floats The Gorch Fock. That was the best message that came for a long time by the Elsflether Werft. And it is one of the last life was a sign of the traditional company, which had taken to the redevelopment of the sailing school ship of the German Navy. The shipyard, which was involved to the incredible cost increases in a corruption scandal, goes after the seemingly successful Takeover by the Lürssen opposite to the shipyard group is now your end. The Elsflehter shipyard has but other reasons, such as Lürssen announced today.
“After intensive evaluation of all the analyzed aspects, it is necessary to maintain the operation at its location in Elsfleth is not economically viable,” – said in a on Wednesday afternoon widespread press statement, 13 months post announcement to accept the insolvent shipyard. The operation is discontinued in the current year.
The Gorch Fock is the Lürssen shipyard © Cord Schellenberg Float magazine gschleppt employees for the “Gorch Fock” used
the Lürssen had the Elsflther shipyard recently acquired, and with it, the repair order for the sailing school ship. “In the foreground of the current connection process to the Lürssen group,” it says, “the more than 130 employees. In particular, their skills in the repair business had encouraged the Bremen-based family company in the decision to take over the shipyard.
was convinced of the company until today. For employees, this means: “All employees will be fleshed out a takeover offer and in the coming months, and in personal conversations.”
debt of the Schlick
should be As the reason for the abandonment of the site of Elsfleth Lürssen is, however, something else: “The enormous Siltation of the river Hunte a nearby shipyard, port, Contaminated sites at the shipyard, as well as a massive backlog of repairs” seem the task of the site result. “Without the necessary Dredging of the mud every two to three years, which would allow a minimum water depth of more than four meters, can boats on the Slip will not be moved”, the Lürssen-speaker.
“The cost of Disposal of the mud by the operation is not economically feasible.” In addition to Siltation, the dockyard premises is not contaminated with ground water vulnerable to Contamination, their disposal costs, “according to the analysis to calculate”, it is called from the yard.
silt, Contamination and Rehabilitation, the shipyard unproductive © CC BY-SA 3.0 Float magazine
seems Possible, however, that the Lürssen group has managed to in-house competitors from the neck. There is, as a repair backlog, according to well-informed circles. The yard had been renewed in the last few years, tip top round: foundations, buildings, offices, workshops – everything is new and almost everything ready. The resist luerssen speaks: Then a second sheet pile wall would have to be rammed in front of the lacking Pier, and all four cranes modernized.
From the yard location to the landscape protection area
The shipyard site-adjacent areas have been reported in February 2020, according to the European habitats Directive as a landscape protection area, the Lürssen-message. So Grass can’t grow on an ugly history that is yet to end.
After all, the “Gorch Fock” floats, And you should eventually be finished being renovated. But that is a story that relates to shipyard Elsflether.
This article handled was written by Stefan Gerhard
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