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Meyer Werft GmbH
Type Private
Founded 1795
Headquarters Papenburg, Germany
Key people Bernard Meyer, CEO
Industry Shipbuilding
Products cruise ships
tankers
livestock carriers
ferries
Employees ~2,300 (2006)
Parent Meyer Neptun Group
Website www.meyerwerft.com

The Meyer Werft is one of the remaining large German shipyards, headquartered in Papenburg. The term privately held company refers to ownership of a business company in two different ways first referring to ownership by non-governmental organizations and second Year 1795 ( MDCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Papenburg is a city in the district of Emsland in Lower Saxony, Germany, situated at the river Ems. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. For other uses of this term see Industry (disambiguation An industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent industrious" See also Shipbuilding (song. Shipbuilding is the construction of Ships It normally takes place in a specialized facility known as a In Marketing, a product is anything that can be offered to a Market that might satisfy a want or need A cruise ship or cruise liner is a Passenger ship used for pleasure voyages where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are part of the experience Livestock is the term used to refer (singularly or plurally to a Domesticated Animal intentionally reared in an agricultural setting to produce such as Food See also Merchant ship A ferry is a form of transport usually a Boat or Ship, used to carry (or ferry) passengers and Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. A holding company is a company that owns part all or a majority of other companies' outstanding Stock. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Shipyards and dockyards are places which repair and build ships These can be Yachts military Papenburg is a city in the district of Emsland in Lower Saxony, Germany, situated at the river Ems. Since 1997 it has been part of the Meyer Neptun Group together with Neptun Werft in Rostock. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Neptun Werft is a German Shipbuilding company headquartered in Rostock. Rostock (ˈʁɔstɔk from Polabian Roz toc, literally "to flow apart" is the largest City in the north German state

Founded in 1795 as a wharf for the construction of wooden ships, Josef Lambert Meyer started the construction of iron ships in 1874[1]. Year 1795 ( MDCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Wood is hard fibrous lignified structural tissue produced as secondary Xylem in the stems of Woody plants notably trees but also shrubs Iron (ˈаɪɚn is a Chemical element with the symbol Fe (ferrum and Atomic number 26 Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Until 1920 there were more than 20 dockyards in the Papenburg area. Today, Meyer Werft is the only remaining shipyard in Papenburg. For more than six generations it has been a privately held and family owned company.

It 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. See also Merchant ship Roll-on/roll-off (RORO or ro-ro Ships are ferries designed to carry wheeled Cargo such as Container ships are Cargo ships that carry all of their load in truck-size containers in a technique called Containerization. A cruise ship or cruise liner is a Passenger ship used for pleasure voyages where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are part of the experience

Meyer is one of the largest and most modern shipyards in the world with 2300 employees, and home to some of the largest roofed dry docks in the world. Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. A drydock is a narrow basin or vessel that can be flooded to allow a load to be floated in then drained to allow that load to come to rest on a dry platform 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 2000 a second covered dock was built.

Current cruise liner projects include Celebrity Solstice for Celebrity Cruises (owned by Royal Caribbean International). Exterior design Externally Celebrity Solstice will look very different from previous Celebrity Cruises ships Celebrity Cruises is a Cruise line founded in 1989 by the Greek Chandris Group. Royal Caribbean International () is a Norwegian / American Cruise line company based in Miami Florida. Meyer Werft is also constructing two new ships for Disney Cruise Line[2]. Disney Cruise Line is an American Cruise ship company owned by The Walt Disney Company and headquartered in Celebration Florida.

Due to its upstream location on the river Ems, the giant ships to be delivered have to make a 36 km voyage to the Dollard bay and which each time attracts thousands of spectators. The Ems (Ems Eems is a River in northwestern Germany and northeastern Netherlands. The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand The Dollart is a Bay partly in the Netherlands and partly in Germany, on the west side of the Estuary of the Ems river in 1277 Up until the completion of the Ems river barrier ("Emssperrwerk") in 2002 the journey was only possible at high tides. Characteristics A tide is a repeated cycle of sea level changes in the following stages Over several hours the water rises or advances up a beach in the flood

Contents

Passenger ships built at Meyer Werft GmbH (selection)

References

  1. ^ Meyer Werft Website, "Triton"
  2. ^ Meyer Werft Website, Disney Cruise Line

List of shipyards

External links

This article incorporates text translated from the corresponding German Wikipedia article as of November 5, 2006. Papenburg is a city in the district of Emsland in Lower Saxony, Germany, situated at the river Ems. Rostock (ˈʁɔstɔk from Polabian Roz toc, literally "to flow apart" is the largest City in the north German state The Meyer Werft is one of the remaining large German Shipyards headquartered in Papenburg. Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

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