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Abeking & Rasmussen 111 years of success by design hen Georg Abeking and ing pilot boats, government and naval to do so for many more generations to of applied sciences, and was awarded a

Henry Rasmussen from boats as well as other special vessels up come. A few months ago 57-year-old diploma to lead marine propulsion sys-

Denmark established to a length of 125 m. Carsten-Söhnke Wibel was appointed tems of all kinds and sizes. Followed by

Wtheir boat and yacht A&R counts building strong relation- as managing director of A&R Special appointments as technical ship’s of? cer yard 111 years ago, it is likely that nei- ships with its diverse customers at the Vessels GmbH, which belongs to the at the Hamburg based Bugsier-, Reede- ther of them suspected at that time that heart of its long-term success, whether it company group. Maritime Reporter & rei- und Bergungsgesellschaft on their their small shipyard, headquartered in is a yacht, navy, coast guard or commer- Engineering News correspondent Peter freighter as well as their port, sea and

Lemwerder next to Bremen, would one cial customer. In addition, the yard has Pospiech had the opportunity to talk with salvage tugs. Particularly formative for day evolve into a world-renowned com- made a very special name for itself with Wibel about his new position and the fu- me was my time on board of the deep sea pany known for building ? rst class ves- their SWATH@A&R vessels. ture of the company. tug OCEANIC.

sels. A&R is a success story with many I was than employed of a Bremen

Today the company, which has been chapters. It’s a tale of the fruitful interac- Mr. Wibel, tell us about yourself? based research and development com- transferred into a European Company tion of the naval, special ship and yacht- As Wilhelmshaven-born and a ”Ma- pany and joined in 2000 again the team (Societas Europaea, SE), is a company building divisions, whose R&D depart- rine-child” it was clear early that I con- of Bugsier as project manager ”Küsten- that designs and manufactures, among ments drive each other forward. And it is centrated myself towards seafaring. I schutz” (Coast Guard). other things. Included in this mix are a tale of company management that has started at the Bremerhaven university, My most important project during the some of the world’s most luxurious remained in the family for three genera- after sea service time with different following 18 years with Bugsier has yachts. But today’s Abeking & Rasmus- tions. Managers who have steadily, yet shipping companies, to study marine been the emergency tug NORDIC – the sen is far more than a yacht builder, pro- proactively written the chapters of the engineering. Because of family reasons worldwide most powerful emergency ducing many other type of ships, includ- shipyard’s success story, and continue I changed to Hamburg, the university tug with an air independent self-con- 66 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • NOVEMBER 2018

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