On 13 September 2008 some 600 representatives from 300 German and Dutch regional companies came to MEYER WERFT to attend the first "Regional Day". The motto of this event, which took place in the shipyard's covered building dock I, with one of the AIDA club ships under construction serving as backdrop, was to benefit even more from the potential of local and regional companies. For reasons of capacity the number of participants had to be limited to 600, but many more had shown their interest to take part. Bernard Meyer, Managing Partner of the Shipyard, and Ralf Sempf, Head of the Materials Management Dept., underlined the importance of having high-performance and top-qualified suppliers also in the vicinity of the shipyard to be able to implement the demanding shipbuilding projects. In this context Ralf Sempf also introduced the shipyard's newly developed supplier network, with MEYER WERFT serving as a hub, in which national and international suppliers to the yard may seek local assistance for getting their work at the shipyard done. Following the presentations held by the senior management, the participants had the opportunity to talk briefly to representatives from the yard's purchase and technical departments, and to join a guided tour of the production premises.

First block laid in MEYER

WERFT's dock Papenburg, 6 August 2008 - Today the first block out of a total of 72 of the new 122,000-gt passenger cruise vessel "Celebrity Equinox" for Celebrity Cruises Inc. (CCI) was put in place in the yard's covered building dock II. In the dock of the Papenburg yard Richard Fain (CEO), Dan Hanrahan (President), Harri Kulovaara (Executive Vice President Maritime & Newbuilding) and Project Director Jarmo Laakso of Celebrity Cruises put down "lucky cents" before the first block of the new ship was lowered by the 800-ts crane. This first block weighs approx. 550 tons, is 16 m long, 36.80 m wide and approx. 8.00 m high. MEYER WERFT was represented by Bernard Meyer (Managing Partner), Lambert Kruse (Managing Director) and Uwe Wulff (Project Manager).The Celebrity Equinox is the second ship in a series of five for CCI (Miami/USA).

The ship has a length overall of 315 m, a breadth of 36.80 m, and will be able to operate at a speed of more than 24 knots. More than 2,852 passengers will be accommodated in 1,426 cabins.This class of ships features plenty of technical innovations. It will contain numerous energy-saving systems, and is built in line with the latest stability regulations, which will take effect as of 2009.

Delivery of the ship to Celebrity Cruises is scheduled for 2009.

Newbuilding for Celebrity Cruises berthed at MEYER WERFT's pier

Papenburg, 4 August 2008 - Following ample trials and engine tests, the new ship for Celebrity Cruises (Miami/USA), Celebrity Solstice, will leave MEYER WERFT's covered building dock II on Sunday, 10 August 2008. Provided that weather conditions are favourable, the new ship will slowly start leaving the building dock around 7.30 am. By 9.00 am the Celebrity Solstice will be moved in the harbour. During the day, plenty of tests will be performed. By 2.00 pm the ship will be berthed alongside the yard's pier. The undocking schedule may change due to weather conditions! With the ship being berthed at the pier, remaining work will be completed. The ship's two funnels, for instance, will be mounted on the following Monday. The river Ems passage to the sea trials port in Eemshaven (Netherlands) will take place on 27 September 2008. The new ship will have a length overall of 315 m, a breadth of 36.80 m, and will be able to operate at a speed of more than 24 knots. More than 2,858 passengers can be accommodated in 1,426 cabins. The undocking procedure will be broadcast live on the internet on www.meyerwerft.de.

Papenburg, 10. July 2008 - The third ethylene tanker out of a series of four was delivered by MEYER WERFT to the Norwegian shipping company Solvang ASA (Stavanger).

MEYER WERFT has specialised in the construction of LPG and ethylene carriers. The LEG/LPG tankers for the Norwegian company have a length overall of 154.90 m, a breadth of 22.70 m, a cargo capacity of 17.000 cbm and can operate at a speed of 17.7 kts. Fully loaded, with ethylene cooled down to minus 104°C, the ships will have a draught of 8.10 m, with vinyl chloride monomer onboard approx. 10.60 m. In addition to ethylene and vinyl chloride monomer, the tankers will be able to carry amongst other gases also ammonia and propylene oxide, cooled down to minus 48° C.

The ship has proven its seaworthiness during the seal trials when all systems and plants were tested. Another tanker will follow in the 4th quarter of 2008.

NEPTUN WERFT in Rostock/Warnemünde, a sister company of MEYER WERFT in Papenburg, built the cargo tanks made of low temperature steel and other components for this ship.

Clipper Hermes -Main Particulars

On 21 June 2008 MEYER WERFT in Papenburg delivered the 24th passenger ship for Indonesia to the Directorate General of Sea Transportation in Jakarta. Prior to the delivery, the 14,030-gt vessel was named Gunung Dempo by the godmother Mrs. Arita Jusman, the wife of Indonesia's Minster for Transportation. Compared to her predecessors, the Gunung Dempo looks a bit different. She represents an advanced type of ship out of a series of passenger ships for Indonesia, which cannot only accommodate 1,583 passengers, but is also designed to carry 98 twenty-foot-equivalent units (TEU). The Gunung Dempo is 146.50 m long and 23.40 m wide. Upon completion of this vessel, MEYER WERFT has built a total of 30 ships for Indonesia (24 passenger ships, 5 freighters/passenger ships and 1 gas tanker)since 1958. To date more than 97 million passengers in Indonesia have travelled on passenger ships built by MEYER WERFT. In close cooperation with P.T. Pal Shipyard in Surabaya, another three ships were built on their premises, having a capacity of 500 passengers. The first unit was completed in 1995, the other two followed by the end of 1999. These ships are operated as feeders for the vessels built in Papenburg. The cooperation between the island state of Indonesia and MEYER WERFT counts among the most successful projects in the history of German development politics. On 24 June the Gunung Dempo is scheduled to leave Emden for Indonesia. She is expected to arrive in the Indonesian capital Jakarta approx. three weeks later. Port of registry for the Gunung Dempo will be the Indonesian seaport Palembang. Gunung Dempo - Main Particulars

Handover of material to the attending teams

Papenburg, 19 June 2008 - Yesterday representatives of the teams participating in MEYER WERFT's solar boat contest received the first part of material needed for the construction. More than 60 students had accepted the shipyard's invitation and were given the remote control units for the solar boats. The project team headed by the training officer Dirks Kreutzmann disclosed more information to the students and teachers as to the next steps in the contest.

Over the next few days the teams will receive three modular solar units each, and a budget of € 700.00 will be provided to each team.

Of the 20 teams taking part, plenty come from all kinds of public schools in Emden, Papenburg, Leer or Dörpen.

This is the first time that MEYER WERFT and Celebrity Cruises organise the solar boat contest. This event is well received by students from regional schools as well as schools from all over Germany, which is reflected by the number of 60 registrations the shipyard received. The selected teams will put their model solar boats to the test in the shipyard's harbour basin on 7 September 2008.