Special overhauls keep German yards busy

Bremerhaven’s Rickmers Lloyd reported five special ships docked at the same time at one point last month, three of them German research vessels.

A demand for maintenance and repair on a string of special vessels, mainly research ships, kept prominent small German shipyards busy as the old year waned and in some cases into this new year.

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