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Switzerland - MSC is the first shipping company to manage over 900 ships

Switzerland - MSC is the first shipping company to manage over 900 ships

Gepostet von | 28 May 2025 | , , | 0

The Geneva, Switzerland-based Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is not only the largest shipping company, but is also the first to reach a fleet of over 900 ships. This milestone was reached with the delivery of the container ship MSC GERMANY (Neopanamax, 16,000 TEU). This was reported by the French analysis company Alphaliner. This new addition is equipped with LNG propulsion and is the fifth ship in a series of twelve that were ordered from a Chinese shipyard in October 2022. According to Alphaliner, the MSC fleet consisted of 623 owned and 295 chartered and internally managed ships as at 27 May 2025. The total capacity thus amounted to...

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Change of course for the Zumwalt destroyers

Change of course for the Zumwalt destroyers

Gepostet von | 28 May 2025 | , , | 0

In der amerikanischen Medienöffentlichkeit stehen die futuristisch anmutenden Zerstörer der ZUMWALT-Klasse trotz ihres hohen technischen Entwicklungsstandes schon seit Jahren in der Kritik. Nun wagt die U.S. Navy einen Neustart. Das Ende des Kalten Krieges und der Zusammenbruch der Sowjetunion läuteten für die U.S. Navy eine Zeit unangefochtener Dominanz auf den Weltmeeren ein, in der Konflikte mit ebenbürtigen Gegnern auf hoher See eher unwahrscheinlich erschienen. Die Aufgaben der Seestreitkräfte bei der Feuerunterstützung an Land operierender Kräfte blieben hingegen unverändert,[ds_preview] wie etwa der Einsatz von Schlachtschiffen der IOWA-Klasse im Golfkrieg 1991 vor Augen führte. Mit der Außerdienststellung des letzten IOWA-Schlachtschiffs im...

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South Korea continues frigate programme with the FFX-IV

South Korea continues frigate programme with the FFX-IV

Gepostet von | 27 May 2025 | , , | 0

Seoul is continuing the renewal of its frigate fleet with determination. After six units of the Incheon class (115 metres, 3,200 tonnes) have been in service for ten years as FFX-I and the FFX-II with a new silhouette as Daegu class (122 metres, 3,600 tonnes) have proven themselves with eight units delivered in the last five years, six units of the FFX-III Chungnam class are now under construction at three South Korean shipyards (129 metres, 4,300 tonnes) - the type ship of this class is about to enter service. However, as there is still a 30-year-old partial stock of three KDX-I destroyers, seven Ulsan frigates and 16 Pohang corvettes in the...

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France's ears in the Baltic Sea

France's ears in the Baltic Sea

Gepostet von | 27 May 2025 | , , | 0

A few hundred metres past each other When the Russian corvette RFS "Stoikiy" (Steregushchiy class) "turned" into the Langelandbelt on Friday last week (we reported) after passing Fehmarn running north-west, the French reconnaissance vessel FS "Dupuy de Lome" (A 759), which was on the opposite course, had a convenient "found meal". The two ships met at the southern end of the island of Langeland at a distance of a few hundred metres. The modern reconnaissance platform, which entered service with the German Navy in 2006 and is 101 metres long and displaces 3,600 tonnes, only had to activate its sensors and hope to detect as many emissions of any kind as possible.

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Hamburg - Hapag-Lloyd reports slump in shipments

Hamburg - Hapag-Lloyd reports slump in shipments

Gepostet von | 26 May 2025 | , , | 0

Hapag-Lloyd customers have cancelled 30 per cent of shipments from China to the US because they were spooked by the trade conflict between the world's two largest economies, a spokesman for the German container shipping group said. Instead, there has been a "massive increase" in demand for products and shipments from Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, the spokesperson added. The tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump on goods from China have triggered a trade conflict that had led to 145% US tariffs on Chinese goods and 125% Chinese tariffs on US goods. It remains to be seen whether the tariff agreement between China and the US that has now been reached will...

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