From January 9 to 10, 2019, the 59th Historical-Tactical-Meeting of the German Navy took place in Linstow near Rostock with more than 500 participants. In his welcome address, Deputy Chief of the German Navy, Vice Admiral Rainer Brinkmann, outlined the cause and purpose of the topic “Sea. War. Leadership as the basis of operational strategic…

The 12th Maritime Convention attracted representatives from politics, business, science and the military to panels and lectures at the State Representation Schleswig-Holstein in Berlin with the topic “Challenges to maritime spaces in times of change”. The organizers, the “German Maritime Institute” together with “Griephan” have managed to gather 162 maritime experts on the challenging issues…

On the penultimate day of this year’s Kiel Week, about 350 visitors found their way to the Kiel naval base to attend the annual highlight of this event, “Departure of the tall ships called Windjammer Parade” The northern part of the outer pier (Scheermole) with a fantastic view of the Kiel Fjord was closed for…

Rear Admiral Karsten Schneider and the President of the DMI, Vice Admiral (retd.) Hans-Joachim Stricker welcomed 33 attending members to this year’s members meeting in Wilhelmshaven. This was followed by the honoring of the four members who died in 2017 and this year. In his (last) annual report, the chairman, Rear Admiral Karsten Schneider, looked…

The importance of maritime dependencies for Germany as a business location is an important factor for high-technology and export-dependent federal state “Baden-Wuerttemberg”. How can free, reliable maritime links be secured for global trade flows? What aspects of maritime security are to be found in the economic environment? What will the German Navy look like in the…