Category: Shipping

"Bonn" back

"Bonn" back

Gepostet von | 6 Jul 2023 | , , , | 0

It was a stormy night, a hurricane with winds of up to 12 gusts swept across northern Germany as the Bonn made its way homewards on the Jade. They stayed overnight just outside the harbour. "Actually, you want to avoid something like this," said the commander, frigate captain Eike Deußen, to the squadron commander, frigate captain Torsten Geldmacher, as they entered the harbour. He had previously reported the ship back to his boss after a successful mission. The atmosphere on the pier was full of anticipation before everyone was able to hug their loved ones again. After 85 days away, the guests stormed on board as soon as the Stelling was deployed. The decision had been made...

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Heatwave heats up the North Sea

Heatwave heats up the North Sea

Gepostet von | 27 Jun 2023 | , , | 0

One of the world's most severe heatwaves is currently heating up the shallow seas around the UK. According to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), this is a category 4 out of 5 heatwave, a categorisation rarely used outside the tropics and meaning "extreme" heat. This is probably the result of relatively stable weather with no Atlantic storms to mix the seawater. Long-term records Using satellites and measuring buoys, sea surface temperatures have been recorded for over 20 years. In some sea areas of the United Kingdom and Ireland, the water temperature in mid-June 2023 is already...

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Bye bye until next year!

Bye bye until next year!

Gepostet von | 26 Jun 2023 | , , , | 0

Sail Out at the naval base - an event with tradition ... The idea of gathering on the Oskar Kusch pier to watch the hundreds of sailors and participants leave Kiel harbour is only a few years old. And because it was continued the first three times despite the pandemic break, it can be called a tradition. The event is organised and hosted by the commander of Operational Flotilla 1, Flotilla Admiral Sascha Rackwitz. Co-organisers are the Reservists' Association, the German Armed Forces Association, the German Maritime Institute and the Naval Officers' Association. However, the guests from the associations, the German Navy, politics and the public were not there to see each other again, as these...

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Father Rhine - the water levels are dropping again!

Father Rhine - the water levels are dropping again!

Gepostet von | 22 Jun 2023 | , , | 0

The Rhine, a lifeline for Germany and large parts of Europe, already has such a low water level at the beginning of this summer that inland waterway traffic is being restricted. The water level at the narrows in Kaub/Rhineland-Palatinate at Rhine kilometre 546 was 1.43 metres last week and is expected to drop by a further 16 centimetres this week, according to ELWIS, the electronic waterway information service of the German Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration (WSV). Shallow water This is well below the seasonal norm, although a far cry from the low point in August last year, when the water level fell to 30 centimetres and shipping was largely suspended. Lifeline Rhine All tankers...

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MTG presents model of the "Gorch Fock"

MTG presents model of the "Gorch Fock"

Gepostet von | 20 Jun 2023 | , , , | 0

At the Sunday reception of Kiel Week 2023 on the frigate "Bayern", Guido Gerdemann, Managing Director of Hamburg-based MTG Marinetechnik GmbH, presented a model of the "Gorch Fock" to Vice Admiral Jan Christian Kaack, Inspector of the German Navy. As the sail training ship is currently in the North Atlantic and cannot be in Kiel, the Hamburg think tank and naval design office did not miss the opportunity to bring along the 1:62 scale model as a replacement and special gift for the 175th anniversary of the German Navy and present it to the inspector. In his speech, Gerdemann emphasised that Kieler Woche should not take place without a "Gorch Fock" - after all, it is a...

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