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Country Focus: Germany

Maintaining integrity

Despite tough maritime markets, technology remains the glues that binds the German industry.

Despite what could be best termed as difficult operating conditions, the Ger- man maritime market has persevered through its collective adherence to the principles which propelled it to the lead of the maritime construction and outfit- ting markets: a steadfast adherence to producing technologically correct and advanced vessels, products and systems.

The challenges facing the German maritime market are not unlike those facing many of its European colleagues and competitors, or those facing indus- trial operations in any of the world's leading economies. The proliferation of lower-cost shipbuilding, ship repair and marine equipment supply options out- side of Europe, particularly in Asia, has led to a significant drain on business emanating from, and dollars flowing to the German homeland. At the same time, the German industry continues to fiercely clutch the niche of high-quality vessel owners and operators, those that have come to expect and rely upon the technical excellence and operational reliability of maritime products that are made in Germany.

One such niche is the cruise ship industry, which Papenburg-based Meyer

Werft has been a competitive force with- in for years. The cruise ship building process at the company's covered facili- ty is nothing short of amazing, with three ships in various stages able to be built simultaneously in a relatively com- pact space. The yard is currently build- ing Radiance of the Seas, Superstar

Libra, Aurora, and Superstar Scorpio.

Apart from its cruise ship building prowess, Meyer Werft has strategically positioned itself for prosperity well beyond 2000 — which is a positive development considering the recent newbuild orders for cruise ships filtering to Asian shipyards.

Recently, the second gas tanker for

Norwegian shipowner — a notoriously quality-minded group — Sovang ASA was named Clipper Harald. The 480 x 67 ft. (146.4-m x 20.5 m) gas tanker have a cargo tank volume for 12,660 cu. m. and a speed of 18 knots. In addition to ethylene, the ship is able to carry vinyl chloride momomer, ammonia and propylene oxide in three bilobed tanks.

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The capability of carrying different liq- uefied gases at a temperature of down to minus 104 degrees C makes the tanker one of the most modern of its kind.

Clipper Harald is the result of a coop- eration between Thyssen Nordseewerke of Emden and Meyer Werft Shipyard, giving the two companies a very positive reference in a highly competitive market that is controlled by shipyards in the Far

East.

Clipper Harald Main Particulars

Length, o.a 480 ft. (146.4 m)

Length, b.p 444 ft. (135.4 m)

Breadth, molded 67 ft. (20.5)

Depth to main deck 45.3 (13.8 m)

Draft (ethylene) 25.3 ft. (7.7 m)

DWT 13,500

Tank volume 12,660 cu. m.

Engine output 7,980kW

Speed 18 knots

Crew cabins 23

Classification DNV

The cruise market has brought recent good fortune to another German ship- yard — Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven — : which was recently awarded a contract by Cunard Line, Ltd. for the refurbish- ments aboard Queen Elizabeth 2,

Vistafjord (to be renamed Caronia) and

Royal Viking Sun (to be renamed

Seabourn Sun. Specifics of the contract were not disclosed, but it is estimated that the re-design and upgrading of the three ships, including technical work and exterior maintenance and re-paint- ing, will approach $34 million. "The unusual scope of the work dictated a yard with extraordinary capabilities and focus," said Cunard president and CEO

Larry Pimentel. "There are considerable advantages for us, as well as for Lloyd

Werft, to have all three of these ships in the same shipyard at roughly the same time. From our position, having all three ships at one yard makes it easier for our marine and technical staff to liaise with Lloyd Werft and monitor the work on a day-to-day basis."

Lloyd Werft is no stranger to Cunard or the Queen Elizabeth 2, as the compa- ny has carried out work on the ship in 1983 and 1984, and carried out the com- plete overhaul and conversion of the vessel during a 179 day period spanning 1986 into 1987.

Another German yard that has main- tained success in a technical specialty is the Flender Werft AG yard in Liibeck.

The latest in a line of outstanding con- tainerships delivered by the yard is new- building no. 671, MV Santa Fabiola, delivered to Hamburg based shipowner

Claus-Peter Offen. The vessel will be

Cunard Line presi- dent and CEO

Larry Pimentel (right) recently announced the awarding of a contract to Lloyd

Werft's Werner

Luken for the refurbishment of three cruise ships. The esti- mated cost: $34 million. called P&O Nedlloyd Singapore, fol- lowing a timecharter to P&O Nedlloyd.

The ship is the fifth of the Flender 2100 type (F-class) commissioned by

Claus-Peter Offen, and is known for economical and optimized stowage of a large capacity while maintaining low fuel consumption numbers. The 30,200-

Did you know? • Germany's merchant fleet ranks 14th in the world in terms of ships registered, with a fleet of 1,158 propelled seagoing merchant ships, comprising more than eight million gross tons, with a median age of 16 years. • In 1998, German shipbuilders completed 70 ships of one million gross tons, including 53 ships for the domestic market, and 17 ships for export. These numbers ranked the country No. 4 in the world based on com- pleted gross tonnage.

Source: Lloyd's Register World Fleet Statistics, 1998

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