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Icebreaker order cancelled

Icebreaker order cancelled

Gepostet von | 28 Dec 2022 | , , , , | 0

For years, Finland's shipyards have done very good business building high-quality ships for Russia. This is now coming to an end. Helsinki Shipyard has announced that the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has refused an export licence for the delivery of a large icebreaker to a Russian customer. It would have been the largest and most powerful icebreaker ever built in Finland. The order had already been placed in January by the Russian mining group Norilsk Nickel, which wanted to deploy the new diesel-electric propulsion vessel, which was designed for service in northern Siberia, on the Yenisei and in the Kara Sea. It was intended to transport ice up to two metres thick...

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Hardly won, already lost

Hardly won, already lost

Gepostet von | 27 Dec 2022 | , , , , | 0

Once upon a time there was a special fund of 100 billion euros. So began a beautiful dream for the Bundeswehr in March, which is now being overtaken by reality. While the turnaround proclaimed by Chancellor Olaf Scholz was seen as an opportunity to strengthen the operational capability and combat strength of the naval and air forces, nine months later disillusionment is setting in. It was clear to naval personnel anyway that the Bundeswehr special fund would not significantly increase the number of flagstaffs. The option of two more Class 126 frigates and the multi-purpose combat boats (naval battalion) would have slightly expanded the fleet's fleet....

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Study: Impact of China's port development projects on the maritime environment

Study: Impact of China's port development projects on the maritime environment

Gepostet von | 27 Dec 2022 | , , , | 0

As reported by "The Maritime Executive" at the beginning of December, a study by various US universities shows the dangerous effects for socio-ecological marine systems of the port development projects being aggressively pursued by China, particularly in the Caribbean and around Africa. It is well known that China lures many developing countries into long-term debt through port, power plant and road investments in order to be able to exert intensive influence by acquiring ownership and utilisation rights. A good 20 per cent of all Chinese financing initiatives for development projects abroad - a volume of almost USD 65 billion - come from the China Development Bank and the Export-Import Bank...

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Maritime sabre-rattling in the Western Pacific

Maritime sabre-rattling in the Western Pacific

Gepostet von | 27 Dec 2022 | , , | 0

Naval movements can be observed between the Chinese mainland and the Philippine Sea that would not have been worth mentioning in normal times. In view of the tense global security situation, they appear in a different light. "Maritime cooperation" between China and Russia Warships and auxiliary vessels from the navies of the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China (PRC) are conducting joint exercises in the East China Sea from 21 to 27 December 2022. Actually nothing special since August 2005. Since 2012, the navies of both countries have been practising annually as part of the "Морское взаимодействие" manoeuvre series, which translates as "Maritime Interaction". The Chinese title sounds more modern: "Joint Sea". The Russian...

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Hapag-Lloyd also grows in ports

Hapag-Lloyd also grows in ports

Gepostet von | 26 Dec 2022 | , , , , | 0

Following the commissioning of the 13,300 TEU "Rio de Janeiro Express", the first of the first of six sister ships, and the keel laying of the later "Hamburg Express" with a capacity of 23,000 TEU as the first ship in a series of twelve, the Hamburg-based container liner shipping company Hapag-Lloyd has now surprised the experts with a significantly increased commitment to the port terminal business. By taking over the entire terminal business and the associated logistics services of the Chilean SM SAAM, the shipping company has become one of the largest terminal operators in South and Central America. The purchase price is said to be one billion US dollars. SM SAAM's terminal business comprises ten terminals in...

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