Category: Marines from all over the world

China, Iran, Russia: Joint naval exercises in the Gulf of Oman

China, Iran, Russia: Joint naval exercises in the Gulf of Oman

Gepostet von | 28 Mar 2023 | , , , | 0

From 15 to 19 March 2023, units of the Chinese, Iranian and Russian navies conducted a joint naval manoeuvre in the area between Muscat (Oman) and Chahbahar (Iran). According to a statement from the Russian Ministry of Defence, ten units took part in the "Maritime Safety Belt" exercise: China provided the destroyer 155 "Nanjing" (Type 052D), Russia the frigate "Admiral Gorshkov" and its tanker "Kama", Iran the frigates "Sahand" and "Jamaran", the corvette "Bayandor", the missile boat "Tondar", the small missile ship "Zerekh", additionally the supply ship "Sirzhan" and transporter "Shahid Nazeri", as well as other ships and watercraft. According to Iranian sources, the naval component of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) will also be equipped with smaller vessels...

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Spain's Armada loses a flagpole

Spain's Armada loses a flagpole

Gepostet von | 17 Mar 2023 | , , | 0

After 43 years of service in the Spanish Armada, initially as a powerful combat frigate and for the last 20 years only lightly armed as a patrol vessel (OPV), the "Infanta Elena" (Princess Helena, eldest daughter of Juan Carlos I) will now also retire from active service in mid-March as the penultimate unit of the "Descubierta" class. She was the third ship of this class, built in Cartagena at the Navantia shipyard, which at that time still bore the proud name "Empresa Nacional Bazán de Construcciones Navales Militares". The fourth "Descubierta" frigate was then named after Christina, the younger sister of the reigning King of Spain. Of the original six units, there are currently...

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Record profit CMA CGM invests in fleet and logistics

Record profit CMA CGM invests in fleet and logistics

Gepostet von | 13 Mar 2023 | , , | 0

Die französische Linienreederei CMA CGM hat für 2022 einen Gewinn von knapp 25 Mrd. $ eingefahren. Das in Marseille ansässige Unternehmen meldete für das vierte Quartal einen Gewinn von gut 3 Mrd. $. Das war zwar weniger als im gleichen Zeitraum des Vorjahres. [ds_preview] Doch in den anderen drei Quartalen wurden Rekordeinnahmen erzielt. So stehen unter dem Strich 24,9 Mrd. $. Zum Vergleich: Bei Hapag-Lloyd waren es »Unsere Gruppe hat 2022 ein außergewöhnliches, historisches Ergebnis erzielt, das es uns ermöglicht hat, in erheblichem Umfang in unser gesamtes Geschäft zu investieren, die Energiewende voranzutreiben und den geschaffenen Wert mit unseren Mitarbeitern zu teilen«,...

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Bremerhaven: Armaments hub like in the old days

Bremerhaven: Armaments hub like in the old days

Gepostet von | 1 Mar 2023 | , , | 0

In the harbour town on the Weser, the incoming and outgoing ships have always been registered - and the profile changes with every change in the general weather situation. After the war, as before, it was the traditional fishing vessels of the fishing industry in the southern part of the city and the American military transporters that supplied the Western Alliance's gateway north of the Geeste. Fishing had already died out in the 1970s, and the flow of material from the USA dried up in the 1990s. This marked the transition to the ever larger container ships and later also the huge car ferries, which were used to transport the German goods...

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USA: Selfie with balloon goes viral

USA: Selfie with balloon goes viral

Gepostet von | 28 Feb 2023 | , , | 0

The US Department of Defence has now published a photo that is said to have made a big splash in the Pentagon. It is a - obviously officially welcome - selfie from the cockpit of a U-2 reconnaissance aircraft flying over the Chinese balloon. Reconnaissance It was taken at the beginning of the crossing of the North American continent, when the object was reconnoitred at 18,200 metres (60,000 feet) using aircraft with the appropriate altitude capability. The single-seat reconnaissance and surveillance jets of the joint US-Canadian NORAD (North American Aerospace Defence Command) usually operate in this altitude band and above. The pilot wears a full-body pressure suit, similar to those worn by astronauts. He identified the aircraft, but undertook...

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