Overview
- The SPD/Green coalition has submitted a request to contribute €250,000 toward the Cap San Diego’s scheduled Werftaufenthalt.
- The Hamburgische Bürgerschaft is expected to decide on the motion at its next session, reported as Wednesday, 11 February.
- Required work includes a full hull repaint, steel repairs, fire-safety measures, and renewal of the wood deck.
- The owner, Stiftung Hamburger Admiralität, cannot cover the roughly €2 million cost alone, and the coalition warns that classification and operations could be at risk without support.
- Cap San Diego is the world’s largest still-seaworthy museum freighter, moored at the Überseebrücke since 2003, and it conducts occasional sailings with up to about 500 passengers.