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Fireworks greet Disney Fantasy
The DISNEY FANTASY is the second ship that the shipyard has built for Disney
Cruise Line in Orlando, Florida. The new ocean giant left the dock on 8 January 2012 to be greeted with fireworks.
The DISNEY FANTASY is 340 metres long, with a tonnage of 130,000 gt, and
can take 4,000 passengers. As with the DISNEY DREAM, special features include the water coaster and the virtual portholes in the inside cabins. Highresolution cameras on the outside of the ship project real-time pictures into
the interior. >>
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Disney Fantasy
>> After leaving the dock, the new ship then moored at the shipyard‘s outfitting pier, where it went
through numerous tests. This was followed by the
remaining interior finishing work and final tests
and acceptance procedures in the shipyard harbour.
Only a few days after leaving the dock, the DISNEY
FANTASY was conveyed down the river Ems to the
North Sea; after being handed over to the owner in
February, she will reinforce the Disney fleet.
Reorganisation of Materials Management and Purchasing
As of 1 July 2011, the organisation of the Materials
Management and Purchasing division run by Ralf
Sempf at MEYER WERFT was brought in line with
the constantly increasing challenges of recent years.
Purchasing has been divided into two departments
run by executives reporting directly to Ralf Sempf.
are also directly answerable to the Head of Materials Management and Purchasing as administrative
functions, which in some cases also support other
companies belonging to the Group.
HEAD OF MATERIALS
MANAGEMENT/PURCHASING
CONTRACTS
U. Janßen, J. Benner
U. Sap, B. Schmitz
COST BREAKDOWN ANALYSIS,
CIP TRAINER
B. Koch
NEWBUILDINGS
GENERAL PURCHASING
K. Lübbers
J. Thieke
EXTERNAL PRODUCTION,
DEADLINE MONITORING
E. Körte
Newbuildings is run by Klaus Lübbers and focuses
on the procurement of systems, plants and components for the ships being built at our yard. Klaus
Lübbers has been working in Purchasing since 2005;
until appointed Head of Department, he was mainly involved in setting up our supplier rating system,
establishing Purchasing Controlling and various
other purchasing-related issues.
General Purchasing is run by Johann Thieke and
deals among others with the procurement of all capital expenditure items and means of production,
material stocks, IT requirements etc., and is also responsible for the purchasing of steel and aluminium
sections/blocks as well as concluding contracts for
work and labour, for example when manufacturing
activities are outsourced. Johann Thieke has been
employed by the shipyard already since 1980 and
was responsible among others as Head of Group
for Purchasing and provisionally also as Purchasing
Manager at NEPTUN WERFT.
Together with these two purchasing departments,
Ralf Sempf‘s division also includes External Production/Deadline Monitoring (Edzard Körte) and the
Warehouse (Ewald Jürgens). Other important tasks
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Tugger trains for seamless material supplies
We already introduced our tugger trains in the last issue of „IM DIALOG“. As part
of the lean shipbuilding system concept, they safeguard optimised material supplies to our production activities, providing material among others to both sides
of the flow line in the new building 11 of the Laser Centre.
R. Sempf
SUPPLIER MANAGEMENT,
PURCHASE CONTROLLING,
SUB PROJECT MANAGEMENT
PURCHASING
In the Laser Centre the tugger train provides the flow line with material
WAREHOUSE
NEPTUN WERFT
E. Jürgens
G. Pallutz
This includes Purchase Controlling and Sub Project Mangagement Purchasing, under the auspices
of Beate Schmitz and Uwe Sap, together with the
function of the CIP trainer and responsibility for
cost structure analysis; these tasks are performed by
Bertram Koch.
Another important area is Contract Management
which is responsible for all legal issues in the context of our purchasing contracts. These tasks are
performed by Udo Janssen who will also be assisted
by Jens Moritz Benner as of 1 January 2012.
New Head of Purchasing in Rostock
As of 1 January 2012 Gunnar Pallutz has taken
over as head of NEPTUN WERFT’s Purchasing division. The affiliated companies MEYER WERFT and
NEPTUN WERFT are pursuing the same purchasing
strategy. The common MEYER NEPTUN PORTAL, for
instance, shows this very clearly.
We are sure that by modifying the structures of the
division Materials Management and Purchasing, we
have taken due account of the constantly increasing challenges of the market, putting our corresponding activities on a futureoriented basis.
The tugger train consists of a traction unit and several C-frames. Rolling load carriers can be pushed
into the C-frames and raised hydraulically while on
the move to ensure that the load carrier rollers have
no ground contact during transport.
The load carriers contain synchronised, section-specific outfitting material that is fitted to the sections
within a period of four hours. The wide range of
outfitting material includes among others cable
trays, ventilation tubes and water pipes.
An outfitting cycle amounts to four hours. The flow
line starts moving every three hours: for a whole
hour, it moves all sections on from one outfitting
station to the next, all at the same time. When a
tugger train reaches the target address on the flow
line, the C-frames are low-ered and the rolling load
carriers can be uncoupled from the frame by a foot
coupling and marshalled between the building supports in a cycle buffer. The cycle buffers contain only
the synchronised outfitting material for the next
section. This safeguards seamless material supplies
for the sections while keeping material stocks low.
While the sections “flow“ from one outfitting station to the next, the section outfitting staff take the
mobile load carriers from the cycle buffer and position them in a defined marshalling area in front
of the section. It is also possible to lower the load
carriers onto the section using a crane.
The tugger train delivers synchronised, sectionspecific outfitting material
In addition, rolling shelves are available at defined
points containing small parts such as screws, clamps
and spring washers. The shelves are filled by a Kanban system.
At the end of a cycle, the empty load carriers are
collected by a tugger train; the material needed
for the section can be taken from the interim buffer and made ready at the section. This cycle is consistently repeated.
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First „suPPliers workshoP“
at the seatraDe euroPe 2011
The 2011 Seatrade Europe Cruise and River Cruise Convention was held in Hamburg at the end of September. Together with many companies in the cruise industry, MEYER WERFT and NEPTUN WERFT were also present with a stand.
For the first time, a „Suppliers Workshop“ was held
during the convention, with participation of the
Fincantieri, STx France, MEYER WERFT and NEPTUN
WERFT shipyards. The aim of this workshop organised by Hamburg Messe und Kongress GmbH at the
initiative of MEYER WERFT was to put active and
potential new suppliers in contact with purchasing
staff from the participating shipyards.
Following the initial words of welcome, Ralf Sempf
gave the participants an insight into the current
situation on the cruise market, after which the
Purchasing Managers of the shipyards presented
their companies. More than 200 representatives of
130 companies, including already active suppliers for
the shipyard industry as well as firms from outside
the branch, then had an opportunity to establish or
enhance their contacts to the shipyard purchasers
in ten-minute “speed dating“ sessions. The concept
of this event was based on our Regional Day event,
offering participants a chance to network among
themselves in addition to the speed dating.
The new hall 11 with the flow line
start oF ProDuction in
the new hall 11
Ralf Sempf gave an insight into the current situation
on the cruise market
The Suppliers Workshop gave the participating companies a special incentive in the fact that while generally competing with each other, here the shipyards had come together in a joint effort to find new
suppliers. This makes sense: in the end, all shipyards
that build cruise ships have to procure more or less
the same materials and services. In the aftermath
of the event, the various talks have to be evaluated
with a view to new potential cooperation.
During the Family Day on 30 October 2011, MEYER
WERFT celebrated the opening of the new production hall 11 of the Laser Centre. This project saw capital expenditure of more than € 35 m by the shipyard
in the Laser Centre.
Measuring 361 metres in length and 45 metres in
width, the building has a new synchronised flow line
for outfitting sections with an integrated turning device. This is used for outfitting sections measuring up
to 30 x 30 metres in size with pipes, cable trays, airconditioning ducts and far more in a four-hour cycle.
A subsequent debriefing session attended by representatives of the shipyards and those responsible for
the event at Hamburg Messe und Kongress GmbH
drew a positive conclusion all in all, while agreeing
that the concept needs further refinement for possible future events.
“Speed Dating” with NEPTUN WERFT
The integrated turning device
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Order for Research Vessel Sonne
The first LNG tanker
START OF CONSTRUCTION OF environmentally friendly
gas tanker CORAL ENERGY
Computer animation of the new research vessel SONNE
The LNG tanker CORAL ENERGY
On 19 August 2011, Annette Schavan, Federal Minister of Research and Johanna
Wanka, Minister for Science in Lower Saxony, signed the contract with NEPTUN
WERFT in Rostock-Warnemünde to build and manage the new deep-sea research
vessel SONNE.
The Federal Ministry of Education and Research
thus continues to renew the German research fleet.
The new ship is intended to replace the 36-year old
deep-sea research vessel SONNE in 2015. The new
SONNE will serve to enhance marine research and
also secure jobs in Germany‘s maritime industry.
The contractor in this project is Tiefsee FS GmbH &
Co. KG, a consortium consisting of NEPTUN WERFT
(Rostock) and the shipping company RF Forschungsschiffahrt (Bremen), after winning a European tender procedure in the face of strong competition.
The vessel will be built by NEPTUN WERFT in Warnemünde.
The new ship clearly enhances the technical possibilities for future projects by the coastal research
institutes and universities. It will be operating primarily in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Both oceans have a great influence on the global climate, so
that corresponding research is gaining considerably
in significance.
But the SONNE will also be addressing other issues
of particular scientific and social significance, looking especially at exploiting marine raw materials
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Manfred Müller-Fahrenholz (Managing Director
NEPTUN WERFT), Klaus-Dieter Mayer (Managing
Director RF Forschungsschifffahrt) Annette Schavan
(Federal Minister of Research) und Johanna Wanka
(Minister of Science in Lower Saxony )
and the human impact on the eco systems. The new
research vessel will be energy efficient and therefore particularly environmentally friendly.
MEYER WERFT and NEPTUN WERFT are building
their first LNG tanker as a new, innovative vessel
type with so-called dual fuel engines for the shipping company Anthony Veder (Rotterdam/NL).
Work on building the gas tanker which will carry
liquefied natural gas (LNG) began on 9 November
2011. The vessel named CORAL ENERGY is approx.
156 metres long and 22.70 metres wide with loading capacity of 15,600 m³ LNG, which can be transported at temperatures of down to minus 164°C. It
operates at a cruising speed of 15.80 knots; thanks
to the dual fuel engines, it can run on both Marine
Gas Oil and also on so-called boil-off gas (evaporated LNG) which is generated during the journey
when the tanks heat up. The solution designed by
MEYER WERFT therefore combines appropriate utilisation of the boil-off gas with low-emission propulsion of the ship.
Main Particulars Coral Energy
Length
156 m
Breadth
22.7 m
Tank capacity
15,600 m³
Min. tank temperature-164°C
Max. tank pressure
4.5 bar (g)
Speed
15.8 kts
Main engineWärtsilä
Delivery is planned for the fourth quarter 2012.
NEPTUN WERFT in Rostock will be responsible for
building and particularly for outfitting the ship.
This important order is MEYER WERFT‘s first for LNG
tankers, thus making a crucial addition to the portfolio of 55 LPG and LEG gas tankers already built
by the company. Here the shipyard concentrates its
activities on medium-sized vessels. “We see great
future potential in this market. At the same time,
we are able to expand our expertise further with
regard to environmentally friendly propulsion systems,“ says Managing Partner Bernard Meyer.
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1,000 CGT
Meyer Werft at the
Marintec 2011
China Commercial Shipbuilding Activity
80,000
Source: CESA
70,000
60,000
50,000
40,000
30,000
20,000
10,000
0
ORDERBOOK
NEW ORDERS
COMPLETIONS
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
1st half
2011
1,916.00
748.00
1,129.00
2,796.30
1,988.40
1,158.00
3,554.90
1,981.10
1,150.00
4,765.70
2,656.80
1,368.00
5,943.13
2,668.53
1,561.10
9,326.87
5,235.03
2,604.00
12,589.00
5,691.00
2,929.00
15,629.00
6,067.00
4,343.00
25,701.00
13,366.00
5,148.00
50,22.,00
28,92.00
6,638.00
62,011.00
13,864.00
9,053.00
54,359.00
7,113.00
12,520.00
48,923.00
16,102.00
18,801.00
47,875.00
3,856.00
9,406.00
Over the last ten years Chinas has massively increased its shipbuilding activities. The Chinese shipbuilding suppliers
have developed in a similar way. Many of these companies presented themselves at the Marintec 2011.
For many years the competitive pressure has been increasing also in our market segment of large cruise ships and other special-purpose ships. Hence we in
Purchasing are forced ever more to investigate the potential of the Asian procurement market. An opportunity to do just that was offered at the Marintec
2011, the biggest marine trade fair in Asia which took place in Shanghai from 29
November to 2 December 2012.
Winning contracts for newbuildings has become
ever more competitive. Hence it has become increasingly difficult for us to pursue our existing
purchasing strategy, which is focused on national
and European suppliers. For this reason it is indispensable for us to look beyond European borders
and to investigate to what extent the Chinese and
the rest of the Asian procurement market could be
of interest to us.
As a conclusion it remains to say that the Asian market may become interesting for us. Of course we are
trying hard to pursue our existing purchasing strategy in cooperation with our European suppliers.
However, it will take quite an effort to make this
happen.
We learnt a lot from attending this trade fair, including the fact that all components needed to build a
ship can be procured in Asia, and especially in China,
starting from the smallest light bulb right through
to the most complex systems to be installed on the
ship.
Imprint
There is altogether great potential in the procurement of components for our ships from Asian suppliers. When it comes to buying in Asia, we are
certainly aware that we are faced with a couple of
challenges we have to master.
Layout:
eskalade werbeagentur GmbH
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Editor:
MEYER WERFT GmbH
Industriegebiet Süd
26871 Papenburg
Photos:
Disney Cruise Line · Ingrid Fiebak Fotografie
MEYER WERFT · Seatrade Hamburg
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