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German shipbuilding sector optimistic, but vulnerable

German shipbuilding sector optimistic, but vulnerable

by Mariska Buitendijk | Jul 25, 2024 | Navy, News, Passenger ships, Shipbuilding, SWZ|Maritime

From the magazine – Indeed, optimism in such a volatile industry as shipbuilding is almost a prerequisite for survival. But it does sound somewhat paradoxical, to say the least, to display such optimism about the mood in German shipbuilding at a time when the...
VSM: Have to turn things around for EU maritime industry

VSM: Have to turn things around for EU maritime industry

by Mariska Buitendijk | Jul 6, 2023 | News, Shipbuilding

In its annual report, German trade organisation Verband für Schiffbau und Meerestechnik (VSM) says a fundamental, political change of course is becoming increasingly urgent for the maritime industry in Germany and the EU. The war in Ukraine has shown that things need...
VSM: Have to turn things around for EU maritime industry

European shipbuilding: Quo vadis? European Jones Act? A personal observation

by Mariska Buitendijk | Sep 1, 2022 | Maritime regulations, News, Shipbuilding, SWZ|Maritime

According to the Association of German Shipbuilders (VSM), European commercial shipbuilding will have completely disappeared from the market for almost all ship types within the next ten years. Unless drastic measures are taken now. In this opinion piece, former...
VSM: Have to turn things around for EU maritime industry

‘There’s just ten years to go for shipbuilding in Europe’

by Mariska Buitendijk | Jul 8, 2022 | News, Shipbuilding, SWZ|Maritime

If European politicians and governments don’t act now against the unfair competition of the big Asian shipbuilding nations China and South Korea, there will be just ten years left before shipbuilding in Europe will be gone. And without the ability to build ships,...
Cruise shipbuilder MV Werften files for bankruptcy

Cruise shipbuilder MV Werften files for bankruptcy

by Mariska Buitendijk | Jan 10, 2022 | News, Passenger ships

Despite large investments of the Genting Group since 2016 and the delivery of the Crystal Endeavor in July 2021, cruise shipbuilder MV Werften could no longer cope as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and is filing for bankruptcy on Monday, 10 January. MV Werften...

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