Lloyd Werft is planning a second Bremerhaven facility on a seven-hectare Columbuskaje site, centred on a new floating dock.
Lloyd Werft is preparing a substantial expansion of its Bremerhaven operations after securing long-term rights to a seven-hectare site at Columbuskaje. The planned second facility will include a new floating dock on the Weser, adding capacity for large repair, conversion and refit projects alongside the yard’s established Kaiserhafen operation.
The development was reported by International Boat Industry following the agreement for a 30-year lease. Detailed dock dimensions, the investment value and the timetable for opening have not yet been made public, so the project remains a long-term capacity plan rather than an operational facility.
Columbuskaje offers direct access to deep water and the North Sea, making it suitable for vessels whose dimensions restrict the number of available repair yards. A second Lloyd Werft location would allow projects to be distributed across a broader waterfront footprint without displacing work already scheduled through the existing docks.
The proposed floating dock is expected to become the centrepiece of the development. Its final dimensions will determine the vessels it can accommodate, and those limits cannot be established until Lloyd Werft publishes the technical specification.
Large-yacht refits increasingly combine statutory surveys and machinery work with structural alterations, redesigned interiors and major hotel-system upgrades. Those programmes require secure dock space, heavy-lift capability, fabrication workshops and coordinated naval-architecture, engineering and finishing expertise.
Lloyd Werft already identifies repair, refit and conversion as central parts of its business. Its official facilities information records more than 260,000 square metres of operating space, large dry and floating docks, specialist workshops and approximately 1.4 kilometres of outfitting quay.
The expansion would strengthen Bremerhaven’s role in the Northern European repair and conversion market. The port combines North Sea access with an established maritime supply chain and a practical location for vessels moving between the Baltic, northern Europe and Atlantic routes.
For the superyacht industry, the principal significance is additional capacity for technically demanding work. A growing fleet of large yachts is generating demand for longer refits, placing pressure on the relatively small number of yards able to dock and support them.
No completion date or investment figure has been confirmed publicly, and the second facility should not be presented as operational. The 30-year site commitment nevertheless indicates that Lloyd Werft expects repair, conversion and refit demand to remain central to its Bremerhaven business.
Further details will be required before the new dock’s precise role in the large-yacht market can be assessed. Its location, available land and connection to Lloyd Werft’s existing expertise already make it a significant Northern European yard-capacity development.