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Meanwhile, Lürssen will acquire FSG's Rendsburg shipyard with Nobiskrug set to operate out of the neighbouring Lürssen-Kröger shipyard.  According to FSG, the group's provisional insolvency administrators, Hendrik Gittermann and Christoph Morgen, are prepared to accept these offers the week after insolvency proceedings have begun. "We have managed to find two renowned strategic investors for FSG and Nobiskrug within the extremely tight time frame of just seven weeks," said Morgen, indicating that the Flensburg facility is poised to resume the build of an LNG-powered RoRo (roll-on/roll-off) vessel for Australian shipping company SeaRoad.  To continue reading... you need to register... Gain FREE access to industry analysis, interviews with marine industry leaders and all the latest news as it happens. Yes, please send me BOATPro News email newsletter, delivered every Wednesday. SubscribeSign up to our newslettersSign up to BOAT International email newsletters to get the latest superyacht news Boat International Media Ltd © 2008 - 2025 Content presented under the "BOAT Presents" logo is an advertising feature and Boat International Limited has been paid to include this content at its yard in Schacht-Audorf alongside the Kiel Canal The large building hall and a superyacht inside have been destroyed but firefighters were able to contain the fire at the Rendsburg facility The fire department reports it received a call of a fire at 9:20 a.m local time approximately 20 minutes after workers in the hall saw smoke and determined there was “a smoldering fire.” Unconfirmed reports are saying the fire began on the luxury yacht The yachting trade is suggesting that the vessel is the Honolulu a 246-foot vessel valued at $250 million being built for a Saudi Arabian billionaire Yesterday on social media Lürssen posted a picture of a chrome-covered yacht in a dry dock but it is unclear if this is the vessel at this yard Witnesses told the local media that there were several explosions in the yard and the fire spread quickly Lürssen reports evacuation procedures were followed for the approximately 100 employees all told to leave the yard Smoke from the fire was blowing over the city causing at least 30 residents to be evacuated from their homes Operations on the Kiel Canal were briefly stopped while fireboats responded to the scene The canal was able to maintain its operations as the smoke was blowing in the other direction The fireboats remained at the shipyard helping to fight the inferno The fire department reports over 300 personnel reported to the scene along with two evacuation helicopters and multiple ambulances One person was taken to a hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation while local reports said as many as 24 others were being checked onsite for exposure to the smoke Firefighters were attempting to enter the hall but reported temperatures were reaching 1000 degrees inside forcing them to attempt to control the fire from outside By mid-morning the roof and some of the exterior walls of the building hall had collapsed The hall measures over 320 feet (100 meters) in length and stands nearly 100 feet (30 meters) the fire crews said it had been fully contained but they expected to be on site into the night and possibly till Wednesday fighting the remaining fire Lürssen shipyard Rendsburg which was hit by the fire today (Lürssen file photo) Lürssen issued a brief statement saying that there were no major injuries and thanking the fast actions of the fire crews They emphasized the cause of the fire was unknown at this time The shipyard is part of the Lürssen group which dates to 1875 They operate multiple locations in Germany with reports saying this yard was focused on large ship construction and undertakes some repair work Workers at the yard told the local media they were concerned for their jobs as a key portion of the yard appeared to be destroyed Progress on Nobiskrug's highly-anticipated 77m Project Black Shark has taken an exciting step with the arrival of the new build’s hull at the builder's Rendsburg facility yesterday The towing of a hull from Kiel to Rendsburg always marks a significant milestone in a Nobiskrug new build project For Black Shark, the construction of which is being uniquely covered by the media the landmark has been complemented with the publishing of new renderings generous volume and striking colour scheme It took the power of two tugs to haul the hull from the Kiel facility on the shores of the Baltic Sea setting off at 10am in the direction of Rendsburg Black Shark’s hull passed through locks before entering the Kiel Canal where it spent three hours travelling at the maximum speed of eight knots It completed the journey on the River Eider arriving at Nobiskrug's facility in Rendsburg at 1:30pm the hull will be painted matte black to mimic the texture of the skin of a black shark metallic silver colour to complement the mast which has been designed to resemble a shark fin The dark exterior colour will wrap three decks which have been specifically designed by British studio Winch Design to emphasise the yacht’s voluminous 2,080gt "Following the keel laying in February this year we are excited to see Black Shark entering the next phase of the build process which will commence at our facility in Rendsburg,” says Fadi Pataq Imperial acted as broker for the sale and continue as owner’s representative and construction supervisor throughout the entire build “It’s a new milestone achieved for this exciting project [and] a step closer to the final delivery," adds Imperial Director Julia Stewart "Her detailed and astonishing black hull will certainly impress the world when [the time comes for] her first official splash into the water.” SuperyachtNews will be following the project as the build progresses Nobiskrug IMPERIAL YACHTS delivered directly from The Superyacht Group's editors and market analysts Stay at the forefront of the superyacht industry with SuperyachtNewsweek The superstructure of the 77m project has been mounted at Nobiskrug's facilities Please select exactly what you would like to receive from us by ticking the boxes below: The superyacht makes its maiden splash in Kiel “It’s a rewarding feeling for all involved,” says Nobiskrug director Fadi Pataq “It’s the first time when you see all the designers’ sketches take shape all the arguments and all the agreements coming together We sometimes lose sight of how many people it takes to get a yacht from inception to completion.” It is hard to believe looking at her coherent form in the water but the hull was built in three huge sections that were welded together at the end of the construction process the ready-made superstructure was lowered into position and married to the hull over the course of three weeks two tugs bustle alongside and take lines attached to temporary eyelets welded to the bow and stern the lead tug starts – ever so gently – to prise the dormant hull away from the quay It picks up speed and turns north towards the entrance of the famous Kiel Canal up which the boats must travel to reach Nobiskrug’s superyacht outfitting yard at Rendsburg The locks at the mouth of the canal are designed to accommodate ships up to 235 metres long and 32.5 metres in the beam. Though her 77 metres don’t fill the chamber, Black Shark dominates the lock The water level inside drops around a metre before the inner gate slides slowly back and the yacht is on her way again intact Torah scroll sheet known to exist – a vital link to the founding documents of Judaism – was recently purchased by the Library of Congress for the public’s benefit with help from Rutgers-New Brunswick scholar Gary Rendsburg.  The oldest legible, intact Torah scroll sheet known to exist – a vital link to the founding documents of Judaism – was recently purchased by the Library of Congress for the public’s benefit, with help from Rutgers-New Brunswick scholar Gary Rendsburg The story of the Jews’ flight from Egypt is contained on the sheet which was written in Hebrew on vellum – calfskin parchment – in the Middle East during the 10th or 11th centuries C.E It is about a millennium younger than the Dead Sea Scrolls while the copy that Rendsburg helped identify is a nearly complete scroll sheet.  originally would have been sewn to other sheets to make a scroll.  The parchment contains portions It commences in the middle of chapter 10 and ends in the middle of chapter 16 “While the United States is a country built on the separation of church and state, religion has always played a major role in this country,” said Rendsburg, who holds the Blanche and Irving Laurie Chair of Jewish History in the Department of Jewish Studies in the School of Arts and Sciences Rendsburg’s connection to the scroll sheet came via his connection to a former student who heads the Hebraic Section of the Library of Congress’s African and Middle Eastern Division.  Rendsburg recalled that Brener sent him an email with a link to an entry in a private catalog describing the scroll sheet – no photograph Was this a 1,000-year-old Torah scroll sheet “I knew immediately what it was,” Rendsburg recalled. “It had been sold at a Christie’s auction in 2001, and Jordan Penkower, a scholar at Israel’s Bar Ilan University had written a scholarly paper about it in 2002.” The description Brener sent Rendsburg was very similar to Penkower’s description Rendsburg told his former student that the item was indeed highly valuable and would be an important addition to the Library’s collection The Hebrew manuscript begins with Exodus 10 in which God sends Moses and Aaron to the Egyptian ruler with the demand “Let my people go.” It contains chapter 15 which praises God for freeing the people of Israel from slavery: “I will sing to the Lord Both horse and rider he has hurled into the sea.” Rutgers is an equal access/equal opportunity institution. 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Contact webmaster You don't have permission to access the page you requested What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed The 39 members of the young Lancaster team performed superbly at the event in Rendsburg The Games has been taking place since the mid-70s as a way to strengthen links between Lancaster and its twin towns The four countries involved take it in turns to host Lancaster was represented in five sports - athletics 7 silver and 9 bronze (some of the Games competitors are pictured below images from the International Youth Games - Lancaster Facebook page) A spokesperson for the Lancaster team said: "We also had two leaders come away with gold medals (had to mention these apparently!) "A special note that our swimmers topped the swimming medal table but the memories will last a whole lot longer than the medals "We would like to thank Rendsburg for a fantastic few days "We would like to thank all the organisers along with all the participants and leaders from other cities that make the Youth Games great "We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all our participants for their excellent behaviour during this trip and all the additional training they have done leading up towards this event and not forgetting their parents for the time taken to ferry people around and the obvious financial support of the Games we must thank our amazing team of leaders and volunteers who work all year round to make this one week special for all those that take part every single person involved in the team is a volunteer we will start planning fro Aalborg 2025 (which is 50 years since the first Youth Games)!" Read more: Lancaster team ready for International Youth Games in Germany - Beyond Radio Real Local Radio Across North Lancashire & Morecambe Bay - 103.5FM Link IconCopy linkFacebook LogoShare on FacebookXShare on XEmailShare via EmailLink copied to clipboardAncient Torah scroll sheet preserved for public display A Rutgers professor played a vital role in its acquisitionThe Library of Congress recently got its hands on a Torah scroll sheet that dates to the 10th or 11th century the earliest known legible version of the "Song of the Sea" - and a Rutgers expert played a vital role in its acquisition The Library of Congress recently got its hands on a Torah scroll sheet that dates to the 10th or 11th century the earliest known legible version of the "Song of the Sea" and an invaluable find — and a Rutgers University professor played a vital role in its acquisition Detailing the flight of the Jewish people from Egypt the vellum sheet measures 23 by 23.5 inches and contains Exodus 10:10 to 16:15 beginning with the "Ten Plagues" and continuing through the "Song of the Sea." Though the oldest legible Torah scroll sheets are the Dead Sea Scrolls which predate the "Song of the Sea" scrolls by around 1,000 years head of the Hebraic section of the Library of Congress' African and Middle Eastern division "What makes this scroll sheet so special is that it is the oldest legible scroll sheet in which the 'Song of the Sea' – the song in which the children of Israel celebrate the transition from slavery to freedom – is written," she said helped to identify the scroll sheet before the library purchased it from a bookseller's catalog Brener happened across the Torah sheet scroll in a private catalog that offered only a description of the sheet A former student of Rendsburg's at the Graduate School at Cornell University she sent him the link to the catalog via email hoping that he would be able to help identify the scroll sheet by description the same text was sold at Christie's in London at auction," Rendsburg said professor Jordan Penkower of Israel's Bar Ilan University was invited to London to study the manuscript and wrote a scholarly article detailing its authenticity Rendsburg had read Penkower's 20-page treatise and knew right away that the scroll sheet Brener found was Penkower's subject of study Much of the history of the scroll sheet's travel remains hazy but historians have been able to fill in a few of the gaps Rendsburg said its Hebrew letters tell them it was written somewhere in the Middle East this single part of the scroll was preserved On the back of the sheet is an inscription from around 1860 indicating that it was given by a group of Jews living in Crimea to the archduke brother of the czar of Russia that it was folded and smuggled out of the country based on folds on the sheet The scroll sheet's history until it was sold in England is unclear the scroll sheet is on display in the Great Hall of the Library of Congress until mid-April beside the Guttenberg Bible the scroll sheet's acquisition by the Library of Congress marked a once-in-a-lifetime turn of events "The story of Exodus is one of the foundational texts of Western culture It figures largely in the American narrative about freedom and it resonates powerfully with American history it seemed to me vitally important to acquire this piece for the Library of Congress," Brener said "I'm grateful that I was in a position to be involved "This Torah scroll sheet is a curator's dream from the very first moment you see it in the bookseller's catalog '#' : location.hash;window._cf_chl_opt.cOgUQuery = location.search === '' && location.href.slice(0 location.href.length - window._cf_chl_opt.cOgUHash.length).indexOf('?') !== -1 '?' : location.search;if (window.history && window.history.replaceState) {var ogU = location.pathname + window._cf_chl_opt.cOgUQuery + window._cf_chl_opt.cOgUHash;history.replaceState(null "\/the-exodus-debunking-the-debunkers\/?__cf_chl_rt_tk=ombOWOTNcupZL3pu_jJhHYidsvKEsxXNsqYZC0HmIRs-1746487777-1.0.1.1-EPWB.BGb9yDFSqIgANQygisOAszoDa8X6hzHAPO80lg" + window._cf_chl_opt.cOgUHash);cpo.onload = function() {history.replaceState(null ogU);}}document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(cpo);}()); She joins her beloved husband Ralph and leaves to mourn her loving children Robert and his wife Marina Veronica and her husband Julian Zammit Tabona; her treasured grandchildren and their respective spouses; together with her great-grandchildren Marcus and Jade; her sister-in-law Erminia Amato The funeral cortège leaves St James Hospital where Mass præsente cadavere will be said at 9am Interment will take place privately at Santa Maria Addolorata Cemetery Donations to Malta Parkinson’s will be appreciated He leaves to mourn his great loss his beloved wife Pauline his in-laws Myriam and her husband Anthony Spiteri Debono The funeral cortège leaves Gozo General Hospital today where Mass præsente cadavere will be said in English at 4pm followed by interment at St Mary’s Cemetery donations on his behalf to the Diocesan Caritas passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family and comforted by the rites of Holy Church her beloved daughter Nathalie and her husband Joseph her loving grandchildren Alastair and his fiancée Anna her treasured great-grandchildren Nathan and Michael other relatives and friends.The funeral leaves Mater Dei Hospital on January 20 where Mass præsente cadavere will be said at 10.30am followedby interment in the family grave at Santa Maria Addolorata Cemetery the family welcomes donations to Puttinu Cares Foundation née Critien and father GEORGE on their anni-versaries Loving and unfading memories on the 22nd anniversary of her passing three months after her mother In loving memory of a dear sister on the fourth anniversary of her demise Her brothers Joseph and Vincent and their families In loving memory of a dear father and grandfather missed and fondly remembered by his daughters Patricia and Aida and her husband Neville as well as his grandchildren Shirley a beloved mother and grand-mother so fondly remembered on the anniversary of her death To book an obituary or an ‘In Memoriam’ email classified@timesofmalta.com or night@timesofmalta.com after office hours please register for free or log in to your account Luxurylaunches.com is an award winning premium lifestyle website It features the latest and the best from the world of extravagance and opulence