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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Other Transport Equipment 30.1 - Building of ships and boats
300 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
28 February 2017
Employment effect (start)
28 February 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
On 28 February 2017, shipbuilder Blohm + Voss announced to cut 300 jobs in Hamburg. The shipyard has been struggling over the last few years with high cost structures, missed investments and a low volume of orders. Only last year shipyard group Lürssen, headquartered in Bremen took over Blohm+ Voss. The take over included a restructuring plan and investments for the company to become more competitive.
Management announced to start negotiations with the works’ council soon. The employment agency and the German Metalworkers’ Union want to find socially acceptable solutions. However, the company did not rule out compulsory redundancies. The restructuring will be implemented within the next months, an exact time schedule has yet to be released.
Moving forward, the company plans to focus on strengthening its navy and yacht business. Blohm + Voss employs about 1,000 members of staff in Hamburg.
Sources
: Blohm + Voss press release
1 March 2017: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (print)
28 February 2017: shz.de
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Blohm + Voss, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 90481, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90481.
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