The Peene shipyard in Wolgast is to be sold by the trustee to an investor over the next twelve months as it already has a fundamentally viable business model as a shipyard. It has outstanding expertise both in terms of the repair and conversion of military and government agency ships as well as in the construction of new vessels for these purposes.
The industrial basics at the Peene shipyard in Wolgast are also very good as ships can be built here within a closed hall. Moreover, the marine centre at the Peene shipyard has a slip facility, enabling ships to not only dock out of the hall but also enabling them to dock in, for example, for repair and conversion work. This gives it a genuine competitive edge. The business model for the Peene shipyard, which also encompasses repair work on submarines, can be enhanced even further to include the repair and conversion of giant yachts.
The Volkswerft shipyard in Stralsund is to be given a manageable operating cycle and undergo skill restructuring to enable it to successfully complete its move towards becoming a specialist shipbuilder. In this way, the shipyard is to be made fit for the future.
Based on the findings of the analysis that was initiated, the following would seem to be clear: the Volkswerft shipyard is at present uncoordinated. On its road towards becoming a specialist shipbuilder, it has taken on too many orders to build new ships in too short a time. Consequently, production operations were launched without sufficient planning, design documentation and work preparation. As a result, the Volkswerft shipyard has not delivered any ships since April 2011 and all delivery dates had to be adjusted in line with the industrial realities prevailing at the time. A manageable operating cycle has to be set up now. This is to be implemented in three steps:
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Shipbuilding Tribune Staff, August 21, 2012; Image: volkswerft