Meyer Werft sets up offshore business to handle $2.8bn converter orderbook

German shipbuilding group Meyer Werft is setting up a dedicated offshore business to manage its growing involvement in North Sea converter platform construction. The new company, Neptun Offshore, will bring together the group's offshore converter activities and hold its 50% stake in Neptun Smulders Offshore Renewables (NSORe), a joint venture with Belgian steel construction specialist…