https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed In June 1886 Bismarck was still German Chancellor and Daimler and Benz were fiddling around with their first attempts at motorized engines. That same year a bottle was thrown into the ocean and remained lost - until now. https://www.thelocal.de/20180306/german-message-in-bottle-takes-132-years-to-be-found-smashing-world-record Tue, 06 Mar 2018 16:28:34 +0100 german-message-in-bottle-takes-132-years-to-be-found-smashing-world-record The first years proved a difficult start for Germany's only deep-water port, Wilhelmshaven's Jade-Weser-Port container hub, inaugurated in 2012. But now its operators are seeking to make it a top terminal for supersize ships. https://www.thelocal.de/20150823/deep-water-port-ready-for-giant-ships Sun, 23 Aug 2015 12:16:18 +0200 deep-water-port-ready-for-giant-ships The port of Hamburg is set for a record year, quelling fears that sanctions placed on Russian trade would affect its 2014 business, it said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20141124/port-numbers-growing-despite-russian-loss Mon, 24 Nov 2014 18:18:00 +0100 port-numbers-growing-despite-russian-loss A German researcher is leading the charge to develop fully automated ships, making it possible to ferry cargo across the oceans without any crew on board. But many hurdles remain. https://www.thelocal.de/20140409/german-researchers-raise-spectre-of-unmanned-robot-ships-2 Wed, 09 Apr 2014 13:36:00 +0200 german-researchers-raise-spectre-of-unmanned-robot-ships-2 After a freighter went up in flames at the start of the month while carrying radioactive material into Hamburg's harbour, it has emerged that the German port city receives such hazardous cargo up to seven times a month. https://www.thelocal.de/20130517/49777 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:47:00 +0200 49777 German soldiers are moonlighting illegally at private security firms while off-duty, a newspaper revealed on Monday. Working as heavily armed guards on freighters or in war-zones, some do it for the cash and others for the adrenaline kick. https://www.thelocal.de/20130430/49435 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:54:00 +0200 49435 Troubled German regional bank HSH Nordbank has reached a deal with Greek shipping company Navios enabling the bank to cut its exposure to bad shipping loans in a deal it says could become a blueprint for the industry. https://www.thelocal.de/20130423/49311 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:12:00 +0200 49311 Two German tourists and an Australian have been rescued following two days in the sea in the central Philippines after their boat capsized while they were island hopping, the coast guard said Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20121221/46905 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 09:02:00 +0100 46905 The biggest cargo ship in the world pulled into Hamburg harbour for the first time on Wednesday morning to unload 4,000 containers, signalling the beginning of regular visits for the giant vessel. https://www.thelocal.de/20121212/46719 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 09:12:00 +0100 46719 The northern city of Hamburg is planning to build the tallest lighthouse in Europe, with a tower nearly 100 metres tall for its busy harbour. https://www.thelocal.de/20121204/46547 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 08:47:00 +0100 46547 Pirates released a German-owned tanker off Togo on Friday, a day after capturing it, the International Maritime Bureau said as it warned of a rising number of attacks in the Gulf of Guinea. https://www.thelocal.de/20121006/45395 Sat, 06 Oct 2012 13:48:00 +0200 45395 A tanker carrying 1,300 tons of sulphuric acid which ran aground in the Rhine early on Thursday morning, has been freed without incident. https://www.thelocal.de/20120705/43573 Thu, 05 Jul 2012 12:07:00 +0200 43573 A German ship which was stopped and searched in the Mediterranean on suspicion of smuggling arms to Syria has been given the all-clear by Turkish authorities which found no weapons on board. https://www.thelocal.de/20120425/42159 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:06:00 +0200 42159 A German freighter thought to be taking Iranian weapons to the Syrian government – in violation of the European embargo - has been stopped. The shipping firm has denied all reports of the ship having arms on board. https://www.thelocal.de/20120416/41981 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:33:00 +0200 41981 Finnish customs authorities have impounded 69 Patriot missiles and 150 tons of explosives from a ship loaded in Germany and bound for China. German officials say the shipment was a legal sale to South Korea, but the ship was not licensed for the cargo. https://www.thelocal.de/20111222/39681 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:17:00 +0100 39681 German heavy industry giant ThyssenKrupp said on Monday it had agreed to sell its non-military shipbuilding activities Blohm + Voss to British investment fund Star Capital Partners. https://www.thelocal.de/20111212/39457 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:31:00 +0100 39457 The British WWII bomb discovered in Koblenz is causing an even bigger evacuation effort this week than when it and many others were dropped over the city in 1944, destroying nearly everything. https://www.thelocal.de/20111130/39193 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:04:00 +0100 39193 Plans are being made to evacuate nearly half the residents of Koblenz next weekend so that a 1.8 tonnes British WWII bomb found in the Rhine River can be defused. Two hospitals and a prison are within the evacuation zone. https://www.thelocal.de/20111128/39157 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:42:00 +0100 39157 Former owner of the bankrupt Beluga shipping firm Niels Stolberg has been accused of funnelling money donated to rebuild a school in Thailand after the 2004 tsunami in Asia into his company’s coffers as he battled to keep it afloat. https://www.thelocal.de/20111005/38017 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:01:00 +0200 38017 A large container ship nearly sunk in Hamburg’s port late on Monday after a crash into another ship that left emergency officials scrambling to contain the damage. https://www.thelocal.de/20110920/37695 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:08:00 +0200 37695