29 October 2019, Flensburg – Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft mbH & Co. KG. (FSG), the German shipyard owned by the global investment company Tennor Holding B.V. today announces the christening and launch of a new 4,076 lane meter roll-on, roll-off (‘RoRo’) freight ferry in Flensburg. This vessel is the eighth Ro-Ro vessel ordered from FSG by Norwegian shipping company SIEM Europe. The ship was named “LIEKUT”, which means “straight ahead” in the local dialect of Lower German, reflecting the continued focus and endeavour of SIEM Europe and FSG. The ship was launched after being officially named, building on a strong year for…
FSG delivers seventh RoRo new building for SIEM
Flensburg, 30 August 2019; Today another Ro-Ro ship was handed over to SIEM by the Flensburger-Schiffbau-Gesellschaft. This is the seventh ship that FSG has handed over to SIEM. On April 8, 2019, Mrs. Mona Schäfer named the ship “Leevsten” in a family atmosphere before it was launched. The main parameters of the new Ro-Ro ferry: Length: 209.79 m Width: 26.00 m Capacity: 11,900 t Draft: 6.45 m GT: 32,887 Track metres: 4076 Main engine: 2 x MAN 8L48/60CR. The eighth vessel for Siem will be launched at the end of October. main parameter: Length over all: 209,79 m Breadth moulded: 26,00…
Tennor Holding takes full ownership of Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft mbH & Co. KG. (FSG)
Flensbug, 30.9.19; The Global investment company Tennor Holding B.V. confirms it has now become the sole owner of the German shipyard FSG. This follows the successful acquisition of all remaining shares in FSG from the former owners, Siem Europe Sarl. In February of this year, Tennor (formerly Sapinda Holding) became the principal shareholder in the business, established in the North German state of Schleswig-Holstein in 1872. Siem Europe first became a shareholder in FSG in September 2014 and over the past five years has been the main purchaser of vessels produced at the yard, which has included the construction of…
Correction / statement on media coverage in week 26
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…
Rescheduling conditionally limited short-time work
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…
FSG´s seventh RoRo new building for SIEM
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…