On 1 June 2024, Björn Schlüter (36) took over the role of Chief Operating Officer (COO) at ABEKING & RASMUSSEN Schiffs- und Yachtwerft (A&R) in Lemwerder. Björn Schlüter has many years of management experience in shipbuilding and was most recently Head of Construction at the Fr. Fassmer shipyard. In the future management duo, the current CEO Matthias Hellmann (53) will take over as Chairman of the Executive Board....
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Minister Pistorius present at the keel-laying ceremony for the first Class 126 frigate "Niedersachsen" It is a "milestone in the largest procurement project in the history of the German Navy". The keel laying ceremony for the first Class 126 frigate took place today at the Peene shipyard in Wolgast in the presence of Federal Minister Boris Pistorius. The ship will one day be the new "Niedersachsen". That is why Minister President Weil was among the guests of honour. But according to old shipyard tradition, the name is not actually pronounced before the christening, because until then it is a "construction number". Six months after the start of construction at the Peene shipyard, the F126 project team...
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The Fraunhofer Institute for Large Structures in Production Technology (Fraunhofer IGP) will be conducting research on the former site of the engine manufacturer Caterpillar in Warnemünde. The researchers at the new Hydrogen Application Centre, which will open in May 2024, are investigating how climate-damaging emissions in shipping can be reduced and how ships can be made even more sustainable as a means of transport. Neptun Werft bought the site last year and has now leased part of it to the institute. The institute shares the former construction hall with Neptun Werft, which will use its area for shipbuilding in future and also utilise the services of the Fraunhofer IPG...
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Shipbuilding industry calls for industrial policy determination from Brussels and Berlin The VSM - Verband für Schiffbau und Meerestechnik e.V. (German Shipbuilding and Ocean Industries Association) hosted its annual press conference at the venerable Slomanhaus am Steinhöft in Hamburg. And the media came: it is clear that the maritime side of our lives in Germany is slowly being recognised. Too much has happened on the sea routes, but it has not yet reached everyone: Germany is a maritime-dependent nation. The VSM never tires of emphasising this. And so the VSM issued an appeal to the European Union and the German government to present an industrial policy concept that would enable a return to the necessary growth...
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Corvette K130 II. Los was christened at Blohm+Voss (Naval Vessels Lürssen). The NVL Group invited guests to the ceremony on the Elbe in sunny May weather. The K130 consortium, consisting of NVL B.V. & Co. KG, thyssenkrupp Marine Systems GmbH and GERMAN NAVAL YARDS KIEL GmbH, performed the ceremonial christening of the corvette KARLSRUHE on 7 May 2024 at 2 p.m. in Hamburg. The NVL shipyard group was represented at the ceremony by its CEO, Mr Tim Wagner. Among the guests was the First Mayor of the City of Karlsruhe, Mrs Gabriele Luczak-Schwarz, who was particularly pleased to be the godmother of the...
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