Category: Shipping

Cologne-based engine manufacturer eyes tkMS

Cologne-based engine manufacturer eyes tkMS

Gepostet von | 27 Jan 2025 | , , , | 0

The traditional Cologne-based company Deutz has expressed interest in taking over the thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (tkMS) naval shipyard, according to the Handelsblatt report. Thyssenkrupp, parent company and steel manufacturer from the Ruhr region, has been examining various options for the future of its marine division tkMS, which is internationally renowned for the construction of submarines in particular, for some time. The CEO of tkMS is also in favour of the company's independence with industrial partnerships. Supply and demand After the planned sale to US investor Carlyle fell through due to political concerns, there is now a new candidate in the form of engine manufacturer Deutz. According to tkMS, however, several companies have made confidential enquiries.

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Estonia protects submarine cable

Estonia protects submarine cable

Gepostet von | 24 Jan 2025 | , , , | 0

Estonia has also directly deployed a naval vessel to monitor the underwater infrastructure in the Baltic Sea after Finland detained the oil tanker "Eagle S", which is part of the Russian shadow fleet. The tanker is suspected of having damaged the Estlink 2 power cable with its anchor on 25 December 2024. This is the third incident of this kind within a year. Since then, the coast guard vessel "Raju" (P6732, 44 metres in length) has been patrolling the sea area of Estlink 1, a 105-kilometre-long power line between Finland and Estonia. "Our task is to immediately send a clear message that we are ready to protect the connections between Estonia and Finland with military...

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Scrapping old ships cleanly!

Scrapping old ships cleanly!

Gepostet von | 22 Jan 2025 | , , , | 0

The new Hong Kong Convention is intended to make the scrapping of end-of-life ships safer and cleaner. The existing EU regulations are complicated. The Maritime Cluster Northern Germany (MCN) supports ship owners and recycling companies in understanding the new regulations. With the entry into force of the Hong Kong Convention of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), international regulations for the recycling of ships will apply from the end of June 2025. However, in addition to the new regulations and the EU Ship Recycling Regulation (EU SRR), which has been fully implemented since 2020, other regulations also apply. The Maritime Cluster Northern Germany, together with the GreenShipping Niedersachsen competence centre, has therefore published an "Overview of the regulations for ship recycling...

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Rostock: Accident on the Warnow

Rostock: Accident on the Warnow

Gepostet von | 21 Jan 2025 | , , | 0

An unmanoeuvrable Dutch freighter has been safely towed back to Rostock's overseas port from the Unterwarnow. The 122 metre long freighter "Lingeborg" (7,350 tonnes) was wrecked near the Neptun shipyard at the beginning of January. According to Rostock's port captain, the ship had a blackout and was drifting unmanoeuvrable due to the strong south-westerly winds in the direction of the sea channel to the Baltic Sea. The captain carried out an emergency anchoring manoeuvre, as a result of which two fairway buoys were touched. The two harbour tugs "Fairplay 55" and "Fairplay 64" then towed the stricken vessel back to the overseas port where the "Lingeborg" had previously cast off. After around 60 minutes, the Warnow fairway was clear again. Nobody was injured. Still...

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Change of command on the "Frankfurt am Main"

Change of command on the "Frankfurt am Main"

Gepostet von | 20 Jan 2025 | , , , | 0

On Thursday, 16 January 2025, the commander of the troop squadron, Kapitän zur See Andreas Schmekel, handed over command of the Einsatzgruppenversoger (EGV) "Frankfurt am Main" from frigate captain Hanno Weisensee to frigate captain Sebastian Fliege at the Wilhelmshaven naval base. "After five years in command of the EGV 'Frankfurt am Main', it's time for me to leave the bridge and hand over the helm to my successor," says outgoing commander Frigate Captain Weisensee. In his speech, Frigate Captain Weisensee compared his five years in command to a rollercoaster ride. He took command of the "Frankfurt am Main" during the shipyard phase, which was anything but easy from...

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