought into the nearest Dutch port of Eemshaven and moored there after more than a week, during which the ship was in a critical condition. This incident alarmed coastal residents in particular for days, as there were fears of an environmental disaster due to the proximity to the Unesco World Heritage Site of the Wadden Sea. A fire had broken out on one of the vehicle decks of the Panama-flagged car carrier Fremantle Highway, which is almost 60,000 GT in size and 200 metres long and was travelling from Bremerhaven 27 kilometres north of the island of Ameland. The...

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Change of leadership in the US Navy

Change of leadership in the US Navy

Gepostet von | 5 Sep 2023 | , , , , | 0

The current Deputy Chief of Staff is to become Chief of Naval Operations. This is the first time a woman has headed the US Navy. On 21 July, US President Joe Biden nominated Admiral Lisa Franchetti to succeed Admiral Michael Gilday as Chief of Naval Operations (CNO). In principle, this decision was expected. At the time of her appointment as Vice CNO in September 2022, Franchetti, born in 1964, was already considered the favourite for the highest post in the US Navy. However, at the beginning of June, Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin recommended the appointment of the current commander of the US Pacific Fleet, Admiral Samuel Paparo, for the CNO post. Speaking in favour of Paparo...

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Future in Kiel: New tkMS shipbuilding hall

Future in Kiel: New tkMS shipbuilding hall

Gepostet von | 1 Sep 2023 | , , , | 2

The thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (tkMS) shipyard wants to be able to build submarines faster and more efficiently in its new hall. The next submarines for Germany and Norway (class U 212 CD) are the most technically advanced of their kind and will now also be built in the most modern halls, CEO Oliver Burkhard told the German Press Agency. It is the most modern shipbuilding hall for conventional submarines in the world. New technology With its dimensions of 170 by 70 metres and a height of just under 33 metres, the recently handed over hall complex already dominates the cityscape on the eastern shore of Kiel's inner fjord. A major advantage of the huge building is that...

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Northern Coasts 23: Major maritime manoeuvre in the Baltic Sea under German command

Northern Coasts 23: Major maritime manoeuvre in the Baltic Sea under German command

Gepostet von | 31 Aug 2023 | , , , | 1

Aus einer Pressemitteilung des Marinekommandos Rostock Vom 9. bis zum 23. September 2023 findet das diesjährige maritime Großmanöver Northern Coasts (NOCO), eine der wichtigsten multinationalen Übungen zur Stärkung der Zusammenarbeit der Seestreitkräfte Deutschlands und seiner Partnern im Ostseeraum, statt. In diesem Jahr ist die Deutsche Marine mit DEU MARFOR für die Planung und Durchführung verantwortlich. Der Schutz der Nordflanke ist ein elementarer Schwerpunkt der Deutschen Marine bei der Landes- und Bündnisverteidigung. "Der Auftrag der Deutschen Marine ist es, [ds_preview]Deutschland und seine Menschen zu schützen. Tagtäglich, über, auf und unter Wasser. Dass wir dazu bereit sind, haben wir nach Beginn...

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