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Schwesig at MV Werften: It’s very bitter
The global class of the MV shipyards should set new standards. Up to 9,500 passengers should explore the oceans in 2,500 cabins on board one of the world’s largest cruise ships – with an on-board shopping mall, bathing area and theme park. The ship is three quarters complete. But at the beginning of the week, the MV shipyards filed for bankruptcy. Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania’s Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig. “It is very bitter, especially for the employees who have been working here for many years and in recent years who have almost finished building the big ship, Global1, now to see that the shipyards are in bankruptcy. And it The main thing was to tell the employees what to do next.” It is unclear how the giant from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania will continue. The provisional insolvency administrator wants to involve the Hong Kong owner Genting in saving the jobs. Attorney Christoph Morgen explained his plans: “I want to finish building this ship. I’ve seen it in the meantime. I absolutely want to finish building it. We’ve seen a lot of shipbuilding works in shipyards. It’s impressive what 2,000 employees here can achieve employees have done. There are very few shipyards in the world that can build such a ship. And we have to do everything we can to finish building this ship here.” The MV shipyards with almost 2000 employees have locations in Rostock, Wismar and Stralsund as well as the Lloyd shipyard in Bremerhaven.
After the bankruptcy of the MV shipyards, the preliminary insolvency administrator wants to involve the owner Genting from Hong Kong in saving the jobs.