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…
Documentation of MV Loch Seaforth
Recently published documentation about the building of the “Loch Seaforth” at the Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft: Starting with the keel laying over launching and sea trial, up to delivery. Many thanks for permission to link goes to the Captain of the “Loch Seaforth”, Lewis Mackenzie, the author of this great and comprehensive documentation. Link to Captian Mackenzie’s web site
FSG receives another prestigious award for the RoPax vessel “W.B. Yeats”
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…