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Environment protection offers huge new market for shipbuildingDutch and German ministers ap-pealed at the SMM on Tuesday for environmental protection to be seen as a huge business opportunity for the shipbuild-ing and supply industry.

But leading industry figures told a conference at the SMM that shipowners will have to be compelled to accept higher costs for environmental protec-

tion, either through new regu-lations or to compensate for higher fuel costs.“Maritime shipping will have to make substantial efforts in order to realise its potential for emis-sion reductions,” said Germany’s minister responsible for ship-building, Dagmar Wöhrl. “In ab-solute figures, maritime shipping already produces more CO2 emis-sions than all emission sources

of a large industrial nation like Germany.” Industry must regard environmental protection as an opportunity to make major in-novations and as a chance to gain market advantages, said Wöhrl.Dutch Economic Affairs Minis-ter Maria van der Hoeven, said Dutch shipyards had recovered from their past crisis by con-centrating on specialist sectors such as offshore and yachts.

Today at 15:00 hours Hall A1, Stand 534Topic of the Day: Training and recruitment of highly-qualified personnel

Participants: • Dr. Joachim Segatz, board

member Germanischer Lloyd

• Dr. Ralf Sören Marquardt, chief executive, German Shipbuilding and Ocean Industries Association (VSM), joint initiator of the ThinkIng training initiative

• Dr. Jörg Mutschler, chief executive of German Engi-neering Federation VDMA North, joint initiator of the ThinkIng training initiative

SMM talkThe problem is not creating environment-friendly technology but the price customers will accept.

Acute shortage of specialist personnelThe global shipbuilding and yard supply industry is boom-ing with continued high rates of expansion. Alone in Germany, the sector achieved growth in 2007 of 13.8 percent, according to German engineering industry association Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau (VDMA). And despite this there are problems, as the sector’s companies are struggling to deal with a continuing shortage of specialist personnel.

Germany’s shipbuilding and offshore supply industry with its 76,000 strong workforce last year achieved a turnover of 11.9 billion euros. “Our ex-pectations were significantly exceeded with growth of 13.8 percent. An end to this devel-opment is not in sight,” said Dr. Lüder Hogfede, chairman of the VDMA’s sector work-ing group shipbuilding and offshore supply industry at its annual press conference

in Hamburg. For the current year, Hogfede forecasts further growth of 14 percent. A major bottleneck is currently the shortage of specialist per-sonnel in the engineering sec-tor. This involves all specialist disciplines but is increasingly also being felt for other spe-cialist workers and the service sector. A strong seven percent rise in new personnel hires in 2007 could be exceeded this year provided the employment

About five to six percent of personnel requirements could not be met. Photo: VDMA

market has not been swept clean. “About five to six percent of the personnel requirement could not be met,” Hogfege told German newspaper Deut-sche Verkehrs-Zeitung. So many companies are seek-ing to help themselves. In a sector dominated by mid-size companies, young people are increasingly being taken on by companies in a dual work/study concept. “Along with their challenging engi-neering studies, our young employees also get a close up view of how companies oper-ate each day in a global com-petitive environment,” said Dr. Christian Schliephack, chief executive officer of ship gear manufacturer Reintjes, based in Hameln.

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Following the official opening of the SMM, Ger-many’s minister responsi-ble for the maritime and shipbuilding industries, Dagmar Wöhrl, took time during her tour of the fair to visit the DVV Media Group stand. The minis-ter was impressed by the up-to-the minute reporting provided by the German daily maritime newspaper THB and the SMM Daily News, both published by the DVV group. Secretary of State Wöhrl was wel-comed (from left) by Schiff & Hafen Editor-in-Chief Dr Silke Sadowski; the deputy publishing house director for the sectors Logistics & Transport, Oliver Detje; and THB Editor-in-Chief Frank Binder.

www.schiffundhafen.deHall A1, Stand 534

Minister visits DVV

Now, environment pro-tection must be regarded as a new specialist sector for the shipbuilding industry, she told an SMM conference on envi-ronmental protection and in-novation staged by Germany’s Economy Ministry. “However we must find solutions joint-ly,” van der Hoeven said. “In order to realise energy savings we also expect contributions from Dutch shipbuilding, from suppliers and from the educa-tional/research institutions. Currently, a great focus is being placed on the development of new hull forms and the reduc-tion of emissions.”Dr Stefan Spindler, executive board member of German engine manufacturer MAN, said ship engines will need to offer more flexibility to meet differing environmental rules. “Ships will increasingly oper-ate in some regions with high emission restrictions where use of fuel with sulphur content is banned,” Spindler said. “But in open seas they will be permitted to consume fuel with sulphur. This means ship engines will need the ability to consume a range of fuels. Engine makers will need to increasingly offer the technical solutions which provide such flexibility.”Spindler saw “considerable potential” for energy saving through improvements to the inter-reaction of engines, trans-mission systems, propellers and

hulls. But no paradigm change with revolutionary, easy new answers could be expected.In the longer term, use of gas as a fuel for ships “could do a huge amount” to reduce emis-sions of carbon dioxide, soot and sulphur and nitrogen com-pounds. “Gas could be the ma-rine fuel of the future,” told the conference.From the view of the ship-builder, the problem is often not creating technology for environmental protection but the price customers – the ship-owners – will accept, said Dr Herbert Aly, executive board member of Germany’s largest shipyard group ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems. “The technol-ogy is often there, the question is whether it will be accept-ed by the market,” Aly said. “A ship owner is not interested in energy savings over the 20-year life of a ship which he is going to sell after seven years.”Bernard Meyer, head of Ger-man cruise ship builder Meyer Werft, said substantial energy savings were being achieved. Meyer Werft was about to de-liver a 122,000 gt cruise ship which had a 30 percent lower energy requirement than pre-vious smaller vessels when measured in gt. This had been achieved through a wide range of measures including engine, hull form, attention to lighting and even use of solar cell pan-els on the vessel.

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SMM DAILY NEWS

The engineering specialist Ferchau Marine is taking part in the SMM for the first time this year as a service provider for shipbuilding and offshore technology. A highlight on its stand is the live presentation of a virtual engine room con-struction. The company not

only aims to impress industry experts, but also seeks to at-tract potential trainee special-ist personnel.

“There is enormous potential for growth in the shipbuild-ing industry market,” said Hendrik Krämer, head of Fer-

chau’s marine business sector. “That is why we plan to take on more than 30 additional personnel by the end of this year. In the first half of 2008 we have already hired 15 ad-ditional personnel. Naturally, as a service provider for the en-gineering industry, we are feel-ing the shortage of specialist personnel especially strongly. The number of applications we receive for the shipbuild-ing and ship propulsion tech-nology sectors is very low. But the requirement for personnel among customers remains ex-tremely large. There is a lack of experienced people submitting applications, such as in the ar-eas steel shipbuilding designers with Tribon experience, design-ers for pipe dimensioning and installation, of engineers and technicians for shipbuilding with knowledge of ship engine and pipe fitting, plus designers for ship fitting out.”Against this background, the re-cruitment of trainees and train-ing is a focus point during its

SMM premiere. Potential candi-dates for jobs can undertake ap-plication interviews with Ferchau representatives on the SMM fair stand and get in depth advice about the chances and oppor-tunities which an engineering service provider can offer. Ferchau Engineering GmbH, says it is one of the leading serv-ice providers in the engineering area. Its marine business divi-sion has locations in Bremen, Bremerhaven, Hamburg and Kiel. For the second half of this year it plans to recruit and train more personnel for ma-jor projects in submarine con-struction and in the military underwater sector. In addition, Ferchau Marine plans to create and expand a project group to deal with heating, climate con-trol and ventilation technology in passenger ships.

Ferchau Marine presents itself in Hall B7, Stand 252.

Ferchau fights for engineering trainees

Virtual engine room construction by Ferchau Marine.

Hendrik Krämer, head of Ferchau’s marine business sector.

Three questions to…Dr. Christian Schliephack Chief Execu-tive Officer of the marine gearbox man-ufacturer Reintjes, based in Hameln in Germany. The company is currently bat-tling against a shortage of highly skilled personnel in the shipbuilding and ship supply industries.

Exactly how is the shortage of skilled per-sonnel being reflected in your company?

SCHLIEPHACK: We have a shortage of skilled personnel in the machining sec-tor, especially in lathe operations, in ad-dition we are seeking engineering techni-cians and engineers. Currently we have a shortage of about 20 personnel. And this is despite an increase in training posi-tions from 30 to 36. The reasons include the doubling of our turnover in the last three years.

What sort of concrete impact does that have on you?

SCHLIEPHACK: There are bottle-necks in production and longer de-livery times. But we are intensifying our internal training programmes and also cooperating with external partners, with whom we for exam-ple jointly seek personnel below the skilled worker level.

Complete this sentence: The shipbuilding supply industry offers young people an excellent professional future, because...

SCHLIEPHACK: ... in the future a huge proportion of trade will continue to be transported by ship and the large order volume offers jobs which are assured of a good future.

To steer the right courseGerman based Hatlapa Marine Equipment, based in Uetersen, has enlarged its steering gear range to meet all requirements even for the latest 13,000 TEU container ships which have rudder torques up to 10,000 kNm. After several European company takeovers, Hatla-pa is about the only non-Asian manufacturer of large ram-type steering gears. All com-petitors are Japanese makers which operate mainly as licensees in Korea and China. In addition, Hatlapa has further developed its range of small compact steering gears, start-ing at rudder torques of 30 kNm suited to work boats and other smaller vessel types. The company’s range of vane type steering gears currently exceeds 1,500 kNm. With this additional development, Hatlapa is about the only supplier world-wide offering all available types of steering gears meeting the requirements of all possible ship types.

Hatlapa Marine Equipment: Hall A1, Stand 451

The steering gears of Hatlapa meet all requirements.


SMM DAILY NEWS | EMPLOYMENT

GL sees no size limit for giant container shipsThere is currently no limit in sight to the possible size of giant container ships which could be built, a top executive of German classification society Germanischer Lloyd (GL) said at the SMM.

GL launched its new rules for container ship construction at the SMM on Tuesday, changed to make them suitable for the new generations of huge container ships.A South Korean yard this summer an-nounced plans for the world’s largest container ship capable of carrying 22,000 TEU. Currently the largest container ships are around 13,500 TEU while plans for a 16,000 TEU ship have also been an-nounced.Asked if he expected container ships larger than 22,000 TEU to be built, GL executive board member Dr Hermann Klein said: “There is really no current technical limi-tation on container ship size. It is more a question of limits in the ports, terminals and cargo handling equipment.” Howev-er, Klein said GL is not currently in talks with clients about building vessels of over 22,000 TEU.Jan-Olaf Probst, GL’s senior vice president ship newbuilding, said the new rules had been prepared because of the ever-larger

Presenting new rules for the construction of giant container ships (from right) GL‘s Dr Her-mann Klein, Jan-Olaf Probst and Dr Pierre Sames.

GL FuelSaver – More energy efficiency, lower emissions

Increasing fuel prices, tighter environ-mental protection rules – the cost pres-sure for shipping companies has risen sharply. This is leading to an intensive search for methods to save costs. Ener-gy consumption and exhaust gas emis-sions are top themes for ship operators. GL has reacted to this demand. The new advisory service GL FuelSaver has been launched right on time for the start of this year’s SMM. The goal is simple: Ef-

ficient energy management should be used to achieve a reduction in emis-sions along with a cut in fuel costs. GL FuelSaver has been created in modules. The CO2 Index Data Analysis is used to calculate data about fuel consumption and cargo transported. The result of this examination is then used as the basis for the operational fuel consumption analysis. Germanischer Lloyd: hall B4, stand 150.

container ships being ordered. GL esti-mates 158 containerships of 10,500 TEU and larger will enter the world fleet up to early 2012. “Shipbuilders and designers have requested us to spell the calculations and requirements out. It is not only the rules, but also why they apply and how to calculate them”, said Probst.New classification rules have been devel-oped to guarantee the structural strength of essential parts of a containership’s hull and superstructure. The revised rules put

greater focus on details, providing more specific instructions on procedures such as cargo hold calculations and also have new fire prevention requirements based on the Fire Test Procedure Code.New recommendations are given for strengthening shell plates and profiles to minimize propeller-induced vibrations. Avoiding deckhouse vibrations is also ad-dressed by a set of new recommendations.For the deck area, the revised edition con-tains new requirements for the arrange-ment of strengthened insert plates. This also concerns openings within and close to insert plates. The requirements for breakwaters have been updated in terms of loads, sizes and dimensions for plates, stiffener and girders.Probst said the current slowdown in global container ship orders could change. “Global trade is increasing and this will bring contin-uing demand for container ships,” he said.“Currently ship prices are too high, partly because of rising steel costs, and charter rates are too low. If we see steel prices go down and charter rates rise we could see a recovery in orders.”

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SMM DAILY NEWS | CLASSIFICATION

Ship of the YearNorway’s “Ship of the Year 2008” award will be pre-sented by Norwegian State Secretary Rikke Lind in the Norwegian national pavilion at 14:00 hours on 24 Septem-ber. This prize is traditionally awarded during the SMM and is organised by the Norwegian magazine Skipsrevyen. This

year the award goes to a Sub-sea Riserless Well Interven-tion Vessel. The selected ship is a masterpiece of Norwegian shipbuilding, says Editor-in-Chief Asle Strønen, and re-flects the high level of market demands in this sector.

Norwegian Pavilion: Hall B7

A masterpiece of Norwegian shipbuilding: Island Wellserver.

Complex solutions for tube and pipe fabrication

At the SMM 2008, leading German tube and pipe bend-ing specialist Tracto-Technik, Lennestadt / Deutschland, will show innovative machine technology and efficient soft-ware solutions for tube and pipe fabrication. The product range comprises CNC tube bending machines, semi-automatic and 1-axis-control-led tube benders, tube end forming machines and measuring systems as well as software solutions. Especially for the maritime and offshore industry, Tracto-Technik has de-veloped a completely au-tomated system solution for fast and economic produc-tion of template pipes. This solution integrates measure-

ment of planned pipe courses, isometric sketching, determi-nation of bending data and correct flange welding of the template pipes.

Tracto-Technik: Hall B2 (ground floor), Stand 241

A fully automatic CNC cont-rolled tube bending machine up to 120 mm.


SMM DAILY NEWS | AWARDED

EMS: The new market leader among ship suppliersNorway’s EMS Ship Supply AS has been undertaking a sys-tematic expansion strategy to become the largest ship sup-plier in the world. Only in sum-mer did the company take over Seven Seas Shipchandlers, based in Dubai, underlining its market leadership in this im-mensely competitive sector.

Just last year had EMS posi-tioned itself among the top operators in the global ship supply market through the takeover of the Spanish mar-ket leader Provimar. While EMS had its main business focus on the north Euro-pean and Asian regions, the Provimar takeover provided

major expansion in south Europe plus North and South America. At that time, the Oslo-based company was confidently able to say it was seeking market leadership in the global ship supply in-dustry. With the takeover of Seven Seas Shipchandlers this goal has now been reached.

“EMS became an industry leader in ship supply follow-ing our acquisition of Span-ish Provimar last year. This time around we acquire an outstanding company and the market leader in one of the world’s most dynamic and fast growing shipping regions,” said Ms Annette Malm Justad,

EMS Provimar’s distribution centre in Barcelona.

CEO of Eitzen Maritime Ser-vices, the parent company of EMS Ship Supply. EMS put around US$115 mil-lion on the table to buy the company in Dubai. This gives EMS access to the lucrative Middle Eastern market. Alone this year Seven Seas will reach a turnover of around US$200

million – with a profit mar-gin which EMS says is sig-nificantly above the industry average. This means EMS will at a stroke double its group turnover. EMS will gain a marketing network covering the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Ku-wait and Djibouti. EMS will

also receive a central stor-age and distribution centre in Dubai, where over half of Seven Seas’ total workforce of 540 is based. With the integration of Provi-mar and Seven Seas in the EMS group, the company is now represented in more than 60 ports around the

globe, delivering supplies to around 8,000 ships annually. Expected group turnover for 2008 is around US$470 mil-lion.

EMS Ship Supply presents itself on a 100 square metre stand in fairground Hall B5, Stand 461.


German company Geislinger GmbH was established in 1958. Leonhard Geislinger originally as an engineering bureau for torsional oscillation calculation. At that time, working from a garage, inventions included the thermo pneumatic locomotive. The Geislinger coupling was also invented as part of this complex development. Geislinger has continued with a series of new developments for over 50 years. It is now active worldwide as a supplier and de-velopment partner for manufacturers of large engines, es-pecially builders of ship propulsion systems. The company places great emphasis on development in which it invests an average of ten percent of turnover.

www.geislinger.com

FROM AN INVENTOR IN A GARAGE TO SYSTEM PARTNER

From 1958 into the Future – 50 Years GeislingerThis year the SMM in Ham-burg will see a new step in the history of the tradition-ally forward-thinking company Geislinger. An additional future focus will be provided by the

new Geislinger Power Monitor-ing, which will be introduced at the SMM.

The Austrian manufacturer Geislinger is known for cou-

plings and dampers for large diesel and gas engines. One of the latest achievements in their 50-year history is the Geislinger Power Monitor-ing. The Geislinger Monitor-

The Geislinger power monitoring range can be used for old or new engines.

engine load and torsional vi-brations. The Geislinger Pow-er Monitoring measures this behaviour via sturdy measur-ing gear rings and robust, reli-able inductive sensors. Precise algorithms detect the torsion-al vibrations and provide an exact overview of static twist (respectively the engine out-put) and shaft line vibrations. This simple and compact con-cept avoids error-prone radio based signal transmission as well as strain gauges. The Geislinger Power Monitor-ing is suitable for retrofitting on existing propulsion systems

as well as for new ships. It pro-vides the master with a tool for economic ship operation. One example: If speed is reduced it is possible to directly see the influence on the engine out-put – 20 percent speed reduc-tion may result in almost 45 percent less engine output. A further advantage is that it not only provides a precise power measurement, it additionally monitors the torsional vibra-tion behaviour of the shaft line – a further safety factor.

Geislinger is exhibiting on Booth 011 in Hall A3.

Precision work from Geislinger personnel.

ing product range now of-fers four different versions: Damper Monitoring, Cou-pling Monitoring, Misfiring Monitoring and the new Power Monitoring. As in most of merchant ships steel shaft lines are used, the Geislinger Power Monitoring is based on twist measure-ment. The steel shafts provide elasticity and thus twist under


WEDNESDAY, 24 SEPTEMBER

9.00–17.00 MS&D – Maritime security & Defence – Hamburg Messe und Congress Conference A/Room 1

10.00–12.00 Presentation: Ameron14.30–16.30 Bondstrand GRE piping /

D.v.d. Wetering BV Martechnic Hall A3/Room A3.3

14.30–15.00 Presentation: Ballast Water System – Clean Ballast Technology – RWO Marine Water Technology Room A1.4

9.30–14.00 Meeting – Shipbuilding working group IG Metall Küste Conference A/Room 3

9.30–14.00 Presentation: Environ-mental Issue – Ballast Water Treatment – Oceansaver Conference A/Room 4

9.30–18.00 Presentation: VIRTUE – The Virtual Towing Tank Utility in Europe – Hamburgische Schiff-bau-Versuchsanstalt Room B6.4

9.30–18.00 Marine Coatings Conference – PCE/MPI Conference B/Room 4-6

11.30–13.30 Presentation: Compos-ite Superstructure Concept – Kockums AB Conference B/Room 3.1

12.00–18.00 Open ship on the frigate Niedersachsen Port of Hamburg

9.30–18.00 Seminar: Use of soft-ware and features – ShipConstructer Software Inc. Halle B5/Room B5.4

11.30–12.30 Knowledge sharing on 14.00–15.00 vessel condition

monitoring – Rovsing Halle B6/Room B6.3

14.00–15.00 Presentation: Alfa Laval Halle A2/Room A2.1

17.00 Cocktail Party – Romanian Pavilion Foyer East, Stand 10

THURSDAY, 25 SEPTEMBER

9.00–15.30 MS&D – Maritime security & Defence – HMC Conference A/Room 1

10.00–12.00 Presentation: Ameron 14.30–16.30 Bondstrand GRE pip-

ing / D.v.d. Wetering BV Martechnic Hall A3/Room A3.3

9.30–18.00 MariMatch Interna-tional Brokerage Event for the Maritime Sec-tor – Enterprise Europe Network Hamburg – Schleswig-Holstein Hall B6/Room B6.4


9.30–14.00 Presentation: Environ-mental Issue – Bal-last Water Treatment – Oceansaver Conference A/Room 4

9.30–18.00 Marine Coatings Conference – PCE/MPI Conference B/Room 4–6

9.30–18.00 Environmental Focus – Ballast Water Treatment System – Wilhelmsen Ships Equipment Conference A/Room 3

15.00–18.00 ThinkIng – VDMA/VSM Conference A/Room 4

13.30–16.00 CIMAC Circle – VDMA Conference B/Room 1–3

12.00–16.00 Open ship on the Niedersachsen Port of Hamburg

11.30–12.30 Knowledge sharing on vessel condition moni-toring – Rovsing Dynam-ics Hall B6/Room B6.3

FRIDAY, 26 SEPTEMBER

11.00–12.00 Techcross Electro – Cleen™ Ballast Wa-ter Treatment System – Techcross Inc. Conference B/Room 3


9.30–14.00 ThinkIng – VDMA/VSM Conference A/Room 4

More in the next issue.


SMM DAILY NEWS | SELECTED DIARY

Hall A3, Stand 300

Outdoor Area, Stand A4.003

SMM DAILY NEWS | HALL PLAN presented by

With annual turnover of over US$12 billion, Parker Hannifin is a worldwide leading manufacturer of propulsion and control technology. The company develops and produces systems and targeted solutions for commercial, mobile and industrial applications along with the aircraft and space flight sectors. Parker employs more than 61,000 personnel in 48 countries.

www.parker.com

PARKER HANNIFIN AT A GLANCE

Valves, links, filters

the modernisation of maritime piping systems. Its attractions include the achievement of sig-nificantly reduced construction times in shipbuilding. The pipe connection system F37 with its specially-developed F37 seal closes leak-proof, even when flanges start to “breathe” under pressure.Also new: The DFF40 Duplex Filter for medium pressure

with eco elements. This is the optimum fuel filter system for diesel engines of up to 10 MW. This innovative filter also offers top performance as a lubrica-tion filter for gears and propul-sion systems or for hydraulic fluids.

Parker Hannifin presents its latest innovations in Hall A4, Stand 255.

Parflange F37 Programme.

Parker Hannifin, a worldwide leader in motion and control technology, showcases its ex-pertise in providing compre-hensive solutions at this year’s SMM. In focus are products in-cluding valves, piping, coupling and filter technology.

The modern hydraulic valves of the proven D*FB series from Parker Hannifin combine well thought-through mechan-ics with easy-to-use onboard electronics. The company is presenting two new valves

with the nominal sizes NG06

and NG10, which as

their pred-ecessors

can be deliv-ered

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preset formats and can be in-stalled without any further need for additional adaptation.Another highlight: For high-pressure pipe connections, Parker is now offering the use of its patented Parflange tech-nology for larger pipes with an exterior diameter of up to 140 millimetres, pipeline wall thick-ness of up to 9 millimetres and pressures of up to 420 bars. The Parflange F37 system simpli-fies both the maintenance and

Top technology for Super YachtsSuperyachts are an exclusive sector which has grown stead-ily at the SMM in recent years. The SMM 2008 showcases top technology to meet all the needs of these vessels, includ-ing propulsion, automation, navigation and communica-tions systems plus onboard equipment such as power, hy-draulic and waste treatment facilities.

A number of the leading supery-acht builders are present at the SMM 2008, Hall B4. Lürssen (stand 220) is rated by the Brit-ish trade magazine The Yacht Re-port as the world’s number one superyacht builder, with a total of some 57,000 gross tons (GT) in the superyacht sector, fol-lowed by Blohm + Voss (stand 240), a shipyard belonging to

ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS), with some 50,000 GT at its two locations in Ham-burg and Kiel. The top ten in this field include SMM exhibi-tor Amels (stand 400), which belongs to the Dutch shipyard group Damen, and also Abek-ing & Rasmussen (stand 441). Peters Schiffbau (stand 470) is another shipyard with substan-tial engagement in the yacht sector, using the SMM 2008 as a platform for its products; Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven (stand 422) is also present, and so is the Fincantieri Group (stand 430) – alongside its flourishing cruise ship business, the Italian Group is also engaged in su-peryacht building. Statistics from The Yacht Report indicate that the milestone of 250 superyachts completed

was passed for the first time last year, with deliveries of 253 vessels with a length overall of over 30 metres – that is more than 60 percent up on 2005 (158 vessels). Some 182 super yachts were built in Europe, 41 in the USA and 30 in other countries. Industry leader Lürssen has already delivered two supery-achts this year – the 155 metre “Sunflower” in February, and the 70 metre “Martha Ann” in April, powered by two Cat-erpillar engines. Lürssen will complete another three luxury yachts before the end of this year. TKMS shipyards has al-ready delivered two of three superyachts during this year. The deliveries include a 73 m yacht – built at Nobiskrug as it was member of ThyssenKrupp

70 metre “Martha Ann” delivered by Lürssen.

Marine Systems / HDW-Group (the company was sold within this year), a 119 m yacht with the project name “SIGMA / SF 99” and now called “A” and a 93 m yacht that will be deliv-ered until December. Abeking & Rasmussen handed over a 78 metre yacht in this summer. Amels has delivered the second 52 metre yacht of the Limited Editions Amels 171, a pro-gramme launched in 2005 to build luxury yachts much more quickly but without sacrificing individuality thanks to flexible use of design modules.The order book at the begin-ning of 2008 included a total of 445 super yachts. Some 144 of these have a length overall in excess of 50 metres so that, for the first time, this segment is bigger than that of yachts be-tween 40 and 50 metres (113 orders). Some 188 orders are in the length range 30 to 40 me-tres, a classic domain of the Ital-ian shipyards. Up-sizing is now a firm trend not only in cruise ships and container ships, but also in super yachts. The superyacht sector at the SMM 2008 will include not only many builders, but also the leading manufacturers of ac-cessories and components. The German Yachting Industry Pool (hall B2, ground floor, stand 220) is here again this year at a joint stand – this organisa-tion brings together more than 60 companies who have com-bined forces under the auspices of the German shipbuilding association to represent and re-inforce German interests in this market segment.

VDMA optimistic“We will cope with global growth,” said Dr Alexander Nürnberg, chairman of the shipbuilding and offshore sup-ply industry sector of the asso-ciation of German engineering industry VDMA. He was speaking at the VDMA sector assembly of members directly before the SMM open-ing. Despite the global banking crisis, slowing economic ex-pansion plus high energy and raw material prices, associa-tion members have full order books. Long-term contracts with fair conditions, reliability, the constant search for technical advances and environmental friendliness are factors distin-guishing the German ship-building and offshore supply industry. One of the secrets of success according to Nürnberg is the independent, small and me-dium sizes of companies, not only in north Germany but also in southern regions such as Bavaria and Baden Würt-temberg. But politicians must ensure there are free markets and seek a general reduction in subsidies. The industry does not need state aid pro-grammes divorced from prac-tical experience, but a flexible reduction in the tax burden in research and development, Nürnberg said.

VDMA: Hall A1, Stand 631


SMM DAILY NEWS | SHIP SUPPLY | YACHTING

The tankers are classified by Bureau Veritas and have the ice class 1B. They can be used for worldwide transport of oil products, chemicals plus vege-table oils and animal fats. This is because the differing marine line coatings enable the ves-sels to take a wide range of cargoes. Good manoeuvrabil-ity is provided by a dual pod propulsion system and a side thruster.A second SMM highlight is a new handysize bulk carrier, which Cicek hopes will gener-

ate great interest in the market. The new design for 25,000 dwt bulkers will be provided with 35 tonne cranes, which will not only be able to handle steel. They can also be fitted with large grabs for the rapid load-ing and unloading of loose bulk cargoes. Background for this new devel-opment is the current structure of the global fleet in the handy size sector. The high average age of the bulkers, the ris-ing environmental and safety demands, the requirement

Cicek Shipyard was established in 1977 by Turkish shipbuilding engineer Celal Cicek. The company today employs around 450 personnel and a further 800 jobs are supported among sub-contractors. On its 40,000 square metre site in Tuzla, a drydock and two berths are available for newbuilding. The main focus is on construction of bulk carriers and container ships plus chemical tankers. Only in July did the yard launch a 1,300 TEU container ship. The yard is currently building ships including a 58,000 dwt Supramax bulker, the largest of its type to be built in Turkey.

www.cicekshipyard.com

CICEK SHIPYARD

Turkey’s Cicek Shipyard is pre-senting two new ship designs at the SMM 2008. With its new plans for small coastal tankers and for handysize bulk carri-ers, the company underlines the force for innovation in Tur-key’s expanding shipbuilding industry. The increasing importance of Turkey as a shipbuilding coun-try is shown clearly at the SMM 2008. Some 30 exhibitors from the country are presenting their new developments in Ham-

burg, including the ambitious Cicek Shipyard, which has its shipbuilding and ship repair facilities located in Tuzla bay near Istanbul. The shipbuilding company’s latest developments include a 3,150 dwt coastal tanker. The first of four of these IMO II chemical tankers is now be-ing built and will be delivered soon. The small tankers can be built in various variants, for ex-ample for transport of refined products or as bunker ships for fuel supplies.

The Cicek Shipyard in Tuzla covers 40,000 square metres.

…which has been delivered to Bayraktar Shipping in July 2008.

The Ayse Naz Bayraktar is a 1,300 TEU newbuilding…

Ship designs made in Turkey

for faster cargo handling and stricter rules on hold cleaning leads Cicek to believe that old-er ships will find it increasing difficult in future to find prof-itable employment. The new

bulker design is the answer to this development.

Cicek Shipyard presents it new ship designs in the fair Hall B4, Stand 540.


Brokers calculate that only 179 container ships were ordered worldwide in the first eight months of 2008, down 49 per-cent on the same time in 2007.The recent turbulence in global financial markets coupled with the credit squeeze were among major reasons for the fall in or-ders so far this year, D.Y. Han, senior executive vice president of Hyundai Heavy’s shipbuild-ing division said at the SMM.“I think global economic cycles are becoming shorter,” he said. “I am confident we will see a recovery in demand in a much shorter time than we saw in

previous periods of economic slowdown.”Despite the huge increase in China’s shipyard capacity com-ing onto the world shipbuilding market, he said Hyundai Heavy had no intention of giving up its position as the world’s lead-ing container ship yard.“We will continue to do what we do best and others must do what they do best,” he said.There has been speculation that Hyundai Heavy Indus-tries may give up construction of simpler vessels and smaller container ships, but he said Hyundai intended to continu-

Young and innovative

tection method based on DNA and nanotechnology. Recon claims that this innovative technique ensures clear dis-tinction between original parts and imitations.

Rewitec, based in Lanau, dis-plays innovative anti-wear coatings for ship propulsion systems, using metal ceramics. This improves the lubrication capabilities for marine engines,

Friendship-Framework, an innovative software solution of Potsdam based of Friendship Systems.

transmission systems and bear-ings, which ultimately improves fuel economy. Meyer Factum presents a simple filler system in polyurethane for swimming pools on cruise ships and yachts. The company is a specialist in floor cover-ings, and also presents a floor system made of polyurethane with teak look, intended for the cruise ship and yacht sector.Friendship Systems from Pots-dam has the right solution for energy-efficiency in ship opera-tion. It develops and licenses in-novative software solutions for design of energy-efficient hulls, propellers, turbines and more. The company’s main product is Friendship-Framework, a de-sign environment which com-bines computer aided design (CAD) and computational fluid dynamics (CFD), enabling us-ers to examine many hundreds of variants.

Hall B7, Stand 30 to 35

Innovative start-up ventures, sponsored by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Econom-ics and Technology (BMWi), present their ideas and prod-ucts at a joint SMM stand. This comprises six compa-nies which show their inno-vation potential in develop-ment, simulation, design, shipbuilding, propulsion and safety engineering. They are C-CON, Friendship Sys-tems, Lais, Meyer Factum, Recon Technology Europe, and Rewitec.The Berlin-based Recon com-pany, for example, has special-ised in innovative, ready-to-use safety technology. It is present-ing infrared cameras for safe navigation at night and in fog, and the world’s first counter-feit detection and brand pro-

Hyundai confident of recovery in container ship demand

Part of the giant Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyard in South Korea. The company is hopeful container ship demand will recover.

ing building the full range of container vessels.Some observers have also ex-pected Hyundai Heavy to turn away from shipbuilding and ex-pand more in high-value added sectors such as construction of offshore oil rigs and drilling platforms.But Han stressed that high value added structures such as offshore platforms may also require large imports of com-ponents and supplies which Korean companies may not produce.Meanwhile, at the SMM on Tuesday signed a deal involving

its core container ship sector. It signed a contract for classifica-tion with German society Ger-manischer Lloyd.The seven 13,100 TEU con-tainerships will go to German customer MPC Capital. Steel cutting for the first vessel will begin in November 2010 at HHI’s yard in Ulsan, Korea. With a construction time of nine months per vessel, the final ship will be delivered in June 2012.

Hyundai Heavy Industries: Hall B2 (ground floor), Stand 320

Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world’s largest shipbuilder, is confident world demand for container ship newbuild-ings will recover, a senior executive at the yard told the SMM Daily News.


SMM DAILY NEWS | START-UPS | SHIPBUILDING

Three generations of the Oelkers family have helped write shipbuilding history in Hamburg. Hamburg’s Johann Oelkers shipyard was established in May 1876 and was involved in ship

repairs of all types for over 100 years including ship lengthening, rebuilding and refitting. It has also been involved in building tugs, freighters, ferries, tankers, inspection vessels, barges and passen-ger launches with steam, conventional engines and diesel-electric propulsion. Wilhelm Oelkers, a member of the third generation of the Oelkers family, tells the story of a family and its company history. The focus point of the book is a lively de-scription of the company’s development between 1950 into the 1980s. The reader receives a close up view of the hectic daily work of a shipyard, about projects and naturally about the ships built by Jo-

hann Oelkers. The tragic end of this yard, which played such an important role in German specialist ship construction, is also described in detail. Over 100 photo-graphs from the Oelkers family’s private collection richly illustrate the book. A top recommendation, especially for readers interested in the theme of small ships such as tugs, passenger launches and small coastal freighters. But the book should also have a place on the shelves of anyone interested in the story of Ham-burg and the history of companies.

Autor: Wilhelm OelkersPublisher: Elbe-Spree-Verlag e.K., HamburgISBN: 978-3-931129-26-2, Price: 39.80 eurosLimited issue (777 copies)

THE MARITIME BOOKSTORE RECOMMENDS

Book tip of the day: Johann Oelkers – A shipyard in Hamburg

Maritime book expert Maike Fuchs.


SMM DAILY NEWS

EPIRB with digital displayACR Electronics introduces the GlobalFix iPRO at the SMM. This is a patented, next gen-eration 406 MHz EPIRB featur-ing breakthrough technology that makes it the first EPIRB in the world to offer an exclusive digital display screen and dual GPS capabilities.

The digital display provides the user with a variety of impor-tant information both during operation and self-test. When activated, the display provides the user with reassuring tips on optimizing the use of the bea-con and provides the following functions during activation:• It informs the user that the

beacon is working.• It informs the user of his/her

GPS coordinates.• It informs the user of remain-

ing battery power.• It reinforces to the user the

correct deployment of an ac-tivated beacon, such as “leave beacon on until ResQ” and “do not hold aerial”.

But the GlobalFix iPRO will function without any other in-teraction as well. Even under conditions where it is difficult to get a GPS fix, for example during a severe storm, the 406 MHz signal is always sent to the rescue satellite system which will begin to extrapolate the location. Typically, internal GPS coordinates are acquired within the first 100 seconds of activation.ACR Electronics Inc., based in Florida, is a Cob-ham plc company. It de-signs and manufactures a complete line of safety and surviv-al products in-cluding EPIRBs, PLBs, SSAS, AIS, SARTs and safety accessories.

ACR Electronics presents its new EPIRB at Hall B6, Stand 380.

Siemens fuel c ells for the German NavyDuring SMM the German Navy placed a major order for the equipment of two Class U 121 A submarines, which are being built

One of the class 212 submarines supplied to the Italian Navy.

in the dockyards of Howaldts-werke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) in Kiel. The order involves a 55 mil-lion contract for Siemens for the supply of Permasyn permanent-magnet excited synchronous motor, PEM (polymer electrolyte membrane) fuel cells as the core component of the air-independ-ent propulsion system, switch-gear and the automation system EMCS (Engineering, Monitoring and Control System). The electric propulsion systems are character-ized by their extremely low noise signature. A PEM fuel-cell system enables air-independent propul-

sion (AIP) of the submarines when they are submerged. The AIP system comes from HDW while Siemens is providing the fuel-cell modules as well as the control and monitoring devices for the AIP system. Up to now, four Class 212 submarines have been supplied to the German Navy and two submarines of the same kind have been supplied to the Italian Navy.

Siemens: Halle B6, Stand 360Howaldtswerke – Deutsche Werft: Halle B4 (ground floor), Stand 240

PEM fuel cells are the core of the propulsion system. Photo: Siemens

Two platform supply vessels ordered from Germany’s Sietas

German yard J.J. Sietas an-nounced at the SMM it has won an order for two offshore platform supply ships from German customer Harms Ber-gung of 7,300 gt/6,500 dwt.

They will be delivered in late 2010 and early 2011. Financial details were not given.Offshore supply is a new sector for Sietas and the vessels are of the yard’s own design.

Sietas sales manager Fridtjof Rohde told the SMM Daily News the yard has decided to diversify into the offshore sec-tor. With oil prices so high, the company believes offshore development will remain at a high level in coming years.The yard, traditionally a build-er of feeder container ships and heavy lift vessels, is seeking a broader product mix and has also recently booked orders for dredgers.“We see the mix as important to success,” he said.The vessels ordered by Harms will measure 111 metres length overall, 22.2 metres breadth and 8.5 metres depth. They will be fitted with one 300 tonne capacity crane and will have 1,400 square metres of cargo area. They will also have a heli-copter deck.

Sietas: Hall A1, Stand 514

Overlooking the shipyard of J. J. Sietas Photo: Hasenpusch

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SMM DAILY NEWS | NEW ORDERS

What’s up

EATING OUT: Delta Bistro

The Delta Bistro in Ham-burg’s central meat market was originally a meeting point for customers and sup-pliers of the meat wholesale company Delta Fleisch Han-dels GmbH. But today it is not only wholesale custom-ers who go for talks at the bis-tro. The word has got around town that unbeatably good meat is served here. Whether a 220 gr beef fillet with fried scampi or for the really big hunger the 600 gr rib eye steak, you will certainly not be disappointed here. But fish fans will also find first class dishes too. A reservation is necessary.

Delta BistroLagerstraße 11 20357 Hamburg Tel.: +49-(0)40-43161-36/-37, www.delta-hamburg.de

INFOTAINMENT:Eye to eye with the giants

For every visitor to Hamburg, a sailing trip around the port in one of the many sightseeing vessels is a must. But a very special tour of the port is offered by the Jasper bus company. Called Eye to Eye with the Giants, this offers a fas-cinating and highly unusual look at the city’s history. The three-hour long tour passes through the Speicherstadt historic port ware-house district and the huge new HafenCity development, past the conventional cargo terminals and the Köhlbrandbrücke suspension bridge. Issued with a special secu-rity pass, the tour then goes onto the container terminals at Bur-chardkai and Altenwerden, two of the most modern facilities of their type in Europe. Almost nowhere else will you have the opportunity to experience the working of a gi-ant container terminal.

The tour can be booked by tele-phone: Tel.: +49-(0)40-227106-10 (Mondays to Thursdays from 8.30 am to 7.00 pm, Fridays to 4.00 pm). Online bookings are also possible: www.jasper.de

ENTERTAINMENT: Reeperbahn Festival

What would be a visit to Ham-burg without a stroll along the Reeperbahn, perhaps Germa-ny’s most famous entertain-ment district? And SMM visi-tors have special luck this year, as from 25 to 27 September the third Reeperbahn Festival is be-ing staged and the list of bands taking part is again impressive. The entire sinfull mile of the Reeperbahn is being converted into a club room in which over 140 bands will give their best. These include both many new-comers and established names. A first class mix of rock, pop, indie, punk, jazz and electro is offered to music fans. In small intimate clubs, visitors have the chance to experience the bans so close as never before.

The entire programme can be called up on the Internet: www.reeperbahnfestival.com

Container Terminal Altenwerder

Delta Bistro

Compressed air technology for ships

Atlas Copco is present at the SMM 2008 with its compressed air technology especially aimed at the maritime industry. “Be-cause this sector has special re-quirements for compressed air equipment – with high demands on operational safety at sea – we have decided to establish a ma-rine centre,” said Jürgen Wisse, head of the maritime business sector at Atlas Copco Kompres-soren und Drucklufttechnik GmbH, based in Essen. “We are transferring our long-years of know-how in compressed air production and processing to the special conditions at sea”.The compressors and com-pressed air equipment produced have the designation Marine Air Systems (MAS). “All our MAS equipment is configured for op-erational temperatures of up to 55 degres Celsius,” said Wisse. A further point involves oil supply: “This must be organ-ised so that sufficient oil for lubrication and cooling of the compressors is available even

in heavy seas, when the ship rolls and pitches,” he said.The Atlas Copco systems have withstood a test with an incli-nation angle of 22.5 degrees.

The marine products, the com-pany’s own marine engineering team and immediate delivery of spare parts worldwide will meet market demands, Wisse says. All compressed air equipment is certified by classification so-cieties including Germanischer Lloyd, Bureau Veritas, DNV, American Bureau of Shipping, Lloyd’s Register and RINA.

Atlas Copco: Hall A2, Stand 140

Marine Air Systems compressor.

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