Oresundsvarvet
| Oresundsvarvet AB | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Aktiebolag (AB) |
| founding | 1915 |
| resolution | 1982 |
| Seat |
Landskrona , Sweden
|
| Branch | shipyard |
The Swedish machine and shipbuilding company Öresundsvarvet AB existed from 1915 to 1982 in Landskrona .
history
The company was founded in 1915 by Arthur Du Rietz as Aktiebolaget Öresundsvarvet and, after the construction of the shipyard, delivered the first ship, the general cargo steamer Torild , to Rederi AB Percivald on September 21, 1918 . As a result of the global economic crisis, the shipyard had to file for bankruptcy in March 1922 and was reopened the following year as Nya Varvsaktiebolaget Öresund . From 1935 the company operated as Öresundsvarvet AB . In December 1940 Götaverken took over the company, which built several mine sweepers for the Swedish Navy during the war years.
The shipyard flourished in the 1950s and 1960s and 1967 was a record year in which seven ships were delivered. Various types of ships and dry docks were built, the size of which increased steadily until the 1970s. In 1971 the company was renamed Götaverken-Öresundsvarvet AB and in May of the following year the shipyard delivered the container ship Nihon to the shipping company Svenska Ostasiatiska Kompaniet . In 1975 the company employs around 3,500 people.
The increasingly difficult shipbuilding financing, increasing competition from Japanese shipyards and the collapse in demand in the tanker segment after the oil crisis of 1973 led to the Swedish state taking over the majority of Götaverken in 1976 and Öresundsvarvet in the course of the shipbuilding crisis in June 1977 to the state shipbuilding group Svenska Varv was incorporated. The following year, the Ministry of Economic Affairs recommended closing the shipyard, which led to large-scale protests. In January 1979 the shipbuilding company was renamed Öresundsvarvet AB , still employing around 3,000 people . Despite further protests, the management of Svenska Varv decided to liquidate the shipyard in October 1980 and in March 1982 the operation with its 1788 employees was transferred to Landskrona Finans for a symbolic crown. After the delivery of the last new building, the multi-purpose freighter Woensdrecht, in December 1982, the shipyard was finally closed in early 1983. A total of 282 ships were built at the shipyard in 67 years of operation.
After the closure, several successor companies established themselves on the shipyard site. Initially, the repair yard Cityvarvet AB continued the repair business on a smaller scale with around 200 employees. Under the name Bruces Shipyard, a shipyard focused on steel construction and hulls with around 200 workers continued to work. In the early 1990s Cityvarvet traded again under the well-known name Öresundsvarvet AB. Further expansions have taken place since the 2000s and since 2010 the shipbuilding company is called Heavy Industries AB , the associated shipyard Oresund Drydocks AB and the steel construction subsidiary Oresund Steel Construction AB .