With the launch of the more than 200-meter-long "ALF POLLAK" at the beginning of May, the shipbuilding engineers at LOEWE MARINE GmbH & Co. KG, responsible for the rudder and steering gear, celebrated the first highlight of a new era. Now comes the next: Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) is ordering four more rudder/rudder engine packages for the newbuild numbers 780 and 781 from Bremen shipbuilding specialist LOEWE MARINE - even before the sister ship of the "ALF POLLAK" has been completed.

This shows that LOEWE MARINE is filling a gap in the market and successfully establishing itself as a system supplier with its rudder/rowing machine packages, which were only presented for the first time in October 2017 and of which there are now already eight in the order books. "With LOEWE MARINE's innovative strength in the field of rudders and steering gear, we are proving once again that even young companies can hold their own in a difficult market environment," says Dipl.-Ing. Carsten Löhmer, CEO of LOEWE MARINE. "Our experienced team is characterized by comprehensive expertise and has a strong and reliable global presence - also thanks to renowned partners and agents worldwide."

This makes LOEWE MARINE an ideal fit for shipyards such as FSG, which attach great importance to advanced designs to reduce both the installation costs and fuel consumption of newbuildings. As current examples, the "ALF POLLAK" and her sister ship with the newbuilding number 776 show that successful shipbuilding requires pioneering design concepts. The two new ro-ro ships for the Italian shipping company ONORATO Armatori for routes to and from Sardinia and Sicily can transport up to 310 semi-trailers and will therefore be the largest ro-ro ships in the Mediterranean region. "During their construction, it became clear that as a well-established system supplier, we can guarantee both detailed and efficient coordination with the shipyard when integrating the rudder and steering gear systems," says Löhmer. "In this way, we also provide a solution to the classic interface problem in the rudder/rudder machine area, because our customers receive our packages completely from a single source. This simplifies the installation of the components, which leads to a significant reduction in installation costs."