Lürssen has opened a new service centre at Port Tarraco in Tarragona, Spain, providing a permanent Mediterranean base for yacht maintenance and technical support.
The facility includes a workshop and meeting rooms, alongside spare-parts supply.
The opening follows continued demand for the company’s travelling service team, which supports large motor and sailing yachts worldwide.
Many call-outs take place in the Balearics, making the new base a regional point of contact for captains, chief engineers and crew.
“Having our own base in the Mediterranean means we can look after our fleet and any other yacht more closely,” said York Ilgner, managing director of Lürssen Werft Hamburg.
Maintenance requirements
Crews can bring parts and components to Tarragona and discuss maintenance requirements and upgrades directly with Lürssen and its suppliers.
Partner companies can also use the workshop and contribute expertise in refit and repair work, with decisions made on site alongside crews and owners’ representatives.
The workshop and meeting rooms are also available for surveys and technical assessments, bringing discussions and practical support together at the same location.
“The doors are open to everyone,” said Noel Bandholtz, head of services at Lürssen. “We are set up to solve problems there and then.”
Lürssen says its existing regional supplier network has already supported short-notice requests. The Tarragona centre gives that network a fixed location for working with visiting yachts and their technical teams.
The new facility adds to Lürssen’s existing locations in Bremen, Hamburg, Rendsburg, Germany and in Fort Lauderdale, US, and Rijeka in Croatia.
