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It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of our shareholder, Mr. Iskandar Safa.

GERMAN NAVAL YARDS welcomes Dieter Janecek, Federal Government Coordinator for Maritime Economy and Tourism, and Claus Ruhe Madsen, Schleswig-Holstein’s Minister of Economic Affairs, Transport, Employment, Technology and Tourism of the. The visit marks the continuation of discussions on the German Naval Yards' pioneering concept for the series production of converter platforms.

GERMAN NAVAL YARDS KIEL GmbH and Rheinmetall Project Solutions GmbH are jointly developing an offshore platform for ammunition disposal.

GERMAN NAVAL YARDS receives the order for the engineering and construction of the Intergrated Marine Rescue Center (iMERZ) for the combat support ship (EGV) BERLIN.

GERMAN NAVAL YARDS has been awarded the contract to overhaul the combat support ship (Einsatzgruppenversorger / EGV) BERLIN.

With the beginning of the new year, Christian Lepper will take over as the new Director Human Resources.

GERMAN NAVAL YARDS will unveil its new corvette design for the first time at this year's SMM 2022 in Hamburg from Sept. 6-9.

GERMAN NAVAL YARDS, the naval shipyard on the Kiel Fjord, today announces the appointment of Jens Eichenauer as Chief Financial Officer effective July 1, 2022

In cooperation with Leviathan GmbH, GERMAN NAVAL YARDS welcomes the first ship that is to be recycled 100% sustainably for the first time. Parts of the ship will be transformed into works of art.

Almost one month after the departure of “Abeille Normandie” the second salvage tug “Abeille Méditerranée” left German Naval Yards in Kiel.

The newly designed and built "integrated marine rescue center" (iMERZ) was successfully installed on the EGV "Frankfurt am Main" today.

The currently largest ship of the German Navy EGV "Frankfurt am Main" has arrived in Kiel to prepare for the installation of the integrated marine rescue center ("iMERZ").

Following the successful completion of conversion works, the French emergency tug "Abeille Normandie" was handed over to the customer.

GERMAN NAVAL YARDS Kiel today announced that Vesna Blötz has joined the company’s leadership team as Director of Marketing & Communication. In her new role, Blötz will be responsible for leading the marketing & communication activities.

Im militärischen Bereich oder beim Katastrophenschutz sind mobile Hospitäler schon lange bekannt, aber der Auf- und Abbau und die Verbringung gemäß Bedarf sind sehr zeitaufwändig. Zusammen mit unserer französischen Schwesterwerft CMN haben wir gemeinsam eine mögliche europäische Lösung entwickelt und entsprechende Baupläne konkretisiert.

The supervisory board and the management of German Naval Yards Kiel GmbH have reached the following decision by mutual agreement:

Two so-called Anchor Handling Tug Supply (AHTS) vessels are to be converted into among the most powerful salvage tugs in the world.

As of 18.06.2021, Rino Brugge will strengthen the management of the Kiel shipyard.

With Brugge, born in 1975, an internationally experienced manager comes on board at GERMAN NAVAL YARDS KIEL (GNYK).

GERMAN NAVAL YARDS KIEL trainees start building a shipboard firefighting training module for the Kiel fire brigade.

GERMAN NAVAL YARDS KIEL und Zeppelin Mobile Systeme installieren ein voll integriertes Krankenhaus auf dem Einsatzgruppenversorger „Frankfurt am Main“

GERMAN NAVAL YARDS KIEL (GNYK) has started the construction of the first integrated Naval Rescue Centre (iMERZ) for the German Navy. On September 25th 2019, the start of the steel cutting ceremony took place at the shipyard in Kiel. The rescue centre will be used as a permanent deckhouse on the "Frankfurt am Main" combat support vessel. The equipment of the two operating rooms, the other treatment rooms and the laboratories with the necessary medical equipment and facilities will be supplied by…

During his visit to the GERMAN NAVAL YARDS KIEL (GNYK) shipyard, Dr. Thilo Rohlfs, State Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Transport, Labour, Technology and Tourism, emphasised the importance of surface shipbuilding: "Surface shipbuilding creates and secures many jobs and is thus a very important factor for the positive economic development of our country. We as the state government are very proud that with GNYK we have such a vital and ambitious shipyard in Schleswig-Holstein". In…

Naming of the ship on the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany

On Thursday, 23 May 2019, the first of class of four corvettes for Israel was named “MAGEN” in Kiel in the presence of numerous military and diplomatic guests of honour from Israel and Germany. In Hebrew, “MAGEN” stands for "Protector/Defender".