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Launching of the W.B.Yeats at FSG.

Photo courtesy ©FSG ong Vessel in a Heavy Sea shipbuilding market is not self-evident is the biggest AIDA Cruises new build- (FERU) are 120 x 42 m x three decks Research and development, design, and requires a permanent high adaptabil- ing, currently under construction at the high. construction and production are includ- ity and further development of the yard. Meyer Werft, scheduled to be delivered ed in the shipbuilding department. The

Rostock based Neptun Werft with a in late 2018. It also sports a 3,550 cu. coastal tourism vessel Helgoland was Fassmer Werft staff of around 550 employee are experts m. lique? ed natural gas (methane) stor- Fassmer is a dynamic family-owned the ? rst German new build which oper- at delivering modules that contain the age capacity in three storage tanks, with shipyard in its ? fth generation. The in- ates on natural gas.

complete engine room, the LNG storage the storage tanks developed in-house ternationally successful company is ac- In December 2017 the keel laying of tanks as well as all systems and equip- and built by Neptun Werft. The tanks tive in six business areas: Shipbuilding, the research vessel ATAIR took place. ment. are located in a 120 x 42 m x four deck Boats and Davits, Deck Equipment, It was ordered by Bundesamt für See-

Within the project “green cruising con- high module. Two tanks feature a length Wind Power, Composite Technology and schifffahrt und Hydrographie (Federal cept” they are among the ? rst cruise ves- of almost 35m and a diameter of around the company service activities which op- Maritime and Hydrographic Agency). sels which will use 100% natural gas as 8m with a volume capacity of 1,500 cu. erate under the name of Fassmer Service. This new building is the ? rst seagoing fuel and are therefore particularly envi- m. each. An additional tank features a Fassmer’s orderbook features seven ves- government vessel which uses natural ronmental friendly. length of 28m and a diameter of 5m with sels delivered in 2017 and eight on order. gas as fuel. The new ATAIR replaces a volume capacity of 550 cu. m. The current product line includes fer- a 30-year-old vessel, and the new ship

AIDAnova Another module being built at Neptun- ries, yachts, pilot boats, work-boats, will be commissioned in 2020. She will

At 337m long, 42m wide with a 8.6m Werft contains the four dual-fuel engines offshore supply and service vessels, be the biggest vessel in the BSH ? eet, draft, with four main engines transfer- from Caterpillar in Rostock. The dimen- research vessels, rescue cruiser, patrol measuring 75 x 17m with a ? ve meter ring 62 MW to two pods, The AIDAnova sions of the Floating Engine Room Units boats as well as naval vessels. draft and a maximum speed of around 13 www.marinelink.com 39

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