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The ? rst Floating Engine Room Unit (FERU) on its way from Rostock to Meyer Werft Papenburg. knots. The new vessel offers room for 18 across Bass Strait between Melbourne owner, all in one. It was initially planned Kiel based yard TKMS (Thyssen crew and 15 scientists. and Devonport on Tasmania’s north to do the ship production under the name Krupp Marine Systems) builds subma- coast. of the group subsidiary Lloyd Werft. But rines for Egypt – the second of four or-

Irish Continental Group plc (ICG) has in July 2016 the company announced dered subs has been delivered last sum- entered into an agreement, with the Ger- to run the three yards under name MV mer – the last two shall be delivered in

Flensburger (FSG)

TT-Line and Irish Continental Group man company Flensburger Schiffbau- Werften, with Wismar selected as head- 2021. The orderbook looks impressive: chose Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesell- Gesellschaft & Co.KG (FSG), whereby quarters. one sub delivered and 17 on order.

schaft (FSG) to build new ferries. FSG has agreed to build a cruise ferry January 2017 started the ? rst steel cut Kiel based German Naval Yards (2

Australia-based TT-Line Company has for ICG at a contract price of €165.2 at the Stralsund location for the produc- delivered, 2 on order) received a small signed a letter of intent (LOI) with FSG million. Upon completion, it will be the tion of the luxurious expedition yacht portion of the order volume to build ? ve for the construction of two new ships. largest cruise ferry in the world in terms Crystal Endeavor for Crystal Cruises. ships for the German Navy. The major-

The next-generation passenger ferries of vehicle capacity. The cruise ferry will MV Werften’s orderbook includes four ity of the 1.5 billion worth order for ? ve will replace the company’s current Spirit accommodate 1,800 passengers and delivered and nine on order. corvettes was awarded to Lürssen (Bre- of Tasmania vessels by the year 2021. crew, with capacity for 5,610 freight lane men) and TKMS (Kiel).

Mike Grainger, TT-Line Chairman, said meters, which provides the capability to German Naval Yards repairs continu-

Complex Challenges the companies would now commence carry 330 freight units per sailing. Over- ously navy ships, e.g. the, at the ship’s contract negotiations and agree to ? nal all, it will effectively be a 50% increase Ship building in the north German re- stern, damaged FRANKFURT AM design speci? cations. “FSG was en- in peak freight capacity compared to the gion faces complex challenges: MAIN which got off the course in Wil- dorsed by the board after the company MV Ulysses. “Because of the early concentration to helmshaven - resulted in considerable short listed a number of international build specialized vessels, such as par- damages at the stern which affected also shipyards to build the new tailor-made ticularly environmentally RoRo ferries the propulsion and the steering gear.

vessels,” he said. “As previously an- which run on natural gas and highly in- Peters-Werft in Wewels? eth special-

MV Werften nounced, we expect to place an order MV-Werften are the heart of the mari- novative offshore oil and gas vessels out izes in special ship building and yachts for the new vessels in the ? rst half of time industry in Mecklen-burg-Vorpom- of Flensburg towards unique megay- – till 2020 the yard will be busy to recon- the 2018 calendar year and for them to mern. In April 2016 Genting HK bought achts in Rendsburg, Kiel and Wewels- dition the four-masted barque PEKING.

be delivered in time to commence op- shipbuilding capacity from Nordic Yards ? eth our yards are not that much affected The world largest sail yacht A has been erations on Bass Strait in 2021.” Built the Wismar, Rostock and Stralsund lo- like the containership industry,” said Dr. designed by Rendsburger Nobiskrug- in Finland in 1998, Spirit of Tasmania I cated yards. This is a special situation: Bernd Buchholz, Economics Minister of Werft and produced at German Naval and Spirit of Tasmania II operate sailings Genting is client, contractor and ship Schleswig-Holstein. Yards in Kiel. If the futuristic seeming 40 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • APRIL 2018

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