Shipyards Directory

Jadewerft

shipyard Wilhelmshaven, Germany

Neue Jadewerft in Wilhelmshaven is one of the shipyards in the NVL group, alongside Blohm+Voss and Norderwerft in Hamburg and Peene-Werft in Wolgast. NVL builds and repairs naval and coastguard vessels, and the sister yards share a supplier network, technology, staff and know-how across projects. The published material available covers the NVL group as a whole rather than Neue Jadewerft specifically, so details on the Wilhelmshaven yard are limited: it is named as a docking facility (one of its docks is sensor-equipped and monitored through NVL's YardManagerApp) and as a training location for plant mechanic (Anlagenmechaniker) apprenticeships.

Jadewerft

Neue Jadewerft in Wilhelmshaven is part of NVL, a German shipbuilding group specialising in the new build and repair of naval and coastguard vessels. The group traces its origins to the late 1870s and states that more than 1,000 naval and coastguard vessels have been launched at its shipyards, with ships built and repaired for the German Navy and fleets in over 50 countries. Neue Jadewerft works in close cooperation with its sister yards Blohm+Voss, Norderwerft and Peene-Werft, sharing an extensive supplier network, technology, knowledge and staff.

The source material describes the NVL group in detail but says comparatively little about the Wilhelmshaven yard itself, so the points below reflect what is explicitly stated.

Services

  • Part of the NVL network for new build, repair, maintenance and refit of naval and coastguard vessels
  • Docking capability; one Neue Jadewerft dock is instrumented with sensors and network components feeding NVL's in-house cloud
  • Apprentice training location for plant mechanics (Anlagenmechaniker, 3½-year programme), alongside Blohm+Voss and Peene-Werft

Facilities

  • Dry dock monitored digitally via NVL's YardManagerApp, reporting tilt on the x- and y-axis, ballast tank status, air pressure, energy and fire-extinguishing water supply, heating system temperature and weather data

Vessel Types

Within the wider NVL portfolio, the group covers:

  • Fast patrol boats and offshore patrol vessels
  • Corvettes and frigates
  • Mine countermeasure vessels
  • Logistic support ships
  • Commercial and offshore vessels are handled at the group's Hamburg repair facilities

Location

  • Wilhelmshaven, Germany
  • Sister NVL yards: Blohm+Voss and Norderwerft (Hamburg), Peene-Werft (Wolgast); NVL head functions in Bremen/Lemwerder