MV WERFTEN Pumps €75 Mln into Rostock Yard

Announcing further investments into its shipyards, MV WERFTEN has today signed three contracts for the investment program for its Rostock yard, including a purchasing contract for a new thin-plate laser panel line with welding and production automation specialist Pemamek, the construction of a new hall with engineering company Inros Lackner and design services with service engineer Warnow Design. 

 

“This investment clearly indicates our long-term commitment to our yards and our plans to make MV WERFTEN one of the world’s most modern and efficient cruise shipbuilders,” said Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay, Chairman of the Genting Group, owners of the shipyards group.

 

Jarmo Laakso, Managing Director of MV WERFTEN, added, “With the investment in our Rostock yard and especially in this new and most efficient welding method, we will further increase our steel prefabrication capacity and thus improve our productivity.”

 

With the new line, the shipyard group said it will have one of the most modern welding stations in Europe and will then be able to handle the planned cruise shipbuilding projects with large amounts of thin steel plate construction. The advanced laser-hybrid welding station will be installed in the new hall from September 2017, and commissioning is slated for February 2018. 

 

The so called laser-hybrid technique offers a new high-quality and effective welding method by providing higher speed at less energy and heat input, thus causing less distortion and subsequently considerably lowering straightening work, the shipbuilder explained. In contrast to traditional steel processing, this technology allows improved stability at much lower costs and in highest precision.

 

A groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the new hall in Rostock will be held in early 2017. The shipyard group will further invest in a new block building line by the end of this year. In total, MV WERFTEN has invested around €75 million in its Rostock yard.