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Anschütz drives autonomous navigation forward

Anschütz drives autonomous navigation forward

Gepostet von | 18 Jul 2025 | , , | 1

During a joint demonstration by German Naval Yards and CMN Naval (Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie) in Cherbourg, Anschütz was able to demonstrate the performance of its autonomous navigation and deployment system. During a high-speed voyage, the unmanned test ship manoeuvred autonomously, maintained the specified course and avoided recognised dangers in accordance with the rules. The test in the English Channel supports and complements the company's efforts as part of the CAPTN initiative (Clean Autonomous Public Transport Network) on the Kiel Fjord. The research catamaran "Wavelab" regularly completes autonomous journeys there, which are monitored from a remote operations centre in Kiel. The digital twin installed there provides 360-degree video views, radar and...

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Hamburg - quick wage agreement for port employees

Hamburg - quick wage agreement for port employees

Gepostet von | 18 Jul 2025 | , , | 0

German seaport companies have reached a new collective agreement with the trade union surprisingly quickly. Around 11,000 port workers in Hamburg and the other northern German coastal states will receive a 3.1 per cent wage increase and one-off payments from August. It only took two days of negotiations before the trade union ver.di and the Central Association of German Seaport Operators (ZDS) reached a wage agreement. Ver.di had initially demanded an 8.4 per cent wage increase and appealed to the employers not to play for time. According to information from NDR, the employers initially offered 2.3 per cent. According to the ZDS, the collective agreement that has now been negotiated is valid for twelve months and includes...

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Type 26 of the Royal Navy - christened with whisky

Type 26 of the Royal Navy - christened with whisky

Gepostet von | 17 Jul 2025 | , , | 0

Eight months after the first steel cut, the ship was completed at BAE Systems' Scotstoun shipyard and decked out for the christening by Princess Kate: "Glasgow", the type ship of the 6,900 tonne Type 26 class of the Royal Navy. It was not christened with champagne, but traditionally with a bottle of Scotch whisky. It is, after all, the twelfth of His Majesty's ships to bear the city's name over the centuries. The usual flyby by a P-8A Poseidon was performed by the Royal Air Force, which is in charge of the new UJagd and maritime reconnaissance aircraft, which in future will carry out this task between Greenland and the island kingdom together with the "Glasgow"...

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China - large underwater drone recognised

China - large underwater drone recognised

Gepostet von | 16 Jul 2025 | , , | 0

Apparently, the Chinese navy now also has super-large, autonomously operating small submarines of the XLUUV (Extra-Large Unmanned Underwater Vehicle) type - in five different prototypes. Recent images show the road transport of one of these models for the first time: concealed under a tarpaulin is an object around twelve metres long that initially looks like the cabin of an aircraft. On closer inspection, however, it is a previously unknown XLUUV. The unusually large vertical rudder with a height of over 2.5 metres is particularly striking - if this were not present, the object would fit into a standard 40-foot container. Due to its dimensions, the...

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