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Correction / statement on media coverage in week 26

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Flensburg, 27.06.2019; The Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft mbH & Co. KG hereby comments on the media coverage of the last days :

As both Mr. Lars Windhorst, Shareholder and CEO of Tennor Holding B.V. and Mr. Alex Gregg-Smith, CEO of the shipyard announced at the last works meeting on 20.6.19, FSG is in close contact with the customers of the RoPax ferries to be built in order to discuss the next steps for the construction of these existing orders. These discussions have been very promising so far.

The contracts have not been terminated by neither the customer nor by FSG.

Furthermore, the construction of next RoRo ship, Hull No. 781 has not stopped – on the contrary, the keel laying ceremony took place on 27.5.19 and is progressing to schedule on the slipway with launching scheduled for 29.10.2019.

The RoPax ferry “Honfleur” is currently in the phase of extensive outfitting and commisisioning alongside the commissioning work of the RoRo “Leevsten” and the work on construction number 781 for SIEM has been partially rescheduled which has resulted in temporary undercapacity in part of the production. For this reason, some colleagues are currently temporarily working short-time labour.

Rescheduling conditionally limited short-time work

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Flensburg, 30. April 2019; As part of the process in moving torward with the reorganization of the shipyard with the aim of securing its long-term success, FSG has been in negotiations with customers and suppliers since the beginning of the year.

Tothis end, several measures have been implemented in order to successfully achieve this target.

The RoPax ferry for Brittany Ferries is in the process of intensive outfitting. For optimal progresstobe obtained on this project it was necessary to postpone the start of production of our newbuilding no. 781, the eighth RoRo vessel for SIEM.
This has led to a partial and temporary underemployment in one part of the production. Forthis reason, the Company’s management and Werks Council have agreed to apply to
the Labour Employment Agency for short-time work in this area.

The application has already been submitted.

The effects on the affected area are being kept to a minimum. The majority of the affected employees will be able to bridge this period either by reducing overtime hours previously worked or will be temporarily employed in other areas of production.

FSG´s seventh RoRo new building for SIEM

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Flensburg, 08. April 2019; On Monday, 08 April 2019, the Flensburger-Schiffbau-Gesellschaft’s seventh Ro-Ro ship for SIEM was successfully launched. This newest fleet member of the SIEM Group is named “LEEVSTEN”. This name comes from the Lower German dialect and means “Dearest”.

As per the wishes of the Shareholders and the Managing Director Alex Gregg-Smith, the name of the ship should be dedicated to the staff of the FSG, and so this beautiful event was celebrated in a small circle, which consisted mainly of the staff and their families. On behalf of all partners of FSG´ler, an employee’s life partner was made Godmother and named the ship.

The main particulars of the new Ro-Ro ferry:

Length: 209,79 m
width: 26,00 m
Speed: 21,3 kn
Load capacity: 11,900 t
Draught: 6,45 m
Track meter: 4076
Trailer capacity: 283

The “Leevsten” will be delivered in September 2019; another Ro-Ro ferry for SIEM will be delivered in 2020.

Launching of NB No. 780 „Leevsten“ on 08th April 2019

FSG receives another prestigious award for the RoPax vessel “W.B. Yeats”

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Flensburg, 21.03.2019; The awards for Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) continues: the “W.B. Yeats”, one of the world’s largest RoPax vessels, received the “Ferry of the Year 2019” award at the Ferry Shipping Summit 2019 for its distinctive design, large loading capacity and modern and timeless interior concept.
The Ferry Shipping Summit 2019 took place in Amsterdam from 19 to 21 March 2019.
André Powilleit, Head of Sales and Design at FSG, was delighted to receive this award on behalf of FSG.
FSG’s employees are proud to have received this prestigous award, recognizing their contributions to the design and construction of the “W.B. Yeats”.

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FSG awarded for “W.B. Yeats”

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Flensburg, 15.03.2019; FSG is pleased to have received the prestigious ShipPax Ferry Concept Award for its groundbreaking RoPax ferry “W.B. Yeats”. The “W.B. Yeats”, FSG’s new building no. 771, was delivered to Irish Continental Group (ICG) in December 2018.

The award was received during a ceremony at the SHIPPAX FERRY CONFERENCE 2019, which took place between 12 and 14. March 2019 onboard Tallink Grupp’s vessel “Silja Serenade”; another innovative RoPax vessel that currently operates between Stockholm, Sweden and Helsinki, Finland.

During the award ceremony, André Powilleit, Head of Sales & Design at FSG, presented the design of the “W.B. Yeats” to the attendees and the shipping industry.

„The RoPax ferry business is very interesting and attractive, because every ferry service is unique in many aspects. For example, the route and passenger expectations drive the suite of onboard amenities. The port logistics determine how the vessel needs to be shaped to allow for smooth boarding. However, there are also dozens of more criteria like the environmental footprint; an area where FSG has been an industry leader, since FSG has implemented state-of-the-art technologies in projects allowing the operator to protect the environment. Altogether, the variety of requirements lead inevitably to highly customized and fine-tuned solutions, which can be handled very well by our shipyard. The “W.B. Yeats” is a perfect example of how this cocktail of requirements was mixed in the best possible manner.“

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FSG delivers sixth new building Ro-Ro for SIEM

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Flensburg, 14.03.2019; Today, Thursday, 14 March 2019, another Ro-Ro ship was handed over to SIEM at the Flensburger-Schiffbau-Gesellschaft and will leave the shipyard on Monday. This is the sixth RoRo ship that FSG has delivered to SIEM and is identical in construction to the sister ship “ALF POLLAK”.

The “MARIA GRAZIA ONORATO” will be chartered out to Moby Lines Europe and deployed in the Mediterranean area on the routes to and from Sardinia and Sicily. Together with its sister ship “ALF POLLAK”, this will be amongst the newest and most modern RoRo ferries in the Mediterranean area, accommodating up to 310 semi-trailers and has a capacity of 4076 lane metres.

The main parameters of the new Ro-Ro ferry:

Length over all: 209,79 m
Breadth moulded: 26,00 m
Deadweight: 11,900 t
Draught: 6,45 m
Gross Tonnage: 32 887
Trailer Lanes: 4076 m
Main engine: 2 x MAN 8L48/60CR

FSG is also currently building another 2 of this series of RoRo`s for SIEM, delivering in 2019 and 2020.