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South Korean Navy in Hamburg

Visit by two South Korean naval vessels to the Hanseatic city The training ship ROKS HANSANDO and the supply vessel ROKS HWACHEON are visiting the Hanseatic city for the first time and will be offering Open Ship from 29 to 31 October 2023. Arriving from Halifax/Canada, both South Korean navy ships will moor at the Überseebrücke at around 10.00 a.m. on Sunday, 29 October 2023. The ROKS HANSANDO is a training ship that was commissioned in 2021, is 142 metres long and 25 metres wide and has hybrid propulsion. In addition to a regular crew of around 120, there can be up to 300 student officers on board. All cadets are in their third...

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Naval association calls for more appreciation for veterans

At the 112th Congress of Representatives of the German Naval Association in Hamelin, around 200 delegates called on the German government to establish a Veterans' Day. In the years 2000 -2009 alone, around 112 soldiers died and 72,381 were injured in the line of duty. Soldiers serve the Federal Republic of Germany faithfully. They bravely defend the law and freedom of the German people and, as the figures quoted show, often at the cost of their physical integrity or even their lives. Soldiers have a special relationship of loyalty to our state and are exposed to increasing burdens and dangers. For this reason, service in the...

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Benefit concert in Bremen Cathedral

The Wilhelmshaven Naval Music Corps plays for the campaign "Sorgenkinder in Bundeswehrfamilien" The Bremen State Command is delighted to be able to organise a very special concert event. Together with the Bundeswehr-Sozialwerk e.V., there will be a charity concert on 2 November 2023 in St. Peter's Cathedral in Bremen. The Wilhelmshaven Naval Music Corps will be performing under the direction of Frigate Captain Matthias Prock. The proceeds from the evening will be donated to the Bundeswehr Social Organisation's "Sorgenkinder in Bundeswehrfamilien" campaign. The patron of the event is Bremen's mayor Dr Andreas Bovenschulte. Orchestra conductor Matthias Prock promises friends of church music an incomparable evening: with his orchestra, he wants to capture the special magic of the cathedral...

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SAR base training

Great success of the pilot seminar on SAR basic training organised by the DMYV in cooperation with Visiomare GmbH from Bremen The first of two pilot seminars for instructors on SAR basic training organised by the DMYV in cooperation with Visiomare GmbH in Bremen was a complete success. The aim of the seminar was to enable water sports enthusiasts to communicate clearly in an emergency at sea and, if necessary, to take part in professionally guided search procedures in order to improve safety at sea. The programme included the introduction and relevance of the topic "Assistance at sea", definitions, basics for the SAR service, raising the alarm in an emergency at sea, communication in the SAR service, drift factors and search procedures....

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HVO: How to make mtu engines (almost) climate-neutral

„Verzichten Sie auf Dieselkraftstoff, aber nicht auf den Dieselmotor! Mit HVO lassen sich bis zu 90 Prozent der CO2-Emissionen verhindern.“ Dieser - beim ersten Lesen - scheinbare Widerspruch soll im Folgenden aufgelöst werden. Dazu ist ein Exkurs in die Entwicklung nachhaltiger Kraftstoffe notwendig, den die Firma mtu zur Erläuterung ihrer obigen Behauptung anbietet. Was ist HVO?[ds_preview] HVO (Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil, also "hydriertes" Pflanzenöl) ist ein erneuerbarer Kraftstoff und gehört zur Produktfamilie der C.A.R.E.-Diesel (CO2-Reduzierung, Kältebeständigkeit (Arctic Grade), Erneuerbar (Renewable) und Emissionsreduktion). Die Produktfamilie wurde im Jahr 2013 von der TOOL-FUEL Services GmbH ins Leben gerufen, um auch am deutschen...

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