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VEB Volkswerft Stralsund

Stralsund, Germany

Founded in 1948. Following the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1990, the yard was privatised and renamed Volkswerft Stralsund. Acquired by Bremer Vulkan in 1993, then by A.P. Møller in 1998 and by Detlef Hegemann in 2007. Merged with Peene-Werft in 2010 as P+S Werften which filed for insolvency in 2012. The Stralsund yard was acquired by Nordic Yards in 2014 which was taken over by Genting Hong Kong in 2016 and renamed MW Werften. In 2022 MW Werften filed for insolvency and the yard was closed.