EMS Schiffbau supplies structural components for MEYER WERFT's new production facilities.

EMS Schiffbau GmbH supplies new steel building platforms for new production facilities at MEYER WERFT.

MEYER WERFT continues to expand the principle of continuous-flow production with the help of another regional partnership. Up to now, only the sections i.e. the decks of a ship with corresponding reinforcements, walls, supports and the entire outfitting items such as pipes, A/C channels and cable trays, are produced on a big "conveyor belt". No other shipyard takes such an innovative approach.

In Papenburg in future, the huge blocks that are made up from such sections will also be assembled on a corresponding "conveyor belt" where they then go through further outfitting. To this end, building IV is being lengthened by around 100 metres.

In future, two blocks will leave the conveyor belt each work in altogether five production cycles. Consistently optimizing production in this way with the integration of another regional supplier helps to secure the economic future of Papenburg's shipbuilders.

The order awarded to EMS Schiffbau covers the construction of altogether ten platforms each measuring 25 x 34 metres with a height of 2.8 metres and a weight of 210 tons. These platforms act as the basic surface for putting the blocks together on the assembly line. The order for the partners in Emden is valued at about 4 million Euros.

The structural components were ordered in Emden in February, and will be supplied and installed in Papenburg during May and June 2017.

450 youngsters at the Training Evening

MEYER WERFT signed a cooperation agreement with six schools in the region. The aim of the agreement is to enhance the voca-tional guidance and orientation for the pupils. The agreement further intensifies the close cooperation between the shipyard and the regional schools, which has already been ongoing for decades. With the new cooperation, MEYER WERFT will for example be offering guided tours of the shipyard and internships to give pupils an even better insight into everyday working life. The schools for their part will be adopting a more hands-on, practical approach in their lessons.

Furthermore, MEYER WERFT will be working together with the schools on projects to make the pupils more interested in the working world. The agreement makes a contri-bution towards training qualified workers and keeping them in the region. The following schools signed the new cooperation agreement at the shipyard yesterday: Weener High School, Bunde High School, Heinrich von Kleist High School Papenburg, Heinrich Middendorf High School Aschendorf, Carl Goerdeler School Jemgum and Michael School Papenburg. Further talks are already in progress with other schools in the region interested in joining in this cooperation.

During the subsequent Training Evening, around 450 youngsters used the opportunity to find out about training possibilities at MEYER WERFT. The event was attended by boys and girls from grade 8 and up who are interested in vocational training with the company. After words of welcome from the personnel and training management, some of the company's current trainees and apprentices gave an introduction to the trades and vocations that can be learnt here together with possible sandwich course degree programmes, in the trainee workshops. Among others, the youngsters were able to have a go at drilling and milling to make an aluminium ship as a key ring, as well as bending and soldering copper wire to make a sailing boat.

Float-out likely to start on 4 March 2017

On 4 March 2017 the 168.750 gt cruise ship Norwegian Joy will float out of MEYER WERFT's covered building dock II.

The float-out of the ship, which is built for Norwegian Cruise Line, will commence around 8.00 a.m.Delays in the time schedule due to weather conditions may occur.

With the ship being berthed at the yard's pier, the remaining work and tests and trials will be carried out in the next few days. The Norwegian Joy´s conveyance down the river Ems towards the North Sea, where she will prove her seaworthiness, is scheduled in the end of march 2017.

The 168.750 gt cruise ship has a length overall of 333.4 m and is 41.4 m wide.

The float-out will be broadcast via webcam on www.meyerwerft.com

Construction of a new ship for ADIA Cruises begins

The steel cutting of the vessel with yard number S.696 at MEYER WERFT in Papenburg marks the start of construction for the first LNG cruise liner for AIDA Cruises.

Felix Eichhorn, President of AIDA Cruises, pressed the start button of the computer-controlled cutting machine, thereby commencing work on the first steel plate for the next generation of AIDA cruise ships. The first ship in this new class will be delivered at the end of 2018. With this new project, AIDA is continuing its long-standing partnership with MEYER WERFT. From 2007 to 2013, the Papenburg shipyard produced seven Diva Class cruise liners that operate successfully today in the market for AIDA cruises.

"AIDA will be giving the German holiday market a completely new impetus with the new Helios Class", says AIDA President Felix Eichhorn. For the first time, these new ships will be powered by LNG engines made by Caterpillar / MaK which fulfil the strictest environmental regulations. Energy efficiency was the key focus of the entire engineering work. The planning and design activities gave absolute priority to heat recovery, innovative electric motors, LED lighting, ship automation geared to energy efficiency, optimized underwater paintwork to reduce resistance, weight-optimized material selection and many other topics.

"We are very pleased that we can break completely new technological ground with AIDA in this way. AIDA and Carnival now lead the way for establishing LNG as the fuel of the future", says Tim Meyer, CEO at MEYER WERFT.

The new ships for AIDA Cruises are also equipped with features tailor-made for the destination and for a first-class cruise experience. The ships will be setting new standards, not only in terms of their gross tonnage of 183,900 and space for 2,500 cabins but also in terms of design and environmental compatibility.

More information about the ships and the shipping company is available at www.aida.de.

Photo: Felix Eichhorn, President of AIDA Cruises with Tim Meyer and Bernard Meyer, CEOs at MEYER WERFT.

Thomas Weigend is appointed as the new Managing Director of Meyer Werft. At present, he runs the sales and development activities (Sales & Design) of the three shipyards in Papenburg, Rostock and Turku as a member of the management board. Born in Swabia, he joined MEYER WERFT as a shipbuilding engineer in 1999.

Lambert Kruse, Managing Director of MEYER WERFT GmbH & Co. KG up to now, will step back for health reason. In future, he will be responsible for and further develop the activities of the affiliated enterprises. Mr. Kruse joined the top management of MEYER WERFT in the summer of 2004 after his activities as a member of the board for the Project Management, Production and Design Departments and before that as Head of the Shipbuilding Department. The shipyards have developed tremendously. Lambert Kruse, who has been working at the shipyard since 1988, has played a major role in the development of the shipyards over the past years.

Thus, the management of MEYER WERFT GmbH & Co. KG now comprises Mr Ber-nard Meyer, Dr. Jan Meyer, Mr Tim Meyer and Mr Thomas Weigend.

This change will be implemented in the course of the coming weeks.

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Change of management at MEYER WERFT: Lambert Kruse and Thomas Weigend .

Second ship for Dream Cruises

MEYER WERFT held the keel laying ceremony for the new cruise ship World Dream with yard number S.712 in the covered building dock II. Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay, Chairman and CEO of Genting HongKong, joined Bernard and Tim Meyer (CEO Meyer Werft) and Thatcher Brown, President Dream Cruises in placing the lucky cent on the bracings, before the 800 ton crane lowered the first block of the second building phase for the new ship. The first building phase had already left the dock. "We are glad to see that our second newbuild for our new brand Dream Cruises is now starting to take shape.The ship will offer many special features for the Asian market", says Tan Sri Lim.

This block is one of altogether 92 blocks for the new luxury liner and weighs altogether 540 tons. World Dream with a gross tonnage of 151,300 GRT is the second cruise ship in this class for the Asian shipping company Dream Cruises.

The first big steel parts for the World Dream were cut to size in the MEYER WERFT Laser Centre already back in February 2016. The ship will be handed over to the ship-ping company in autumn 2017.

The new ships for Dream Cruises offer capacity for about 3,300 passengers. The ships are 335 meters long, 39.7 meters wide and can reach a speed of more than 23 knots. The new cruise ships have been designed especially for the rapidly developing Asian cruise market.

The management and also the project teams from Dream Cruises and the Meyer Werft attended the short ceremony held to mark the laying of the keel in building dock II. "It is our great pleasure to build these new ships for the new shipping company and to con-tinue our long-standing business relationship with the Genting Group, which began nearly 20 years ago with the construction of the SuperStar Leo", says CEO Bernard Meyer.