Deggendorfer Werft and Eisenbau Gesellschaft
The Deggendorfer Werft und Eisenbau Gesellschaft was founded in Deggendorf in 1916 and began building barges in 1924 as a subsidiary of Gutehoffnungshütte (GHH). In 2001 the shipyard was closed.
At the beginning mainly passenger ships , ferries , motor tugs and barges were built at this shipyard . But also barges and inland freighters were mainly delivered to German shipping companies. In 1930 the first push boat association in Europe was established here with the push boat Uhu . The passenger ship Allgäu was the first ship with Voith-Schneider propulsion ; it was delivered to the Deutsche Reichsbahn in Lindau in 1929 by the Deggendorf shipyard . In the 1940s, many tank barges were laid down .
From 1951 floating dredgers were also part of the construction program and the first seaworthy hopper dredger was built here . Longitudinally divided work boats were developed for the quick dumping of the dredged material, which led to the construction of the world's first folding barges in 1958 . In the 1970s in particular, a large number of these hydraulically operated collapsible barges were delivered and exported. They were called hydraulic collapsible barges and were a specialty of the shipyard. The Deggendorf shipyard and its licensees delivered almost 200 barges of this type in various sizes.
The last 20 years up to the shipyard's closure were marked by the construction of cutting head excavators , inland ro-ro ships , passenger ships and the passenger catamaran Delta Queen (1998) for the Conti River Shipping Company.
After the takeover of GHH by MAN in 1969, the Deggendorfer Werft belonged to MAN AG.