Shipbuilding Combine
The shipbuilding combine was a combine of the GDR . It emerged in 1979 from the Association of Nationally Owned Enterprises (VVB) Shipbuilding, formed in 1959, and had its headquarters in Rostock . In June 1990 the combine was converted into Deutsche Maschinen- und Schiffbau AG (DMS AG) and from around 1992 sold to various companies by the new owner Treuhandanstalt .
history
Shipbuilding in the Soviet occupation zone , and later also in the GDR , was initially characterized by dismantling, reparations and planning specifications on the one hand, and a chronic shortage of materials and foreign exchange on the other. These two essential factors forced the GDR shipyards to cooperate with other branches of industry very early on . This is how VVB Schiffbau Rostock came into being on May 1, 1958 .
From the 1970s onwards, it was a state requirement to cover its own tonnage requirements and to generate currency through export to the NSW . These tasks could not be realized in this economic form. As early as the end of the 1960s, VVB Schiffbau also incorporated major main suppliers such as DMR , Kühlautomat Berlin, SER and others into the shipyard association.
This enabled the shipyards to react faster and better to the needs of the shipowners. So on January 1, 1979, the Shipbuilding Combine was created, to which seven shipyards, nine suppliers, the AHB Schiffscommerz and a parent company for R&D tasks belonged. Most of the ships produced were exported to the Soviet Union.
Privatization by the Treuhandanstalt
On June 1, 1990, the shipyards were transferred to the Deutsche Maschinen- und Schiffbau AG Rostock (DMS AG) founded by the Treuhandanstalt and privatized.
Shipyards of the Shipbuilding Combine
The combine included five shipyards, the VEB Warnow-Werft Warnemünde in Rostock- Warnemünde , the VEB Schiffswerft Neptun Rostock , the VEB Mathias-Thesen-Werft Wismar , the VEB Volkswerft Stralsund and the VEB Peene-Werft Wolgast .
Inland vessels were built in the VEB Elbewerften Boizenburg / Rosslau in Boizenburg / Elbe and in the VEB Schiffswerft Oderberg , the latter also acting as a supplier for the shipyards. The VEB Yachtwerft Berlin and the VEB Schiffswerft Rechlin presented her pleasure boats.
Pure supplier companies were
- VEB Dieselmotorenwerk Rostock ,
- the VEB Kühlautomat Berlin ,
- VEB Schiffselektronik Rostock ,
- VEB foundry and mechanical engineering Torgelow,
- the VEB Isolier- und Kältetechnik Schiffbau
- VEB Schiffsanlagenbau Barth.
- of VEB Schweriner Industriewerke
In addition there was the administration in Rostock and the foreign trade company Schiffscommerz and the Institute for Shipbuilding Technology , both of which were also subordinate to the Ministry of Foreign Trade . From January 1, 1989 to May 31, 1990, the combine was managed by the VEB shipyard "Neptun" Rostock.
Web links
- VEB Kombinat Schiffbau ( Memento from October 11, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ^ Marion Eich-Born: Transformation of the East German shipbuilding industry. LIT Verlag, Berlin / Hamburg / Münster 2005, ISBN 3825877515 ( excerpt from Google books)
- ^ Dietrich Strobel: Shipbuilding between Elbe and Oder. Köhlers Verlags GmbH, Herford 1993, ISBN 3-7822-0565-0