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MAN Energy Solutions reducing job cuts to 2,600 in restructuringMAN Energy Solutions reducing job cuts to 2,600 in restructuring

MAN Energy Solutions (MAN ES) has agreed with employee representatives to cut the number of job losses in planned restructuring in return for concessions on labour costs.

Marcus Hand, Editor

August 5, 2020

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In a paper outlining the key points of the restructuring 2,600 job losses were proposed, compared to a figure of 3,950 redundancies when the restructuring was announced two weeks ago.

Under the points agreed in the paper MAN ES would reduce the size Berlin site and operations focusing on the production of components and keeping its service business in Hambur,g but halting steam turbine production at that location.

The company said restructuring measures ahd been agreed upon for its Augsburg and Oberhausen sites, and the organisations in Denmark, France, England, and Switzerland would also be streamlined. As result lay-offs in Germany would be reduced to 1,650 compared to 3,000 previously announced, while cuts internationally would remain at 900 staff positions.

Collective labour agreements would need to be negotiating to give reduction in personnel costs of around EUR40m from 2021 – 2023.

Dr. Uwe Lauber, ceo of MAN ES said: “As much as we would like to, we cannot avoid job cuts completely. The implementation of the measures agreed upon in the paper on the basis of compensating measures will result in fewer job cuts than originally planned.”

 

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Marcus Hand

Editor

Marcus Hand is the editor of Seatrade Maritime News and a dedicated maritime journalist with over two decades of experience covering the shipping industry in Asia.

Marcus is also an experienced industry commentator and has chaired many conferences and round tables. Before joining Seatrade at the beginning of 2010, Marcus worked for the shipping industry journal Lloyd's List for a decade and before that the Singapore Business Times covering shipping and aviation.

In November 2022, Marcus was announced as a member of the Board of Advisors to the Singapore Journal of Maritime Talent and Technology (SJMTT) to help bring together thought leadership around the key areas of talent and technology.

Marcus is the founder of the Seatrade Maritime Podcast that delivers commentary, opinions and conversations on shipping's most important topics.

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