Genting to host ribbon-cutting ceremony on May 30 for Lloyd Werft Group Design Centre in Bremerhaven, Germany
Genting Hong Kong, a leading global leisure, entertainment and hospitality company, announced the establishment of the new Lloyd Werft Group Design Centre, a major milestone for the recently formed shipyard group. Comprised of Lloyd Werft’s existing shipyard in Bremerhaven and three recently acquired facilities from Nordic Yards in Wismar, Warnemunde and Stralsund, Germany, the Lloyd Werft Group will become the second largest shipyard group in Germany, the Company said in a press release.
On Monday, 9 May, Genting Hong Kong and Lloyd Werft Group unveiled the plans and premises of the new Design Centre scheduled to open May 30, 2016 in Bremerhaven, Germany. Officiated by Mr. Hui Lim, Executive Director and Chief Information Officer, Genting Hong Kong, and attended by State Secretary Uwe Beckmeyer, Senator Martin Günthner, President of the City Council of Bremerhaven, Mrs. Brigitte Lückert and Lord Mayor Melf Grantz, the opening ceremony marked the first step in the Group’s long term investment of about 100 million euros in the Lloyd Werft Group’s four shipyards to create state-of-the-art facilities for new shipbuilding.
Together with the designers in the other three yard locations, the new Design Centre will form the nucleus for basic and detailed design of The Group’s ships, with additional production design taking place in Wismar and Warnemunde.
“Being in charge of information technology for the Genting Group, I am very happy to support a worldclass design center featuring the latest design software which can be coordinated and interfaced with other ship equipment suppliers to efficiently produce the full basic and detailed design of cruise ships and megayachts,” said Mr. Hui Lim.
Housed in a renovated and restored heritage building first constructed in 1910, the Lloyd Werft Group Design Centre will be able to house up to 250 designers in 6000 square metres of office space. Another 1500 square metres will serve a dual purpose for the display of mock-ups for cruise ship cabins, suites and public areas and utilized as a showroom for furniture and other movable items for cruise ships.
Once completed and in full operation, over a hundred new jobs will be created and housed in the Bremerhaven Design Center. “On behalf of Genting, I would like to thank the State of Bremen and the City of Bremerhaven for their support of Lloyd Werft for over 160 years and we look forward to closer cooperation and support in our efforts to create a second cruise shipyard group in Germany – the Lloyd Werft Group – which will create thousands of new jobs for the cruise shipbuilding industry in Germany and Europe,” concluded Mr. Lim.
