Blohm+Voss helps shape the face of Hamburg. Photo: Shutterstock

Blohm+Voss helps shape the face of Hamburg. Photo: Shutterstock

Hamburg can do that

5 Oct 2021 | Headlines, Magazine, Technology

What would the Hanseatic city be without its multifaceted maritime economy? Although naval shipbuilding and its suppliers and service providers rarely attract attention, its technology is world-class.

For the maritime industry and economy, the greater Hamburg traditionally a centre of gravity, be it innovative (naval) shipbuilding, global maritime shipping, the diverse range of ship chandlers and shipbuilding suppliers, effective maritime logistics, the port industry or the world's leading technology providers and users of marine and offshore technology. Together with a comprehensive range of maritime services and world-renowned maritime educational, research and testing facilities as well as maritime associations and organisations, the Greater Hamburg the centre of the maritime industry and economy in Europe. As the centre of gravity for naval shipbuilding Hamburg at the same time intensively networked and connected with the defence technology industry in the coastal states of Schleswig-Holstein, Bremen, Lower Saxony and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
The maritime industry has frequently restructured itself over the last 30 years and is endeavouring to maintain a competitive market position at home and abroad with new innovative products. The shipbuilding industry in particular has come under acute pressure due to China's distortion of competition and the coronavirus pandemic. Despite difficult market conditions and restrictive defence export regulations, the naval shipbuilding and maritime defence industries have been able to maintain their flexibility and performance.

5 Oct 2021

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