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Shipspotting: Corvette "Emden"

Shipspotting: Corvette "Emden"

Gepostet von | 19 May 2025 | , , , , | 0

Underway on a test voyage in the North Sea - Baltic Sea Canal The K 130 II class corvette. Lot was launched on o4. May 2023 as construction number 7 of the Braunschweig class at the traditional Hamburg shipyard Blohm & Voss, which has belonged to Lürssen Defence since 2016 and is now part of the NVL Group, was christened "Emden" by Ms Annette Lehnigk-Emden. The traditional name has had a special resonance in the navy since the days of the small cruiser "Emden" from the time of the First World War. The old class 122 frigate "Emden" had been decommissioned almost 10 years earlier. The name is back, the unit is waiting for the...

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Navy 2025: Deterrence and operational readiness

Navy 2025: Deterrence and operational readiness

Gepostet von | 14 May 2025 | , , | 1

When naval inspector Vice Admiral Jan Kaack presents a perfectly styled document a few days after the new and old Minister Pistorius takes office, one thing is clear: you don't produce something like this within a week. This crystal-clear brochure has been waiting to be the first indirect military policy statement from Boris Pistorius, agreed with the Inspector General, after his second oath of office. Today, the Inspector General invited a small group of selected journalists on a "city tour of the sea". He essentially presented the content of the new "Marine Course", after which he answered critical background questions from those present, some of whom were already familiar with the subject. It was about Russian aggression...

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Tamsen Maritim GmbH celebrates its 30th anniversary

Tamsen Maritim GmbH celebrates its 30th anniversary

Gepostet von | 14 May 2025 | , , , | 0

Tamsen Maritim GmbH celebrates the 30th anniversary of the re-establishment of the shipyard site in Rostock-Gehlsdorf In 1995, the shipyard Abeking & Rasmussen (Lemwerder) and Neptun Industrie Rostock jointly founded A&R Neptun Boat Service GmbH on the site of the former Neptun naval shipyard in Gehlsdorf. At that time, around DM 23 million was invested in new halls (total area 4300 m²), workshops and an administration building. The new shipyard also received a ship lift, with which ships and yachts weighing up to 1,000 tonnes can be docked. After an initial change of ownership in 2002, further investments were made in the production facilities. In 2009, the Hamburg entrepreneur Heiner Tamsen finally took over...

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Sassnitz - "Eventin" seized off the coast of Rügen

Sassnitz - "Eventin" seized off the coast of Rügen

Gepostet von | 13 May 2025 | , , , | 7

Update from 10/05/2025 see below With the seizure of the crude oil tanker "Eventin" (152,000 tdw), which is attributed to the Russian shadow fleet, Germany is skipping several stages of escalation, according to a sanctions expert. It is unclear what will happen to the ship and its cargo. Always close by: a ship from the Coast Guard Coordination Organisation. The Federal Coast Guard has been a coordination network of several federal authorities since 1994 - including BPol See, customs, the water police of the coastal states and the fisheries inspectorates. The "Eventin" has been anchored off Sassnitz since mid-January. The tanker was towed there after a total blackout (power failure) off Rügen and detained by the German authorities. End...

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Panama gets serious and withdraws the flag from sanctioned ships

Panama gets serious and withdraws the flag from sanctioned ships

Gepostet von | 12 May 2025 | , , , | 0

Die panamaische Schifffahrtsbehörde (PMA) hat 107 Schiffe aus ihrem Register gestrichen, weil sie gegen internationale Sanktionen verstoßen haben. Bei weiteren 18 Schiffen ist die Streichung aus dem Register in Vorbereitung. Der jetzige Schritt ist Teil eines konsequenten Vorgehens Panamas gegen die Umgehung von Regeln und Sanktionen. Insbesondere nach der Umsetzung eines im vergangenen Oktober erlassenen Exekutivdekrets wurde die PMA ermächtigt, Schiffsregistrierungen sofort zu annullieren, wenn Schiffe oder ihre Eigner auf internationalen Sanktionslisten erscheinen. Diese Maßnahme stelle sicher, dass[ds_preview] kein Schiff und kein Reeder, der mit illegalen Aktivitäten in Verbindung gebracht werde, unter panamaischer Flagge fahren kann, so die Behörde....

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