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Efficient maritime surveillance - NVL operator model

Deployment of unmanned boats: Efficient maritime surveillance thanks to NVL's new operator model Until the defence group Rheinmetall takes the future of the naval shipbuilder NVL into its own hands, NVL will not let anyone take the butter off its bread! New in the portfolio: An operator model solution for maritime surveillance with unmanned boats. Here are the key points of the press release and a video. - With the specially developed operator model ISR as a Service by NVL (ISR - Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance), NVL offers the security authorities of Germany and other NATO countries as well as commercial customers an effective and quickly available solution for the targeted and permanent surveillance of predefined sea areas using unmanned boats (USV) available on the market.

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Maritime Cluster Northern Germany presents updated guidelines on ship efficiency

Hamburg, 22 September 2025 - The Maritime Cluster Northern Germany (MCN) today published the fourth edition of the Ship Efficiency Guide. The English-language guide provides companies, researchers and policymakers with practical guidance on how efficient ship operations can be designed as a key lever for more climate-friendly and sustainable shipping, and was developed by an interdisciplinary team of authors consisting of members of the MCN's Ship Efficiency expert group and external experts from the maritime industry. With their expertise and experience, they contribute to presenting the complex topic of ship efficiency in an understandable and practical way. "The guide is based on practical experience for practical use, which is precisely why it...

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Exercise RED STORM BRAVO

With the regional defence exercise RED STORM BRAVO, the Bundeswehr will be training in Hamburg from 25-27 September 2025 with around 500 soldiers together with blue light organisations, Hamburg authorities and companies in a fictitious scenario. RED STORM BRAVO starts: Bundeswehr and civilian actors to train together from Thursday Next Thursday, 25 September 2025, the regional defence exercise RED STORM BRAVO will begin. As already announced several times, the Bundeswehr will be training in Hamburg from 25-27 September 2025 with around 500 soldiers together with blue light organisations, Hamburg authorities and companies in a fictitious scenario. The RED STORM BRAVO manoeuvre led by the Bundeswehr will take place...

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Special exhibition "The Sea Unites" at the IMM Hamburg

Niarchos, Onassis, Livanos & Co.: memories of a German-Greek economic miracle More than 20,000 Hamburgers crowded onto the grounds of the Howaldtswerke in Hamburg harbour when a legendary chapter of German economic history was written. The launch of the giant tanker "Tina Onassis" in the summer of 1953 was a key moment in the new beginning. The shipyards in Hamburg, Bremen and Kiel were considered to be worthy again. After the end of the Second World War, it signalled the start of an upswing. Shipbuilding had a noticeable impact on the economic miracle. The International Maritime Museum Hamburg is commemorating this fascinating era in the 1950s with a special exhibition (25 September to 30 November 2025). Motto: "The...

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More than 40 navies rely on Renk

Renk supports NATO countries and their most important allies with its cutting-edge technology. CEO Alexander Sagel sets four priorities for the future of the company. An interview by Burghard Lindhorst. Mr Sagel, you have been at the helm of the Renk Group since February. You have barely been in office when the security situation has worsened. Was Renk prepared for this? We are experiencing a turning point that we would all rather not experience. In these times, we should be glad that there are companies like RENK in Germany and Europe that can and want to take responsibility for these upheavals. The political and financial brakes have been released - finally....

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