Schiff&Hafen | Issue 04/2009
Wertvolles Bündnis in schwierigen Zeiten
The delivery 60 years ago of a first 400-grt fishing vessel marked the start of a fresh chapter in German shipbuilding. The account in this issue of the last six decades of the history of shipbuilding in Germany provides impressive testimony to its eventful development. It makes very clear its achievements, and just what challenges crises and mistaken decisions have compelled the industry to face. Against the background of the current global economic and financial turmoil, today we are once again faced before a similar crisis, the extent of which means that it will certainly be among the greatest that has so far needed to be resolved....