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Bremen (dpa / lni) - The Bremen state policy relies on preserving the Lloyd shipyard in Bremerhaven, which is threatened with closure.
For this purpose, the traditional shipyard must be separated from the association with the MV shipyards on the Baltic Sea and the international Genting Group, said speakers from all groups on Wednesday in the Bremen citizenship.
"A sale is the best solution," said Economics Senator Kristina Vogt (Left Party).
There are several interested parties, but: "My favorite is clearly located here in the region."
The Rönner Group from Bremerhaven, which specializes in shipbuilding and steel construction, has expressed an interest in the Lloyd shipyard.
It is about the jobs of around 300 permanent employees and 40 trainees, as the SPD MP Jörg Zager said.
The shipyard, founded in 1857, is due to close at the end of the year because there are no orders.
The last new building to be delivered is an almost finished mega yacht with the project name “Solaris”.
In order to maintain the shipyard, the federal government is the main contact for Bremen.
The federal government, the troubled MV-Werften and Genting are negotiating aid from the Economic Stabilization Fund (WSF).
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This is supposed to support large companies in the Corona crisis.
But Vogt said he had a "decisive weaving defect": He did not link the funds to industrial policy requirements such as maintaining jobs or sustainability.
The left-wing MP Nelson Janßen demanded that the sale of the Lloyd shipyard must be a condition for aid.
The Malaysian conglomerate Genting took over the Lloyd shipyard in 2016 in order to secure European know-how in the construction of cruise ships.
However, these orders went to the shipyards in Wismar, Rostock and Stralsund that were later taken over, combined to form MV shipyards.
Bremerhaven remained a repair yard.
The purchase price for the Lloyd shipyard at that time was 34 million euros.
Rönner is not willing to pay that much.
"At that time, the shipyard was in the black," said CEO Thorsten Rönner of the "Nordsee-Zeitung".
The “Solaris” was in the order book.
Now it looks different: "The shipyard is writing losses, it has no orders, and we have Corona," said Rönner.
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It is possible that Bremen will have to take its own money into hand to rescue the shipyard.
"Should a state guarantee be necessary to obtain a guarantee, the CDU parliamentary group will support it," said MP Thorsten Raschen.
The parliamentarians saw a future for the Lloyd shipyard primarily in repairs and conversions, for example in the extension of ships.
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