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China's success in the Port of Hamburg

China's success in the Port of Hamburg

Gepostet von | 28 Oct 2021 | , , | 0

The Chinese state-owned shipping company Cosco has acquired a stake in Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG's (HHLA) Tollerort container terminal (CTT) in the Port of Hamburg via its terminal operator Cosco Shipping Ports (CSPL). The parties involved on both sides have so far remained silent about the amount of the investment, prompting one commentator to state that the negotiations with the Chinese are as transparent as the decision-making processes in the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party. HHLA, which for a long time had only communicated a "minority stake", has since admitted that Cosco's shareholding is between 30 and 40 per cent. Port experts in the Hanseatic city assume that 40 per cent is more likely...

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Between disinterest and a new Great Game

Between disinterest and a new Great Game

Gepostet von | 26 Oct 2021 | , , , | 0

Over the past few decades, America has paid little attention to the Arctic. However, the increased involvement of Russia and China is also driving the USA northwards again. The United States has been the world's strongest superpower for around a century, but is it also an Arctic power? When Paul Kennedy caused a furore in the 1980s with his bestseller "The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers" and predicted the creeping decline of the USA, his diagnosis was clearly premature. Just a few years later, the implosion and subsequent territorial collapse of the Soviet Union meant that the only serious rival for power was out of the race. The...

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US Navy - fourth FORD-class carrier named after Miller

US Navy - fourth FORD-class carrier named after Miller

Gepostet von | 25 Oct 2021 | , , | 1

While one of the carriers is being tested to bursting point, Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia is already working on the latest, fourth FORD-class carrier with the first steel cut. After two presidents (Ford, Kennedy) and the traditional ENTERPRISE, this carrier is named after Doris "Dorie" Miller, a cook on the battleship WEST VIRGINIA, who was the first African-American to be personally awarded the Navy Cross of Merit by Admiral Chester W. Nimitz in 1942. During the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, he had operated an anti-aircraft gun for a quarter of an hour without ever having been trained to do so, not without first removing his seriously injured commander from the line of fire...

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Between wealth and poverty

Between wealth and poverty

Gepostet von | 25 Oct 2021 | , , | 0

Far from the public eye, violence is escalating in the East African country of Mozambique. The jihadist insurgency also has a maritime dimension. At the end of March 2021, jihadist fighters linked to the Islamic State attacked the coastal town of Palma in northern Mozambique. According to media reports, several dozen people were killed during several days of fighting around the city of 75,000 inhabitants. The media response that followed the events in Palma brought global public attention to a conflict that has been characterised by violence since 2017 for the first time on a large scale. Since then, the clashes in the country have increasingly escalated. So far...

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US Navy - Carlos del Toro new Secretary of the Navy

US Navy - Carlos del Toro new Secretary of the Navy

Gepostet von | 25 Oct 2021 | , , | 0

President Joe Biden still had to fill a high-ranking gap in the Navy that his predecessor had left him. The post of Secretary of the Navy was only temporarily filled following the unfortunate performances of various personalities during the coronavirus pandemic. After being nominated by the President in June, acknowledged by Congress and heard by the Senate Armed Services Committee in July, Cuban-born Carlos del Toro was confirmed in office at the beginning of August and sworn in at the Pentagon by Secretary of Defence Lloyd J. Austin III at the end of August. Del Toro had left the US Navy after 22 years as a commander to serve in the...

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