We are officially restarting work on the construction of the LNG-powered RoRo ferry for SeaRoad. FSG CEO Thorsten Rönner, FSG COO Michel Bollmann and Tony Johnson, Technical Marine Manager of the shipping company, jointly give the signal for the steel cut with the C57 module from section 43, the weather deck which is 23 meters above the keel. This steel cut is more than just a start for Project 784, it is also the signal for the re-launch of the new FSG. The resumption of the project is a significant moment for us and shows that Flensburg still has a…

Full steam ahead: FSG is now part of the Heinrich Rönner Group! With our long-standing experience in ship development, design, and manufacturing, we are a great addition to the corporate group. “The FSG, with its employees, has been one of the best shipyards in Germany for many decades. We believe that with this investment in Schleswig-Holstein, we now have a fantastic additional building block in our group. Together with the other companies of the Rönner Group, we can now leverage synergy effects even better,” says Thorsten Rönner, the new managing director of our shipyard and partner of the Heinrich Rönner…

Presently, a distance of more than 16,000 kilometres, or almost half-way around the globe, seems insurmountable when it comes to signing a contract, unless the contracting parties agree to do so in synch via video link. That is precisely how the Tasmanian-based Australian shipping company, SeaRoad, and German shipbuilding yard, Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG), have finalised the purchase contract for a RoRo vessel with LNG propulsion. A face-to-face meeting in Australia or Germany was not possible due to the current pandemic, but the spirit of cooperation between the two organisations provided the foundation to deliver an outcome that was almost a…

In a traditional keel-laying ceremony at Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG), the first hull segment of the newbuilding number 782, weighing more than 50 tons, was lowered by crane onto the blocks. In accordance with maritime custom, a 1-euro coin was placed under the keel for good fortune. The keel laying of the RoRo ferry to be built was performed by Philipp Maracke, CEO of FSG, Klaus Müller, project manager of this newbuilding project at the classification society DNV GL, Thomas Jansen, chairman of the FSG works council, and Flensburg’s mayor Simone Lange. “For FSG, today’s keel-laying marks an important milestone, as…