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New German Shipyard is Underway
As of January 5, 2005, the marriage between ThyssenKrupp Werften and
HDW has been formally consummated.
This date also marks the official incep- tion of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, the new group parent headquartered in
Hamburg. Essentially, ThyssenKrupp
Marine Systems comprises the follow- ing subsidiaries: Howaldtswerke-
Deutsche Werft GmbH, Kiel; HDW-
Nobiskrug GmbH, Rendsburg; Blohm +
Voss GmbH und Blohm + Voss Repair
GmbH, Hamburg; Nordseewerke
GmbH, Emden; as well as Kockums
AB, Sweden, and Hellenic Shipyards
S.A., Greece. ThyssenKrupp Marine
Systems represents a sales volume of around €€ 2.2 billion and employs a work- force of 9,300. Dr. Klaus Borgschulte chairs the new company as CEO. Ulrich
Ziolkowski is its CFO, while Reinhard
Kuhlmann heads Human Resources.
Other Executive Board members are
Walter Freitag, chairman of the
Submarines division, and Gerhard
Kempf, chairman of the Surface Vessels division. The new shipyard enterprise focuses on the four product groups of
Submarines, Naval Ships, Nonnaval
Ships, and Repair and maintains all pre- vious production locations.
The Hamburg, Emden and Kiel loca- tions will graduate into competence cen- ters with clearly demarcated product responsibilities. The purpose behind this product- and customer-focused organi- zation is to respond rapidly and result- fully to market needs.
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MTU Detroit Diesel
Formed
MTU Friedrichshafen (Germany) and
Detroit Diesel Corporation (USA) announced the formation of a new divi- sion for Off-Highway engine activities,
MTU Detroit Diesel. The group will continue to be headquartered in Detroit,
Mich., and it will be a separate division of Detroit Diesel Corporation, an inte- gral part of DaimlerChrysler Off-
Highway. MTU Detroit Diesel will have responsibility for the application engi- neering, manufacturing, sale and service for off-highway engine products in marine, construction, industrial, power generation, petroleum and defense mar- kets in the United States, Canada and
Mexico.
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SeaWave Releases Suite of IT Applications
SeaWave builds on the functionality of the Integrator 3.0 product line with its latest advancement in marine communi- cations - the Remote Management Suite (RMS). RMS is a portfolio of IT tools which allow shore-side administration of vessel operations with near-zero ship- based intervention. These IT tools streamline vessel operations by transfer- ring IT responsibilities to land-based IT personnel.
RMS all but eliminates crew and shore personnel spending hours on a satellite phone troubleshooting and/or updating
PCs while underway. The end result is greater productivity - timely reporting and superior systems control.
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News
Ship Design & Construction
Offshore Stability & Loading
Cargo Stowage & Load Planning
Onboard Stability & Strength Evaluation creating seaworthy software www.autoship.com
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