Flexible Lindenau draws range of ships

Among the latest callers for “diverse repair work” have been two very different ships, both built by Lindenau – the 32.7m local passenger ferry Heikendorf and, at the other end of the scale, the 188m double-hulled tanker Seatrout. A third new caller has been the 50m North Sea passenger ferry Baltica. The latest ships point up the wide range of tonnage now being drawn to the yard.

In January Lindenau became part of the ADM-owned Privinvest Germany Group which also includes Nobiskrug in Rendsburg and ADM-Kiel, whose facilities used to be part of HDW.

Nobiskrug has stressed Lindenau will concentrate on local merchant, naval and local authority ship repair, conversion and maritime services in future. However it has also said yard facilities will when available be utilised by Nobiskrug and ADM-Kiel, both very active in private yacht building and refit.

Ansgar Stalder, Manager of Schlepp und Faehrgesellschaft Kiel (SFK) told The Motorship the 7.6m wide, 30 year old Heikendorf, which looks tiny in Lindenau’s 165m long and 25.4m wide Dock 2, came for regular class renewal which included complete coating.

He said SFK invited tenders from all local yards and chose “the most reasonable offer”. Clearly Lindenau had an edge because Heikendorf is the third of SFK’s ten ships to dock there recently. She followed the tug Holtenau, which called for propeller repairs, while the firm’s Lindenau-built tug Kiel also underwent class work.

The other small passenger ferry at the yard recently, Baltic Schiffahrt und Touristik’s Husum-built, 54 year old Baltica came for underwater hull work including antfouling and general repairs.

Finally

Seatrout

, which called for chain, valve and loading pump work, is one of a series of 13 innovative tankers of up to 43,000dwt built at Lindenau for German Tanker Shipping up to 2009. Another Lindenau tanker, the 37,500dwt

Seychelles Pioneer

also called recently.