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LNG tankers pile up on Europe's coasts

LNG tankers pile up on Europe's coasts

Gepostet von | 25 Oct 2022 | , , | 0

For weeks now, full LNG gas tankers have been anchored off the south-west coast of Spain, waiting for a date to unload their eagerly awaited cargo. Even though Spain has the largest regasification capacities in Europe with 6 terminals (35%) and the largest storage facilities in Europe with almost 45%, only one tanker per terminal can be unloaded at a time in a time-consuming and controlled manner. To do this, the deep-frozen and therefore liquid gas must be pumped out, reheated, discharged and stored. And if the storage capacities are then exhausted with up to 90% filling, even the best gas can no longer be transferred - especially as the storage...

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Naval aviators and DGzRS hand in hand - running!

Naval aviators and DGzRS hand in hand - running!

Gepostet von | 25 Oct 2022 | , , | 0

On 17 October, the naval aviators from Nordholz supported the German Maritime Search and Rescue Service (DgzRS) in a SAR mission. A seriously ill crew member of the Oslo ferry "Color Magic" was to be rescued by the sea rescuers from the DGzRS station in Laboe and was flown directly to a hospital in close cooperation with the German Navy's naval aviators. When she needed help, the ferry was about to leave the Kiel Fjord heading north. The German Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC Bremen) was alerted via the Norwegian control centre in Stavanger, which dispatched the rescue cruiser "Berlin" with a rescue doctor to Laboe and simultaneously requested a SAR helicopter from the German Navy....

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EuroNaval: Naval Group presents visionary eco-combat ship "Blue Shark"

EuroNaval: Naval Group presents visionary eco-combat ship "Blue Shark"

Gepostet von | 25 Oct 2022 | , , , | 1

After German Naval Yards had already shown off its "Seaguard 96", the design for a future environmentally friendly corvette combat ship, at the SMM maritime technology trade fair in Hamburg a month ago, Group Naval was now able to present its vision for an even more futuristic-looking ship on home turf in Le Bourget near Paris at EuroNaval. The combat ship of the future, built and operated with maximum environmental responsibility and the size of a frigate (160 metres - 5,500 tonnes), is initially called the "Blue Shark" - in other words "a beast of war with the blue environmental seal" on it! The concept ship is to consist of the latest technological building blocks, which will be designed for use, but also for environmental protection on...

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Repair of naval vessels in Bremerhaven

Repair of naval vessels in Bremerhaven

Gepostet von | 24 Oct 2022 | , , , | 0

Bredo Dry Docks in Bremerhaven looks back on a long tradition of repairing naval vessels. The shipyard developed from IVG Schiffs- und Motorenreparaturwerk, which was founded in 1957 and renamed Motorenwerke Bremerhaven in 1962. MWB was created from this in 1994. The company was already servicing and repairing naval vessels of all types, from speedboats to frigates. MWB's ship technology division was merged with Rickmers Lloyd Dockbetrieb in 2013 to form German Dry Docks. This included four of its own docks in Bremerhaven and a co-operation with the Lloyd shipyard for two further large docks. Between 2013 and 2016, numerous naval vessels were docked by the...

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France: Air defence exercises with the Aster air-to-air missile

France: Air defence exercises with the Aster air-to-air missile

Gepostet von | 24 Oct 2022 | , , | 0

The aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and the Horizon-class destroyer Chevalier Paul conducted air defence exercises with the Aster (MBDA/Thales) air-to-air missile on 4 October. The air defence destroyer fired Aster 30 (up to 100 kilometres) and the carrier Aster 15 (up to 30 kilometres) surface-to-air missiles at high-speed targets flying towards the simulated carrier group. The scenario was made even more realistic by electronically jamming the air target acquisition radars. To watch The following Twitter video provides a brief insight into the processes in the operations centre and on the upper deck: Watch video Outlook The Charles de Gaulle, commissioned in 2001, is the tenth French aircraft carrier. This ship is also the...

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