Category: Shipping

The pressure is on the seafarers

The pressure is on the seafarers

Gepostet von | 17 Sep 2022 | , , | 0

Psychosocial effects of the coronavirus pandemic and the war in Ukraine on the living and working environment of seafarers on board In commercial shipping, men and women generally work under high psychological pressure. A high degree of responsibility for the ship, the cargo and above all for the crew, the ever-increasing demands of the authorities and administration, the special challenges of shipping such as weather conditions and climate, long absences from home and family, daily time shifts, fatigue, loneliness and monotony. In addition, there is the particular psychological stress caused by extraordinary events such as accidents, especially those resulting in death, personal injury, and...

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Gorch Fock: the long way back

Gorch Fock: the long way back

Gepostet von | 16 Sep 2022 | , , , , , | 5

Gorch Fock 38th training voyage 1971 Lisbon-Kiel Even half a century ago, photographs were taken of the training voyages of the "Gorch Fock" - albeit in a decidedly "analogue" style. Colourful slides were the standard, and Super 8 films were also shot. Black and white, however, was affordable and allowed all the graphic design possibilities of the "thousand grey values". As I had already worked almost professionally with black and white photography during my school days, I stuck with this genre when I decided to enlist in the then German Navy for four years. Unfortunately, as a professional soldier, I gradually lost the time for photography as my service became more and more serious.

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Hamburg: The world's leading maritime trade fair is back

Hamburg: The world's leading maritime trade fair is back

Gepostet von | 14 Sep 2022 | , , , , | 0

After a four-year break due to the coronavirus pandemic, the global shipbuilding industry met again for the 30th SMM (Shipbuilding, machinery & marine technology international trade fair), the world's leading maritime trade fair, in Hamburg (6 to 9 September 2022). The SMM was held under the motto "Driving the maritime transition". The focus was therefore on the maritime energy transition, digital transformation and climate change. Among the approximately 2,000 exhibitors from 100 countries, around 800 companies from Germany alone and around 30,000 visitors were represented at SMM. The patron of the trade fair was Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who emphasised the growing importance of the maritime industry in his video-transmitted opening...

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Appreciation of the speakers at the 61st Naval Historical Tactical Conference

Appreciation of the speakers at the 61st Naval Historical Tactical Conference

Gepostet von | 14 Sep 2022 | , , | 0

On 7 September 2022, the work of the speakers for the 61st HITATA was honoured by the Commander of the Fleet and Support Forces and Deputy Inspector General of the Navy, Vice Admiral Frank Lenski, during a small ceremony. Following the 60th HITATA in 2020, nine young, dedicated officers once again prepared their own presentations on the topic of the 61st HITATA "Between arrogance and excessive demands - strategic thinking in German navies" and prepared for the presentation to the expert audience. Despite several postponements of the date, the 61st HITATA could not be held in 2021 and 2022 due to the corona pandemic. Vice Admiral...

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Historic meeting after 60 years

Historic meeting after 60 years

Gepostet von | 13 Sep 2022 | , , , , | 0

Tall ship meets aircraft carrier: US Navy compliments the Signora It was on 12 July 1962: the US aircraft carrier "USS Independence" encountered the "Amerigo Vespucci", which was sailing under full sail, in the Mediterranean and asked her to identify herself by light signal. The Italian three-masted ship, which was launched in February 1931, identified itself by name and described itself as a "high-ranking national ship on active service", whereupon the US Navy described it as "the most beautiful ship in the world". Now the repetition after 60 years: The aircraft carrier USS "George H.W. Bush" recently passed the "Amerigo Vespucci" in the Adriatic and repeated the compliment:...

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