Meyer Werft

Meyer Werft GmbH & Co. KG
Company typePrivate
IndustryShipbuilding
Founded1795
HeadquartersPapenburg, Germany
Key people
Bernard Meyer, CEO

Thomas Weigend Dr. Jan Meyer Tim Meyer[1]

Bernd Eikens[2]
ProductsCruise ships
Tankers
Livestock carriers
Ferries
Research vessels
Revenue
  • Increase€51 million (2018)
  • Increase€17 million (2019)
  • Decrease€70 million (2020)
[3]
Number of employees
7,000 (2024),[4] 3100 (2030)[5]
ParentMeyer Neptun S.à.r.l.
Websitemeyerwerft.com
Meyer Werft
Meyer Werft

Meyer Werft (pronounced [ˈmaɪ̯ɐ ˌvɛːʁft] ⓘ; English: Meyer shipyard) is a German shipbuilding company, headquartered in Papenburg at the river Ems, founded in 1795, building small wooden vessels. It 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. Since then, it has also been a builder of luxury passenger ships. 700 ships of different types had been built at the yard. The Dock 2 Hall is the third largest shipbuilding hall and the fifth-largest usable volume in the world as of 2022. The shipyard is an anchor on the European Route of Industrial Heritage.[6]

  1. ^ "MEYER WERFT | Imprint". MEYER WERFT.
  2. ^ "Meyer Group restructures, brings in new CEO".
  3. ^ "Substanz der deutschen Werften "bröckelt"" (in German). 2021-03-15. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
  4. ^ "MEYER Group". Archived from the original on 20 March 2024. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Meyer Werft Workers Demiss". Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  6. ^ "ERIH Entry: Meyer Shipyard". European Route of Industrial Heritage. 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.