Bredo
The Bredo Dry Docks GmbH operates the dock and repair business at two locations in Bremerhaven ( fishing port and Kaiserhafen ) and in Cuxhaven (America harbor).
history
Founded in 1986
BreDo was founded in 1986 as an independent dock operating company of the parent company Seebeckwerft AG and four other Bremerhaven entrepreneurs as shareholders and operated the dock and repair business at the end of the fishing port.
Bankruptcy of Schichau Seebeckwerft (SSW) (1996)
After the bankruptcy of Schichau Seebeckwerft AG in 1996, BreDo began operating at the previous location in the fishing port. In addition to docking with typical work on the underwater hull, ship repairs, conversions and ship extensions were carried out. In addition, repair and conversion work was carried out on the main engines, auxiliary machines, propellers , shaft systems and rudder systems.
A total of around 300 employees worked at the shipyard, in addition to around 100 permanent employees, around 200 employees came from external companies. From October 2006, Bredo was a training company for construction mechanics and industrial mechanics.
Bredo Dry Docks at three locations
On February 1, 2017, Bredo agreed to work closely with the Mützelfeldtwerft in Cuxhaven's Amerikahafen and the Bremerhaven-based company German Dry Docks AG . It was further developed, and on January 1, 2018, the Mützelfeldtwerft was merged with Bredo within the shipyard alliance German Dry Docks Group . Bredo also took over the operational dock business of German Dry Docks . On June 1, 2018, the majority of employees switched from German Dry Docks AG to Bredo, which now operates under the name BREDO Dry Docks . The previous German Dry Docks then concentrated as a project company on special and large-scale projects. The group of companies also included the independent company MWB Marine Services , which together with Zeppelin Power Systems GmbH & Co KG (ZPS) acted as a drive specialist.
Bredo Dry Docks has up to ten floating and dry docks in Cuxhaven (Amerikahafen) and Bremerhaven (Kaiserhafen and Fischereihafen). Since 2016, the three shipyards have had the same shareholders, the Rönner and Petram families , who have played a decisive role in shaping the shipyard scene in Bremerhaven for years. At the beginning of 2019 there were around 250 employees at Bredo Dry Docks . In July 2019 Petram sold all of its shipbuilding activities in Bremerhaven (Bredo and German Dry Docks ) to the Rönner Group. At the beginning of 2020, Bredo Dry Docks GmbH will operate eight of its own floating docks with a total of around 280 employees at the three locations. In mid-July 2020, the covered floating dock 2 was transferred from Bremerhaven to the Mützelfeldwerft in Cuxhaven.
Technical equipment of the previous floating docks
The core of the repair operation was made up of four floating docks equipped with cranes in the fishing port. In addition, there is a separate repair pier, a floating crane, and production and assembly halls.
The technical data of the previous floating docks:
| Surname | Load capacity | length | width | Crane equipment, comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dock I | 3,800 t | 116.0 m | 16.4 m | 7.5 t / 12 m, 5 t / 20 m |
| Dock II | 4,500 t | 100.0 m | 21.2 m | 4.5 t / 15.0 m, 2.5 t / 23.0 m |
| Dock III | 7,500 t | 158.0 m | 23.9 m | 7.5 t / 12 m, 5 t / 20 m |
| Dock IV | 12,000 t | 170.0 m | 30.58 m | 10 t / 10 m, 5 t / 30 m, ramp 60 t |
In addition, the dry dock Kaiserdock I of the Lloyd shipyard was leased on January 1, 2018. The Kaiserdock II with a length of 335 meters can also be rented from the Lloyd shipyard if required. This also opened the market for deep-going ships for Bredo.
Dock 1 (dry dock, Kaiserdock I, Lloyd-Werft Bremerhaven)
- Overall length: 222 m
- Width overall: 32 m
- Usable inside width: 26 m
- Crane capacity: 1 × 35 t
Dock 2 (dry dock, Kaiserdock II, Lloyd-Werft Bremerhaven)
- Length overall: 335 m
- Width over all: 40 m
- Usable interior width: 35 m
- Crane capacity: 1 × 35 t and 1 × 50 t
Conversions
The Crown Monarch is a cruise ship built in 1990. After a charter under the name Jules Verne , she arrived at Bredo in December 2007 and was converted into the Alexander von Humboldt here .
The ship Victor Hensen was bought in 2001 by the wind power company Energiekontor AG in Bremen, which had it converted for investigations in the North Sea in the Bredo shipyard for the preparation of the construction and the construction of offshore wind farms in the North Sea . After that it was after the Danish meteorologist Poul La Cour in La Cour renamed and came under the flag of Luxembourg. The Bremen company RS Research Shipping GmbH took over the management .
literature
- Several authors: 125 years of the Association for Shipbuilding and Marine Technology eV self-published VSM, 2009.
Web links
- Homepage Bredo Dockgesellschaft mbH. Retrieved February 1, 2018 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ New shipyard brand BREDO Dry Docks . In: Schiff & Hafen , issue 7/2018, p. 9
- ^ New shipyard alliance founded , on weser-kurier.de, accessed on September 16, 2018
- ↑ New construction not excluded . Interview with managing director Dirk Harms in Schiff & Hafen , issue 4/2019, p. 40/41
- ↑ "Petram sells shipyard business to Rönner Group" , In: Die Welt from July 24, 2019, accessed on July 30, 2019
- ↑ Timo Jann: Shipyard merger completed · Bredo Dry Docks in Bremerhaven sees itself well equipped for the future . In: Daily port report of April 16, 2020, p. 1
- ↑ Eckhard-Herbert Arndt: Floating dock "travels" to Cuxhaven · Tugs from the shipping company Wulf hooked the dock in Bremerhaven . In: Daily port report from July 16, 2020, p. 4
Coordinates: 53 ° 30 ′ 5.7 ″ N , 8 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ E