GERMANYTKMS supplied the corvette Oldenburg for the German Navy“The supply industry en-”The German shipbuild-gage in Germany around ing can score points with 68,000 employees with an all what is complex, where annual turnover of around customers have high require-$16B. In the global compari-ments and where they are son this type of trade ranks willing to pay a higher price furthermore at number one po-because they depend on that sition.”everything works well.” Hauke Schlegel, Reinhard Lüken, General Manager, VDMAGM Director, VSMLloyd Werft in Bremerhaven had full docks earlier in the year.have found growth for ef? cient and envi- need also in the coming years,” said Ber- Oceanex and RollDock B.V. in Holland, the order books feature among others ronmentally friendly technologies. nard Meyer, General Manager. But dif- the ”Rolldock Star.” submarine boats for Singapore.A spate of recent impressive contracts ? culties still remain, and recently even FSG made a name for itself over the Companies such as Bremen Lürssen include seven vessels valued at about the experts of Meyer Werft couldn’t se- past 15 years as a leader in the building Werft are equipped with unique know-$1.4B. This line-up includes a cruise cure an order for two AIDA newbuilds of RoRo and RoPax ships, and entered how during construction of luxury ship, a yacht, a pipe-laying ship, a coastal against Japan’s Mitsubishi. the Offshore market with two orders for yachts. Just recently the shipbuilder of patrol boat as well as three rescue cruis- In total, seven cruise ships, 29 river Dutch operator RollDock as well as two Bremen signed a contract for ships for ers. In addition there is a further (and cruise ships and one research vessel new orders for seismic vessels for West- the Saudi Arabian Coast Guard. “Pro-so far biggest) platform for the offshore will be planned, designed and built from ernGeco. For the Flensburg-based yard, duction probably will take place on the wind industry. With this the total order Meyer Werft. this is another successful step in the ex- Peene-Wefrt in Wolgast,”said a compa-income of all German shipyards includes With these order books and the conse- pansion of its production portfolio. “We ny spokesperson. Order volume and the a volume of more than $11.9B. quent implementation of the company’s have been working in the Offshore sec- number of ships were not con? rmed, but ef? ciency strategy (SSS = System Sch- tor for some years now and this order of according to media reports the amount is Specialists Needed lanker Schiffbau = system lean ship- complex products proves that we have of $1.4B. A good example of progressive com- building) Meyer sees opportunities for established our position in this high-tech At the end of 2012 Lürssen purchased panies making their way in a tight en- both yards: “big chances in the hotly- market,” said Sierk. a shipyard for $23.5 million in what was vironment are Meyer Werft in Papen- contested global shipbuilding market to The two seismic vessels will be owned the former East Germany, a yard which burg and its daughter company Neptun survive.” by Siem Offshore and chartered by the was reportedly the biggest military yard in Rostock-Warnemünde. In 2013 two Also the focus of the Flensburger worldwide leading Offshore service pro- in the ex-DDR.cruise ships, one LNG-gas tanker out of Schiffbau Gesellschaft (FSG) is clear: vider Helix Energy Solutions Group, Meanwhile, life boat experts at Fass-Papenburg and 10 river cruise ships out “Our future is clearly the special ship- Inc. mer delivered last year, among others, of Rostock ensured employment. building segment,” said FSG-Chief one survey vessel, one rescue cruiser, a “With the engagement of our employ- Peter Sierk. In 2013 the shipyard deliv- Maritime Know-How number of work boats and one research ees it was ensured that the ships could be ered four RoRo-special ships to owners TKMS pro? les as Europe’s leading vessel. Last October Fassmer landed a on time and succesfully delivered. This Ulusoy Sealines, UN Ro-Ro Isletmeleri system supplier for navy ships: in 2013 deal for the construction of an innovative particular motivation is what we will S.A., Canadian Shipping Company three corvettes have been delivered and ferry boat from shipping company Cas-60 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • AUGUST 2014MR #8 (58-63).indd 60 MR #8 (58-63).indd 60 8/7/2014 3:46:06 PM8/7/2014 3:46:06 PM