A 10-strong team has already been assembled for what will be known as HeavyLift@Sea, based in Hamburg.

Managing director Grone says that with the declining number of yards building ships in Germany, a pool of engineering know-how exists, both in design and technology, to work on “challenging” shipbuilding projects.

He says the know-how needs to be maintained and bundled for use by shipowners and builders of offshore structures.

Engineers,