Papenburg, 31. Juli 2007 The first ethylene tanker out of a series of four was delivered by MEYER WERFT to the Norwegian shipping company Solvang ASA (Stavanger). This ship is the 48th gas tanker the shipyard has built since 1963, hence another milestone in the construction of this type of special-purpose ships.

MEYER WERFT has specialised in the construction of LPG and ethylene tankers. The LEG/LPG tankers for Norway 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 first ship has proven its seaworthiness during the seal trials when all systems and plants were tested. Delivery of the second ship is scheduled for end of November 2007. Another two tankers will follow in the 3rd and 4th quarters 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.

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Papenburg, 2 July 2007 - Today the first outfitted block of 18 blocks in total of the new 14,200-gt passenger ship for Indonesia, Gunung Dempo, was put in place in building dock I at MEYER WERFT.

Mr. Wendy Aritenang, Secretary General of Ministry of Transportation, placed the traditional lucky penny on the blocks before the 600-ts crane lowered the block of the new ship. This first unit, a double bottom, weighs approx. 133 tons, is 14 m long and 20 m wide. The Gunung Dempo is ship number 24 MEYER WERFT is building for the island state of Indonesia. The ferry will accommodate 1,583 passengers. The length overall is 146.80 m, the breadth 23.40 m, and it will be able to operate at a speed of more than 20 knots.

The ship will be equipped with two main engines made by Caterpillar(Type MaK), each having an output of 6,000 kW so that the total propulsive power will be 16,320 hp. Moreover the ship can carry 98 containers. The ship will be delivered to Indonesia in the summer of 2008.

Papenburg, 4 May 2007 - MEYER WERFT invests in its future by offering another 60 apprenticeships as of September this year. This will increase the number of young people being trained at the shipyard in various professions to 277. This announcement was made by Bernard Meyer, managing partner of the shipyard, during the inauguration ceremony for the new Visitors' Centre on the yard premises.

Full order books keeping the shipyard occupied well into 2012 call for more skilled personnel. MEYER WERFT allows for this challenge by training the specialists for the future. At the same time this step proves the company's attachment to the Emsland region from where some 1,000 young people have applied to the shipyard for an apprenticeship.

Papenburg/Orlando (Florida) - The newbuildings having the yard numbers S. 687 and S. 688 and will have a tonnage of 124,000 GT. They are scheduled for delivery in 2011 and 2012. Each ship will have a length overall of 339,8 m, a breadth of 37,0 m, and a cabin capacity of 1,250."We are grateful and happy to enter into a highly important partnership with Disney Cruise Line. This makes the shipyard's workload last well into the next decade," said Bernard Meyer, managing partner of MEYER WERFT.