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www.meyerwerft.de | September 2014 | No 13
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The orders recently given by the Norwegian Cruise We are very proud that some of the world‘s biggest
Line for a further two luxury liners bring the number cruise ship-owning companies, such as Royal Carib-
of large cruise ships in the shipyard‘s order books to bean International, Norwegian Cruise Line and Star
a current total of nine. Cruises have placed their faith in us and given us
the opportunity to build these complex and sophi-
This means we have now sufficient orders to take us sticated ships here in Papenburg.
through to the year 2019. It is not only the good ca-
pacity level in all areas of the shipyard that is remar- This trust does not just apply to MEYER WERFT alo-
kable but also the fact that the delivery dates in the ne but equally to the excellent cluster of small and
spring and autumn of the next few years represent large suppliers with whom we have been working
a 6-month cycle. This cycle is not only advantageous together successfully for many years, and in some
for the yard but also for our suppliers. Mostly the cases decades, in creating these extraordinarily
interior finishing companies, but also firms working challenging ‚floating cities‘.
for us under work and labour contacts benefit from > continued on page 2
the steady workload resulting from this cycle.
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At MEYER WERFT three Quantum-class ships are under construction for Royal Caribbean International.
We have said before that the proportion of exter- Shipbuilding is an extremely tough business in our
nal costs in the cruise ships we build is more than market segment too. Orders are always put out for
75%. This means that the success or failure of our tender worldwide – our competitors are not only
projects depends to a decisive extent on our coope- in Europe, but also increasingly in the Far East. To
rations with partner companies on the supply side; keep a step ahead in this market, we always need
there are more than 800 suppliers who support us to remain that much better than the competition.
in our shipbuilding activities. We have always succeeded in maintaining this in
the past, and we are confident that you will support
When it comes to building cruise ships, we are us in ensuring that it remains so in the future.
among the top addresses in the world. Over the last
25 years, we have worked hard to attain this market WE EXPECT A LOT OF OUR SUPPLIERS BUT WE ALSO HAVE
position. Our shipbuilding activities enjoy a high A LOT TO OFFER.
level of productivity, thanks to the use of modern
production technologies, our ‚slimline shipbuilding‘ We offer our partners a collaboration with an ex-
system, a well-positioned engineering construction cellently managed, innovative private company and
department with the latest equipment and tools, a a chance to make a long-term contribution to the
powerful CIP organisation, and, not least, sophisti- production of highly complex and extremely in-
cated logistical procedures. teresting structures.
Ralf Sempf
(Head of purchasing and materials management)
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Autumn Spring Autumn Spring Autumn Spring Autumn Spring Autumn Spring Autumn
Royal Caribbean International, 3 cruise ships, 168,800 GT, delivery 2014, 2015, 2016
Norwegian Cruise Line, 4 cruise ships, 163,000 GT, delivery 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
Star Cruises, 2 cruise ships, 148,100 GT, delivery 2016, 2017
available construction sites
The delivery dates in the spring and autumn of the next few years represent a 6-month cycle.
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Mein Schiff 3 was built in Turku and delivered to TUI Cruises in the summer of 2014.
MEYER WERFT JOINS FORCES WITH STX FINLAND
Following numerous talks aimed at strengthening our cooperation with the cruise
shipyard STX Finland in Turku, the participation of MEYER WERFT was finally agreed
in early August. MEYER WERFT has now acquired a 70% stake in the company, in
so doing taking over the operative management of the Finnish shipyard.
There are currently around 1,300 people directly
employed in Finland in building the cruise ship Mein
Schiff 4 for the German shipping company, Reederei
TUI Cruises. The Hamburg shipping line, a joint ven-
ture between TUI and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
(RCCL), has also ordered two more ships of this class
(Mein Schiff 5 & 6) from the shipyard in Turku.
STX Finland are acknowledged specialists in cruise
ships, and the shipyard demonstrates a high level of
technological know-how. ‚By reinforcing our joint
efforts in the field of research & development wi-
thin the cruise ship market and combining them
with the mutual learning effects gained in the wor-
king procedures, we will be able to benefit from
positive synergies in the future,“ says CEO Dr. Jan View of the outside premises in Turku.
Meyer. The shipyard also sees a further positive ef-
fect in the increased flexibility it is now able to offer
customers. strengthening the concentration of European com-
petences in the cruise ship sector. The acquisition
All the shipyard‘s sites are set to undergo similar is still subject to confirmation by the participating
reinforcement in the future. A contract to secure financial institutions and clearance by the Federal
the site is currently being discussed with the state Cartel Office. The name of the company will then
of Lower Saxony. This illustrates that it is not just be changed from STX Finland Oy to Meyer Turku
about relocating capacities, but about significantly Shipyard Oy.
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SUSTAINED SUCCESS FROM OPEN
AND TRANSPARENT COOPERATION
We have now further intensified our cooperations with a number of our suppliers
with the aim of working more closely with them and sustainably enhancing our
activities throughout the delivery chain.
The workshop team members
With more than 800 suppliers involved in each new supplies. More importantly, all who are part of the
ship construction, comprising a virtually incompara- delivery chain face the new challenges and develop
ble variety of industries and trades, the construction together.
of cruise ships must be one of the most complex in-
dustrial activities of all. With an outsourcing level For this reason, we will be conducting an intensive
of over 75%, we attach particular importance and analysis of our supplier base. A new assessment sys-
responsibility to our suppliers. This is why it was tem will help us to progressively evaluate strengths
again important for us to intensify our cooperation and weaknesses throughout the entire delivery
with our suppliers in the first half of 2014. chain. The focus is not only on minimum require-
ments in terms of quality, punctuality of delivery
One example is the company G. Th. FREESE GmbH and a joint definition of cost structure, but also on
& Co. KG from Bremen, with whom we consolida- the various interfaces between the supplier and
ted our cooperation in the form of numerous work- the shipyard. Conducting talks and joint workshops
shops. Jörg Buchholz, CEO of Freese, was highly sa- with suppliers allows us to define the overriding
tisfied with the running of the workshop. „Thanks potential for development and improvement and
to the very frank discussions, we were able to iden- to directly address the derived measures to the rele-
tify the cost drivers with respect to the installati- vant organisational units. This is an ongoing process
on of deck coverings and in turn effect long-term that does not end in an agreement (contract) but is
improvements to our cost structure. The frame- performed continually.
work contract we have now concluded for the next
three years gives us planning security.“ From the Even now, there is great willingness among sup-
perspective of MEYER WERFT, the outcome is also pliers to face these challenges together. We also
thoroughly positive. The workshop team, consisting need the input of our most important partners to
of employees from both Freese and MEYER WERFT, enable us to eliminate our own problems, together
questioned all the details of the cooperation. Hence with the MEYER WERFT CIP department. The ove-
were we able to considerably and sustainably redu- rall process is not a one-way street. Only together
ce the overall costs, but we also successfully enhan- can we remain competitive in the long term.
ced our strategic partnership with Freese.
Klaus Lübbers (Head of project purchases)
We will also be successively intensifying our coope- Holger Menssen
rations with other important partners. An excellent (Head of supplier management department)
supplier base is a fundamental requirement of con-
tinued long-term competitiveness. It has for a long
time no longer been enough merely to guarantee
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September 2014 | No 13
PILOT PROJECT FOR SOCIAL AUDITS OF SHIPYARD SUPPLIERS
TÜV Rheinland and MEYER WERFT are working
together: the two organisations have concluded
a contract for an initial pilot project, in which the
future qualification of partner companies working
on the basis of work contracts will be inspected in
accordance with clearly defined and comprehensive
criteria. These social audits will be conducted by of MEYER WERFT‘s partner firms working on the
TÜV Rheinland and they will make it possible to test basis of work contracts. Only successfully audited
companies‘ compliance with all applicable regula- companies can subsequently become partners of
tions more systematically and inclusively. Possible the shipyard. The inspections by experts from TÜV
deviations will then be virtually eliminated. Rheinland will cover entire operations and they will
be based on a comprehensive catalogue of criteria,
Following on from this first pilot project, TÜV including working conditions, working hours, pay,
Rheinland will systematically inspect and audit all and accommodation.
CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT PROCESS (CIP)
WORKSHOPS ON STRATEGIC COOPERATION
To intensify the cooperations at the interfaces bet-
ween MEYER WERFT and its partner companies in
the implementation phase, a number of joint work-
shops are currently being organised for our sup-
pliers, in which the CIP management is also taking
part. This makes it possible to detect optimisation
potential and to define and implement appropriate
measures. Possible interface problems can be evalu-
ated by the direct involvement of the CIP manage-
ment in the talks. Moreover, improvements can be
implemented directly in the shipyard‘s organisati-
on. The workshops analyse and address the process
chain as a whole, from the ordering stage to the
final handover.
NEW LEGAL FORM
MEYER WERFT GmbH has been renamed MEYER way will serve to strengthen the shipyards and se-
WERFT GmbH & Co. KG. Similarly, NEPTUN WERFT cure their locations in Papenburg und Rostock in
GmbH will in future be known as NEPTUN WERFT the long term. For example, it will lead to a consi-
GmbH & Co. KG. Upon merging into this new legal derable simplification in administrative procedures
form, the previous distinction between the owner within the company. The new legal form is also
and operator companies will no longer exist. Com- accompanied by a reinforcement of the company‘s
bining the owner and operator companies in this equity capital.
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IN BRIEF
PURCHASING DEPARTMENT AT THE SMM 2014
On 9-12 September, the SMM, the leading exhibi-
tion for shipping, marine and ocean technology
in Hamburg will be opening its doors for the 26th
time. After attracting a record number of visitors in
2012, the organisers are again expecting more than
2,000 exhibitors from over 60 countries, along with
over 50,000 visitors at this year‘s event, the motto
of which will be ‚Keeping on Course‘. As in previous
years, the purchasing departments of both MEYER
WERFT and NEPTUN WERFT will again be maintai-
ning a joint exhibition stand in Hall B4.EG at stand
212 throughout the event.
QUANTUM OF THE SEAS SOON TO BE DELIVERED
The Quantum of the Seas is nearing completion. Af-
ter undocking in August, the ship with the construc-
tion number S.697 will remain at the shipyard‘s fit-
ting-out berth until the end of September, when it
will make its way along the Ems to its destination
of Eemshaven. From there, it will sail towards Bre-
merhaven, during which the last adjustments will
be performed. Upon arrival the final fittings will be
made, before the vessel is finally handed over to its
owner, Royal Caribbean International, at the end of
October. Once delivered, the Quantum of the Seas
will not only feature the latest in environmental
engineering but it will above all offer an exciting
range of innovative entertainment services.
FULL ORDER BOOKS AT NEPTUN WERFT
After the shipping company Viking River Cruises
secured itself an entry in the Guinness Book of Re-
cords in March of this year by launching 16 new
river cruise vessels within a 24-hour period, the
company‘s success story continues unabated. NEP-
TUN WERFT in Warnemünde also has a further 11
river cruise ships in its order books. Like their pre-
decessors, the vessels are 134.90 metres long and
11.45 metres wide, with room for up to 190 passen-
gers, and are deployed on a variety of rivers in Eu-
rope. Viking River Cruises and NEPTUN WERFT have
been working together since 2011; it has meanwhi-
le supplied the shipping company with a total of 32
river cruise craft.
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September 2014 | No 13
SONNE RESEARCH SHIP LAUNCHED
The SONNE was launched on 11 July by Chancellor
Angela Merkel at NEPTUN WERFT. The research ship
had already passed a number of major tests, first
sailing through the Ems and then undergoing its
first adjustment and trial voyages. In the coming
months, the ship will be put through a number of
tests in the West Atlantic and the Caribbean to as-
certain its scientific capability.
The new SONNE research ship has a length of 116
metres and a width of 20.6 metres and features a
high level of energy efficiency. From January 2015,
the new SONNE will commence its activities in the
field of marine scientific research. MEYER WERFT’s Managing Partner Bernard Meyer, German
Chancellor Angela Merkel and Mecklenburg-West Pomerania’s
Prime Minister Erwin Sellering
IN OPERATION: NEW BLASTING, STRAIGHTENING AND PRIMING SYSTEM
The new innovative and environmentally friendly
plant will enable ND Coatings not only to perform
the blasting and priming of sheet metal panels and
profiles for MEYER WERFT but also to straighten
them – all in a fully automated process.
The new blasting, straightening and priming plant
has an investment volume of 12 million euros; it is
178 metres long, 28 metres wide, and can process
sheet metal panels at a maximum speed of five me-
tres per minute. Environmentally friendly solutions
have been developed and implemented in the new
production line, such as the use of water-based
shop primers. Particular attention has been given
to ensuring that plant equipment is state-of-the-art
and energy-efficient. lity. The system is dimensioned to cover the grow-
ing requirements of both the shipyard itself and its
The aim is to satisfy the exacting demands of the strategic partners.
customer when it comes to the finishing of sheet
metal panels and profiles. High quality and adhe- Installation of the new blasting, straightening and
rence to delivery deadlines are just two aspects. At priming plant including cranes and other required
the end of the pre-treatment process chain, the infrastructure commenced a few weeks ago at
new and innovative plant is able to deliver straigh- Papenburg‘s southern industrial harbour. The plant
tened panels to MEYER WERFT. The straightening became operational in July 2014, to allow adjust-
procedure takes place in the process just before the ment and performance tests to be carried out.
steel production, which significantly improves qua-
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Journalist, TV presenter and mentor of the ’Top 100‘, Ranga Yogeshwar, presents the award to the
company‘s CEO, Manfred Ossevorth and Kai Betker (process planning group leader).
ND COATINGS IS AMONG THE ’TOP 100‘
ND Coatings GmbH is one of the top innovators in this award as recognition of our joint efforts in the
the field of German SME businesses. Together with company and as motivation for all our future inno-
other successful German idea creators, the partner vations.“
company of MEYER WERFT was awarded the highly
sought-after ’Top 100‘ accolade at the German SME The entry into the ’Top 100‘ list was preceded by a
Summit in Essen. sophisticated selection procedure. The focus of the
assessment was on innovation management and in-
For ND Coatings GmbH, winner of the ’Top 100‘ novation success. For more than twenty years, the
award, innovative thinking has been part and par- ’Top 100‘ has been regarded as a symbol of innova-
cel of the company‘s operations since its inception. tive power, thirst for knowledge, and team spirit.
Indeed, upon its foundation in 2011, innovation The mentor of the ’Top 100‘ is journalist and TV pre-
was strategically anchored in its business plan. In senter, Ranga Yogeshwar.
only three years, the company, which operates in
the fields of corrosion protection, surface finishes
and insulations, has developed into a close strategic
partner for MEYER WERFT, primarily thanks to its
ability to come up with new ideas. Quality-impro-
ving process innovations led to an increase in sales
of around 70 percent last year. A lean organisation,
short communication channels, highly modern faci-
lities, and innovative and environmentally friendly
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process engineering ensure that the young com-
pany and its fifty employees remain on course for Editor:
success. MEYER WERFT GmbH
Industriegebiet Süd
26871 Papenburg
„It is something quite special for us,“ says CEO Man-
fred Ossevorth, clearly very pleased to have been Layout:
awarded the ‚Top 100‘ seal of approval. „We see eskalade werbeagentur GmbH
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Photos:
Norwegian Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean International,
Berndt Lonnberg, Michael Wessels, Ingrid Fiebak-Kremer,
Jörg Düwel, compamedia
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