HANSA 02-2019
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Schiffstechnik | Ship Technology<br />
In the meantime,<br />
the »Roald Amundsen«<br />
was launched<br />
Owner’s umbrella<br />
helps Kleven Shipyard, but …<br />
© Kleven<br />
In challenging times, the Norwegian shipyard Kleven profits from the »protective shield«<br />
of the new owner, the shipowner Hurtigruten. But new and further orders are necessary<br />
and time is running short. By Michael Meyer<br />
Apart from a current newbuilding<br />
programme, the Norwegian shipping<br />
company is also planning further<br />
expedition cruise vessels and retrofits<br />
from which Kleven could benefit.<br />
New orders would be more than welcome<br />
there. The shipyard might be used<br />
as an example: A full capacity utilisation<br />
is not an automatism if you are<br />
100% subsidiary of a successful shipping<br />
company.<br />
Currently, the shipyard with 1,100 employees<br />
in Ulsteinvik in western Norway<br />
lists two ultra-modern hybrid expedition<br />
ships for Hurtigruten and an anchor handling<br />
tug for Maersk – the last of a series<br />
of six – in its order book. For the time after,<br />
however, there is still no business, as<br />
shipyard boss Olav Nakken confirms to<br />
<strong>HANSA</strong>.<br />
The CEO hasn’t been with Kleven for<br />
too long, previously he was active for<br />
the shipyard in Wismar, which at the<br />
time was an Aker company. »We need<br />
new orders«, the experienced shipbuilder,<br />
who reports a »good dialogue« with<br />
potential customers, admits. »One passenger<br />
ship newbuilding per year would<br />
be good«. According to Nakken, Kleven<br />
currently bids for various projects in<br />
various markets.<br />
The shipyard had focused on this segment<br />
after the offshore market collapsed<br />
a few years ago. The CEO calls this »the<br />
turning point«. Although he considers a<br />
backshift to be possible and feasible in<br />
principle, the market will probably not<br />
be able to do so in the short term.<br />
After the Second World War, the yard,<br />
which was only a few years old, was primarily<br />
active in the repair market for<br />
15 years, above all for the reconstruction<br />
of the Norwegian fishing fleet. From<br />
1960 onwards, there was also an increase<br />
in newbuilding business. Since the turn<br />
of the millennium, offshore ships, yachts,<br />
cost-guard units as well as special ships<br />
and ferries have been built.<br />
In the doldrums of the shipbuilding<br />
industry and in order to attract additional<br />
business, Nakken also relied on steel<br />
construction, an area that had actually<br />
already been outsourced a couple of years<br />
ago. Consequently, the shipyard has introduced<br />
a modular construction and acquired<br />
a welding robot that is supposed<br />
to ensure high efficiency. Kleven has already<br />
done steel work for the competitor<br />
in the immediate vicinity, the large Ulstein<br />
Group, among others. There have<br />
also already been cooperations with the<br />
German Lürssen Group or Polish shipyards.<br />
Currently there is no joint project with<br />
Lürssen. »But cooperation is a good option,<br />
we are open,« says Nakken. The owner<br />
Hurtigruten also rates this as »important«,<br />
however, according to CEO Daniel<br />
Skjeldam there is nothing concrete at the<br />
moment.<br />
A little relaxation could come if and<br />
when Hurtigruten also releases the third<br />
planned newbuilding. This is clearly Nakken’s<br />
top priority. A letter of intent has<br />
already been signed and the contract is<br />
54 <strong>HANSA</strong> International Maritime Journal – 156. Jahrgang – <strong>2019</strong> – Nr. 2