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Baltic Sea: Lubmin and Mukran to receive gas pipeline

Baltic Sea: Lubmin and Mukran to receive gas pipeline

Gepostet von | 21 Aug 2023 | , , , | 0

Der deutsche Fernleitungs-Netzbetreiber GASCADE Gastransport GmbH aus Kassel hat die italienische Firma SAIPEM mit Sitz in Mailand mit der Pipelineverlegung für eine Anbindungsleitung in der Pommerschen Bucht (Ostsee) beauftragt.[ds_preview] Das Unternehmen SAIPEM wird eine 50 km lange 48-Zoll-Gasleitung (ca. 1,22 Meter Durchmesser) vom Standort Lubmin östlich von Greifswald bis zum Tiefwasserhafen Mukran in Saßnitz an der Ostküste der Insel Rügen liefern, verlegen und anschließen. Für das Projekt wird SAIPEM das firmeneigene Verlegeschiff „Castoro 10“ einsetzen. Die Pipeline von Mukran durch die Ostsee nach Lubmin ist erforderlich, weil die Wassertiefen vor Lubmin für die großen LNG-Schiffe zu gering ist. Das...

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Köhlbrand Bridge of "national importance"

Köhlbrand Bridge of "national importance"

Gepostet von | 21 Aug 2023 | , , , | 0

Hamburg's First Mayor Peter Tschentscher (SPD) is calling for a federal contribution to a replacement solution for the Köhlbrand Bridge. The federal government recently refused to commit to this. "Golden Gate of Hamburg" The 3,618 metre-long cable-stayed bridge has crossed the 325 metre-wide Köhlbrand, a branch of the Süderelbe, since 1974. It connects the Steinwerder district on the Hamburg Elbe island of Wilhelmsburg with Waltershof on the A7 motorway and thus also links the port to the motorways to Flensburg, Kiel, Hanover and Bremen. Replacement crossing Hamburg believes that the federal government still has a duty to finance a replacement solution for the Köhlbrand Bridge, which is important for the port....

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Inspector of the Armed Forces Base becomes new ambassador for the Bundeswehr and Reservists Running Team e.V.

Inspector of the Armed Forces Base becomes new ambassador for the Bundeswehr and Reservists Running Team e.V.

Gepostet von | 17 Aug 2023 | , , , | 0

From a press release issued by the running team on 15 August 2023 After the Bundeswehr and Reservists e.V. running team was already able to win over Flotilla Admiral Bock as a new ambassador, the association is now also pleased to welcome the Inspector of the Armed Forces Base (SKB), Lieutenant General Martin Schelleis, to its ranks as a further ambassador. Lieutenant General Schelleis is the first time that the running team has received support from the ranks of the inspectors of the Bundeswehr. With regard to his role as ambassador, the SKB inspector emphasises above all that both the profession of soldier and the times in which we live...

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Iranian Revolutionary Guard receives new drones and missiles

Iranian Revolutionary Guard receives new drones and missiles

Gepostet von | 17 Aug 2023 | , , , | 0

Iranian news agencies are reporting that the Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has been armed with long-range drones and missiles. The Iranian state news agency IRNA reported that various types of drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles with a range of 300 to 1,000 kilometres have been added to the armament of the Revolutionary Guards. This is Iran's response to announcements from the USA that armed marines could soon be protecting merchant ships in the region. See the article "US Navy: Deployments on merchant ships in high-risk areas" from 16 August 2023. Flimsy narrative Tehran regularly claims that the detained ships have violated shipping regulations. However, some ships were allowed to continue their journey,...

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Anschütz: Autonomous "Wavelab" on the fjord

Anschütz: Autonomous "Wavelab" on the fjord

Gepostet von | 16 Aug 2023 | , , , , | 0

Anschütz has set up a remote control system for ships in its new control centre and successfully monitored and demonstrated the control of the motor vessel (MV) "Wavelab" in real time in the maritime test field on Kiel's inner fjord. Anschütz writes that the MS "Wavelab" is a research platform for autonomous and semi-autonomous navigation of the Clean Autonomous Public Transportation Network (CAPTN) initiative in Kiel. Access control The control centre is used to access sensors and navigation systems on board and to remotely control the ship's steering and propulsion. For this purpose, a complete digital twin was set up in the control centre and supplied with all the data collected by the existing and experimental sensors and systems on board.

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