Meyer Werft

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Meyer Werft GmbH & Co. KG
Type Private
Industry Shipbuilding
Founded1795
Headquarters Papenburg, Germany
Key people
Bernard Meyer, CEO
Products Cruise ships
Tankers
Livestock carriers
Ferries
Research vessels
Revenue
  • Increase2.svg €51 million (2018)
  • Increase2.svg €17 million (2019)
  • Decrease2.svg €70 million (2020)
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Number of employees
3300 (2017)
Parent Meyer Neptun S.à.r.l.
Website www.meyerwerft.com

Meyer Werft is one of the major German shipyards, headquartered in Papenburg at the river Ems. Founded in 1795 and starting with small wooden vessels, today Meyer Werft is a builder of luxury passenger ships. 700 ships of different types have been built at the yard. Its "Dockhalle 2" is the third largest shipbuilding hall and the building with the fifth-largest usable volume in the world as of 2022.[ citation needed ]

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Meyer Werft has been owned and managed by the Meyer family for seven generations. Since 1997, it has been part of the Meyer Neptun Group, together with Neptun Werft in Rostock. In 2014, the company added the Turku shipyard in Finland to the group.

The shipyard is an anchor on the European Route of Industrial Heritage. [2]

History

The shipyard was founded at the beginning of 1795 by Willm Rolf Meyer as a yard specializing in small wooden vessels. Josef Lambert Meyer began building iron vessels in 1874. [3] During the second world war, MeyerWerft mainly repaired ships, also ships from the Kriegsmarine. There were more than 20 dockyards in the Papenburg area, but today Meyer Werft is the only remaining shipyard in Papenburg. For seven generations it has been a privately held and family-owned company.

Company

Meyer Werft gained international recognition through the construction of roll-on/roll-off ferries, passenger ferries, gasoline tankers, container ships, livestock ferries and most recently luxury cruise ships.

Meyer is one of the largest and most modern shipyards in the world with about 3300 employees, and home to the largest roofed dry docks in the world. The first covered dock was inaugurated in 1987 and was 370 meters long, 101,5 meters wide and 60 meters high. In 1990/91 the dock was extended by an additional 100 meters. In 2004, a second covered dock was built, which is announced to be extended to a full length of 504 meters, a width of 125 meters and height of 75 meters in order to compete with Asian shipyards. Meyer Werft will as a result of this be able to build three cruise ships a year. [4] Due to its upstream location on the river Ems, the giant ships to be delivered have to make a 36 km voyage to the Dollart bay and which each time attracts thousands of spectators. Up until the completion of the Ems river barrier ("Emssperrwerk") in 2002, the journey was only possible at high tides.

In September 2014 Meyer Werft acquired 70% ownership of STX Finland and the Turku shipyard STX Finland Oy from STX Europe with the state-owned Finnish Industry Investment owning the remaining 30%. The shipyard was renamed Meyer Turku Oy. [5] [6] [7] Meyer Werft acquired the remaining 30% in 2015.

Ships built at Meyer Werft

Dockhalle 1 of the Meyer Werft, with the research vessel RV Sonne under construction. Meyer shipyard old hall Papenburg Germany 02.jpg
Dockhalle 1 of the Meyer Werft, with the research vessel RV Sonne under construction.

A large variety of ships have been built at Meyer Werft, including car carriers, cargo ships, container ships, cruise ships, ferries, fishing vessels, gas carriers, lightvessels, paddlesteamers, passenger ships and Seebäderschiffs.

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References

Hans Jürgen Witthöft, Meyer Werft- Innovative shipbuilding from Papenburg, Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Hamburg

  1. ↑ "Substanz der deutschen Werften "bröckelt"" (in German). 2021-03-15. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
  2. ↑ "ERIH Entry: Meyer Shipyard". European Route of Industrial Heritage. 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  3. ↑ MEYER WERFT GmbH. "Triton".
  4. ↑ "Meyer Werft baut größte Dockhalle der Welt". Spiegel Online. 2008-01-18. Retrieved 2009-06-25.
  5. ↑ MEYER WERFT GmbH. "Press Release".
  6. ↑ "Valtio ja Meyer Werft ostavat Turun telakan - kauppahinta ei julkinen". ts.fi.
  7. ↑ MEYER WERFT GmbH. "Press Release".

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