Bremen-based Luerssen Group has grown its shipyard stable further by acquiring the historic Blohm+Voss shipyard, a move that increases its influence on the Hamburg shiprepair scene.

The family-controlled Luerssen Group is fast becoming one of Germany’s most dynamic yard groups and now operates a total of six specialist shipyards located mainly around Bremen and employing 2,800 people.

But many are left asking what now for Blohm+Voss, the yard that built the battleship Bismarck, and whose iconic cranes and dry dock have become a symbol of Hamburg as a maritime city.

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