The Local Germany

Navy rescues angler after 27 hours adrift in Baltic

Tue, 13 Oct 2015 12:47:22 +0200

The German navy rescued a fisherman who had been stranded in the Baltic Sea for 27 hours, after spotting him by chance while on exercise on Monday.

Germans rescued from sinking ship off Iceland

Fri, 09 Aug 2013 16:02:00 +0200

Twelve Germans, including seven children, were rescued off Iceland overnight after their sailboat took on water in bad weather and later sank, the coastguard said on Friday.

Kurdish protesters take over another boat

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:12:00 +0200

Supporters of the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) took control of a pleasure boat in Hamburg on Thursday, in the second such incident in Germany in the last week.

Steinmeier wants Germany to fight pirates

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:28:00 +0100

Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Thursday he wants German military forces to take part in an EU mission to combat a growing number of pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia.

Scientists discover stunning red fluorescence in reef fish

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:45:00 +0200

Scientists at the University of Tübingen have discovered that reef fish communicate with a spectacular red fluorescence – a challenge to the previous notion that fish were unable to process the colour.

German cargo ship reportedly hijacked off Somali coast

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:55:00 +0200

The Kuala Lumpur-based International Maritime Bureau's piracy reporting centre said on Thursday that a German cargo ship was hijacked along with two other ships off the Somali coast in an unprecedented series of attacks.

High seas injure 23 German ferry passengers

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:02:00 +0200

Twenty-three ferry passengers were injured on Monday evening when high seas broke one of the boats windows, German police reported on Tuesday morning.

German couple kidnapped by pirates beg for medical help

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:44:00 +0200

The German couple kidnapped by pirates off the coast of Somalia last month were able to speak to Der Spiegel and have begged for help, according to reports by the German news magazine late on Tuesday.

Barge collision causes huge oil spill near Hamburg

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:31:00 +0200

Some 400 tonnes of diesel fuel spilled into the Elbe River near Altengamme after two barges collided, police in Hamburg reported on Wednesday.