Built From Nothing.
Built to Last Forever.
In the winter of 1978, a retired naval engineer named Heinrich Weber leased a modest dry dock on the southern bank of the Elbe River in Hamburg with twelve employees, a second-hand plasma cutter, and a belief that German precision could build the world's finest ships. He was right.
Forty-six years later, OceanForge operates a world-class 2.4km² waterfront facility — 40+ active production berths, 18 overhead cranes, 6 CNC plate-cutting halls, and a digital engineering centre housing 480 naval architects and marine engineers. We have delivered 847 vessels to clients in 45 nations, from Arctic research icebreakers to 400-metre ultra-large container ships.
Today, under the leadership of Capt. Hans-Georg Weber — Heinrich's son — OceanForge combines that founding spirit of uncompromising craft with AI-assisted production, digital twin technology, and the most rigorous quality system in European shipbuilding. We don't build ships. We build legacies.
Zero Safety Incidents
12 consecutive years, zero Lost Time Injuries across 3,200+ workforce
98.4% On-Time
Verified delivery rate across all fixed-price contracts since 2010
Carbon Neutral 2030
40% yard emissions reduction already achieved — 6 years ahead of target
AI Manufacturing
Machine-learning production planning cuts build time 30% vs traditional yards
