due to out of date information . please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information . april 2016 volkswerft german volkswerft stralsund gmbh is a shipyard in the hanseatic city of stralsund on the strelasund . it is part of the german hegemann group . the maersk boston in port . the volkswerft was founded in 1945 as ingenieurbau ges.m.b.h . . on april 25 the first trawler was delivered and on june 15 1948 the veb volkswerft stralsund was registered . from 1948 till 1953 the shipyard produced 196 ships all of them to be used for reparation payments to the soviet union . in the following years the volkswerft produced trawlers for the soviet and other fleets . in october 1957 the first ship built for a fleet not pertaining to the eastern bloc was delivered to iceland . in 1973 lloyd s of london saw the volkswerft as number one in the production of trawlers worldwide . after 1990 the volkswerft was privatized two times first as volkswerft stralsund gmbh becoming part of the vulkan gruppe bremen in 1993 . then since 1998 she is part of the maersk group maersk having paid 25 millions dm to the treuhand . the yard is completely modernized by now including a large shipbuilding hall and a 230 m now 275 m length ship lift to launch the ships . container ships 2 500 class are produced for the m rsk fleet . they have a size of 2 900 3 000 teu . supply vessels and cable laying vessels are also produced . this article does not cite any sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . april 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message coordinates 54 18 03 n 13 06 27 e 54.30083 n 13.10750 e 54.30083 ; 13.10750 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title volkswerft & oldid 714439910 categories shipbuilding companies of germanyvolkseigene betriebestralsundcompanies based in mecklenburg vorpommernmaerskcompanies established in 19451945 establishments in germanyhidden categories articles with obsolete information from april 2016all wikipedia articles in need of updatingarticles containing german language textarticles lacking sources from april 2009all articles lacking sourcescoordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschnederlandssvenska edit links this page was last modified on 9 april 2016 at 19 42 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view