Third gas tanker for Harpain

Papenburg, 31

March 2010 - Today MEYER WERFT delivered the LPG/ethylene tanker GASCHEM ADRIATIC to Harpain Reederei GmbH & Co. KG, a joint venture of Harpain Shipping GmbH and Hansa Hamburg Shipping International GmbH & Co KG. The ship is the third unit out of a series of four ships that are built for the hanseatic shipping company until summer 2010. At the same time it is the 54th gas tanker built by MEYER WERFT. The GASCHEM ADRIATIC will be operated in the Hamburg-based GASCHEM pool, and will sail under the flag of Liberia, with Monrovia being her port of registry. Having a length overall of 154.95 m, a breadth of 22.70 m and a cargo capacity of 17,000 cbm, the ship can carry ethylene (cooled down to -104°C) as well as propane, butane and vinyl chloride monomer (cooled down to -48°C). NEPTUN WERFT, the affiliated company of MEYER WERFT located in Rostock-Warnemünde, built and delivered the tanks and other large components for this vessel.

Ems conveyance brought forward due to bad weather forecast

Papenburg, 9 March 2010 - The Celebrity Eclipse will leave Papenburg for the North Sea as early as on the morning of Thursday, 11 March 2010. This change in schedule is due to b gusts of wind that have been forecast for the coming weekend. The updated time schedule is as follows: Thursday, 11 March 2010

Friday, 12 March 2010

!! All details are subject to wind and weather conditions, and water levels and can hence not be warranted. Changes to the time schedule may occur !!

8.000 visitors at MEYER WERFT's Open House event

Papenburg, 7 March 2010 - Today employess of the MEYER WERFT group of companies had the chance to show their families and friends the shipyard. At this Open Day event, away from the day-to-day routine, all employees could take a different look at the new, or bly modified, production premises, such as the block construction lines, MEYER WERFT Laserzentrum GmbH, MEYER WERFT Rohrbearbeitungszentrum GmbH and the visitors centre.

During the tour of the shipyard each department and the organisational changes including the large amount of improved working processes were explained by means of display boards or short film and presentations on monitors. In this way the success alrady gained with the changed organisation of the shipyard and the new production processes was once again presented. MEYER WERFT has made these changes within the scope of its Concpet 2010 in reaction to the massive economic and financial crisis.

The goal of this concept is to implement a so-called lean production so as to offer the shipyard's customers top-quality ships at competitive prices built in an even shorter period of time. This is the only way to win new contracts in the future.

Cutting-edge shipbuilding

software development

Papenburg/Hanover, 3 March 2010 - In spite of the crisis of the global shipbuilding industry and worldwide overcapacities, MEYER WERFT believes in the future and continues to make investments. In order to meet the ever increasing demand of integrating more than 10 million single components and building groups to become a cruise ship, and to ensure the monitoring of the ship over its whole lifecylce, MEYER WERFT is going to develop a brand-new software together with its partners Dassault Systèmes and IBM. In the next step this software will be integrated in the shipyard's existing IT environment. The development of this V6 PLM solution for shipbuilding will commence today at the CEBIT in Hanover, where the contract is going to be signed.

Undocking of third cruise ship for Celebrity Cruises

Papenburg, 24 February 2010 - On early Sunday morning (28 February 2010) the Celebrity Eclipse, the new cruise ship for the US cruise operator Celebrity Cruises (Miami), will be floated out of the covered building dock II of MEYER WERFT.

Undocking will start around 7.30 a.m. By 9.30 a.m. the Celebrity Eclipse will temporarily be moored at the outfitting pier. Starting around 1 p.m., various tests and trials will be conducted in the harbour. The ship will be moored again at the pier around 5 p.m. With the ship being berthed, the remaining interior finishing work as well as tests and trials will be carried out in the next two weeks.

Once the undocking is completed, the first crew members will move into their quarters on board. On 12/13 March 2010 the Celebrity Eclipse will be conveyed down the river Ems to her trials port in Eemshaven (Netherlands).

The 122.000-gt cruise ship Celebrity Eclipse is 317 m long and 36.80 m wide. In 1,426 cabins more than 2,850 passengers can be accommodated. She can operate at a speed of 24 knots.

The undocking time schedule may change due to weather conditions!

Foto: Celebrity Eclipse presently inside MEYER WERFT's building dock prior