Category: Shipping

VSM Parliamentary Evening

VSM Parliamentary Evening

Gepostet von | 26 Jan 2023 | , , , , | 0

The parliamentary evening of the German Shipbuilding and Ocean Industries Association took place on Wednesday, 25 January. The kick-off for the year 2023 began with a record: more than 400 visitors from business, politics and associations were welcomed by the President, Harald Fassmer, in the joint state representation of Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein. He opened the traditional annual event with the demands and reminders to politicians that the VSM has been advocating for years: more support for the maritime industry, creating the framework conditions for competitiveness in international comparison and, above all, looking to the future. He referred to...

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Traditional ships in Hamburg are looking for volunteers

Traditional ships in Hamburg are looking for volunteers

Gepostet von | 24 Jan 2023 | , , , , | 0

NDR in Hamburg reported on 14 January 2023 that the operators of traditional ships are looking for new volunteers. "We need young talent in all areas, for all historic ships - and the harbour railway," said Claus Liesner, Chairman of the Board of the Hamburg Maritime Foundation (SHM). The foundation is very much aware that there are only a few German seafarers left. "After their active service at sea, many former seafarers have continued to be actively involved on our ships in the past," said Liesner, but there is an increasing lack of new recruits. "From engine drivers to deckhands to ship's command, we are looking for volunteers - for all...

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Fire defence on container ships: Recommendations of the DNV

Fire defence on container ships: Recommendations of the DNV

Gepostet von | 18 Jan 2023 | , , , | 0

What is - or at least should be - a technical design principle on grey ships and a daily routine in service operations, does not have to be just as consistently decisive on civilian-crewed, cost-oriented cargo and tanker ships: Fire safety in harbour and sea operations. Fire hazard on container ships In the civilian sector, it is less the handling of flammable and explosive substances inside the ship than the cargo in the cargo or container hold. In the case of containers in particular, cargo knowledge and monitoring is rarely available at all times. This is why the topic of "Containership Fire Safety" is currently on the International Maritime Organisation's (IMO) two-year agenda: In the subcommittee...

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Sea piracy: lowest level in almost three decades

Sea piracy: lowest level in almost three decades

Gepostet von | 17 Jan 2023 | , , | 0

In its latest report on maritime piracy figures for 2022, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in Germany reports a continued significant decline in piracy attacks and armed robberies. However, it calls for efforts to be continued worldwide to ensure the protection of seafarers from maritime piracy in the long term. In figures The International Maritime Bureau recorded a total of 115 incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships in 2022 - compared to 132 in 2021. This is the lowest number in almost three decades. Half of the incidents occurred in Southeast Asian waters, particularly in...

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Brazil: Rubber blocks washed up from German wrecks

Brazil: Rubber blocks washed up from German wrecks

Gepostet von | 15 Jan 2023 | , , | 0

From a report in the Neue Züricher Zeitung Brown bales have been washing up on the beaches of Brazil's north-east for years. Initially referred to as "mystery boxes", they now number several hundred, are the size of toolboxes, overgrown with all kinds of sea creatures and weigh between 80 and 200 kilograms. Now such finds have also been made on the beaches in the far south of Brazil near Sao Paulo. Raw rubber from the Far East Marine biologists from Labomar (Marine Science Institute - Federal University of Ceara) trace the origin of these packets of raw rubber back to German blockade runners who, during the Second World War, were transporting the material, which was important for the war economy, from...

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