Two German ship repairers, MWB Motorenwerke Bremerhaven AG and Rickmers Lloyd Dockbetrieb GmbH & Co KG merge their dry dock businesses to form a new company called German Dry Docks GmbH & Co. The headquarters of the new company, employing about 100 people, is at Barkhausenstrasse 60 in Bremerhaven, the new company said in a statement.
German Dry Docks boasts four docks of its own and a further 2 large docks in co-operation with Lloyd Werft. As a result, six docks in Bremerhaven’s Kaiserhafen – of up to 38 m internal width, 335 m length and 11.5 m draught above keel blocks - are available to our customers. Our targets are increased efficiency, more flexibility, bigger dock capacities and thus better performance at fair market prices.
The management of German Dry Docks will consist of the Managing Director of Rickmers Lloyd Dockbetrieb Uwe Beck and the current Authorised Officer of MWB Ship Division Detlef Nünke. They are both successful shipbuilding engineers with many years of ship repair management experience behind them. Docking repair business at both existing locations will also continue to involve the current proven joint personnel team.
MWB Motorenwerke Bremerhaven AG under its Chairman Jürgen Gloystein and 145 specialists will continue to concentrate on its traditional business know-how in the ship drive and energy technology sectors which includes the now increasingly important areas of energy efficiency and emissions reduction.
