Facilities

Shipbuilding Hall

The slipway is surrounded by a 50 metre wide, 50 metre high and 280 metre long closed hall. Ships up to 220 metres long and 32 metres wide (Panmax) can be built completely under cover. Two bridge cranes, each of 120 ton capacity, can in combination lift, turn and position modules weighing up to about 220 tons. In addition a floor-bound hydraulic transport system is available to move blocks weighing up to 1200 tons and position them with millimetre accuracy.

As a result, optimal conditions are provided at all times for building the complete ship’s hull and particularly for quality welding processes. Even cable laying and the installation of electrical components can take place independently of weather and with good access.

With no weather or time problems to worry about, we can operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This guarantees the highest flexibility and benefits the yard’s already enormously high reputation for deadline reliability.

Fitting-Out Quay

The final fitting-out of ships take place at the 160 metre long and 14 metre wide fitting-out quay. Longer ships can be made secure at mooring posts on an extension of the quay. The shipbuilding hall to the north, the yard site to the west and the fitting-out quay to the south form a harbour which is open only to the east and is where ships can lie and be protected from frequent west wind weather and rough sea conditions during fitting-out.

Two cranes with capacities of 60 and 42 tons are available for loading and unloading operations They have outreaches of 50 metres and lifting heights of 45 metres and can safely reach nearly all deck areas. The adjacent yard site to the south offers about 3,100 m2 of space for building deck houses or for storing big sections which have been delivered.

Conservation Hall

All modules are completely coated before final assembly. There are two air-conditioned conservation halls for blasting and coating, both of which provide optimal treatment and drying conditions. The closed halls also offer a high degree of safety against condensation in the use of different coating systems and provide the same conditions for all building projects the whole year round.

Modern air-conditioning provides good air circulation and the best possible climate in the halls, reduce dust concentrations in the air during blasting and provides good working conditions. Filters reduce solvent emission and contribute to environmentally friendly production.

Pre-Fabrication

Pre-fabrication is the foundation on which steel shipbuilding is laid. For this reason we place a lot of value on quality and accuracy from the moment the first steel is cut. Just as important are the careful handling of materials and minimising heat transfer to materials.

Steel cutting is divided into three sections, each with its own different plant: profile fabrication, component fabrication and panelling. In all sections a wide range of materials can be fabricated using flexible equipment and processes. Components are cut using the most modern dry plasma technology to the highest accuracy and with seams already prepared.

At the end of the line, plate tolerances of +/- 2mm are achieved which meet our production stipulations and are accurate enough for later processing.

Administration

In 1983 the German-Danish architect Kurt Neumann from Flensburg designed an administration building for our shipyard which combined all administrative sectors under one roof.

Management, distribution, finances, purchasing, design from draft to detail, data processing, planning, simulation, research and development for ship theory and manufacture, personnel through to building supervision and classification societies – all have their place here.

All our responsible and participating personnel are practically ‘next door to one another’, something that makes for personal, face to face contact at all times. As far as our customers are concerned this also means that questions can be answered quickly, without referral, on the spot.