Kötter shipyard
| Kötter Werft GmbH | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Company with limited liability |
| Seat | Haren (Ems) |
| management | Bernhard Kötter, Stephan Kötter |
| Number of employees | approx. 25 |
| Branch | shipbuilding |
| Website | www.koetter-werft.com |
The Kötter Werft GmbH is a family-run shipyard based in Haren (Ems) . The main focus of the company is on ship repairs and maintenance, especially of inland vessels and small vehicles. In addition, new builds of small sea and inland vehicles are also offered. The shipyard has shipbuilding and repair halls as well as two slipways for ships up to 110 meters long and 12 meters wide.
history
The company was founded in 1919 by Rudolf Kötter at the old port of Haren and initially focused primarily on the construction and repair of wooden ships and pünten . In addition to the shipyard with around ten ship carpenters, a sawmill was also operated with another five workers. In 1922, the two sons Hermann and Bernhard took over the shipbuilding company, which then traded as Gebr. Kötter Schiffswerft .
After the Second World War, the merchant Adolf Kötter and the master ship builder Bernhard Kötter joined the shipbuilding company and the conversion to the predominant steel shipbuilding and the establishment of a forge began. Until the end of the 1950s, the company mainly carried out repairs and conversions of steel barges and engines for existing vehicles.
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In 1959 the shipyard moved to the new Harener Hafen and set up new shipbuilding halls and slipways there. Starting with the bunker boat Esso Haren , which was delivered in 1960, new steel ships were built for the first time at the new shipyard, while the ship repairs continued.
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In 1966 the first ocean-going ship, the Stephan coaster , was completed. In the 1970s, numerous larger new builds followed, such as the river ocean-going vessels of the Cargo Liner class and the even larger units Ems Liner and Ems Valley . However, the focus was kept on inland waterways and repairs. In 2001 the first river cruise ship, the Serenité , and in 2007 the Futura tanker Till Deymann were delivered.
The shipyard has a workforce of around 25.
literature
- Detlefsen, Gert Uwe : From the Ewer to the container ship . The development of the German coasters. Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft , Herford 1983, ISBN 3-7822-0321-6 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kötter-Werft builds Europe's most modern inland tanker. In: Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung , September 7, 2006.
- ↑ Katharina Jakob, Insa Lienemann: Ostfriesland for the trouser pocket: What travel guides conceal , S. Fischer Verlag , 2015, without page number.