Category: Shipbuilding

Keel laying F 126

Keel laying F 126

Posted by | 3 Jun 2024 | , , , | 0

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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Rostock: Fraunhofer Institute opens research centre for marine engines

Rostock: Fraunhofer Institute opens research centre for marine engines

Posted by | 27 May 2024 | , , , | 0

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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With determination to reverse the trend

With determination to reverse the trend

Posted by | 24 May 2024 | , , | 0

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 "Karlsruhe" christened

Corvette "Karlsruhe" christened

Posted by | 7 May 2024 | , , , | 0

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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Big day for a big ship

Big day for a big ship

Posted by | 25 Apr 2024 | , , , | 1

For the NVL Group, the MBV project is one of several naval projects in surface shipbuilding. The second batch of Class 130 corvettes is also currently being built for the German Navy. The christening of the "Karlsruhe" as the third of the new corvettes is expected in the coming weeks. NVL is also involved in the production of the new Class 126 frigates together with the Dutch Damen Group. In the background to the event, there was news that six frigates are now being planned instead of four. This would be an enormous step for the Navy's order situation, both operationally and in terms of availability, and would be in line with the German Navy's 2035+ targets.

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