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Meyer Werft

Germany · Founded 1795

The family yard on a river — cruise giants built inland and floated to the sea.

Ships here4
Longest345.00 m
Deliveries2018–2023
Still in service4
The yard

The story so far

Meyer Werft has built ships in Papenburg since 1795, seven generations of the same family. Its oddity is geography: the yard sits 36 kilometres up the narrow river Ems, so every giant it builds — including Disney Wish, AIDA Nova and Carnival Jubilee — must be conveyed downriver to the sea in a slow-motion spectacle watched by thousands.

Its covered building docks are among the largest enclosed shipbuilding halls in the world, and it delivered the first LNG-powered cruise ship in history, AIDA Nova, in 2018 — the pathfinder for the gas-fuelled giants that now top the cruise tonnage table.

The line-up

Meyer Werft ships

Side profiles are sized by real length overall — longer ships draw bigger. Categories are never mixed.

Arvia

P&O Cruises · In service

Length overall345 m
Beam42 m
Gross tonnage185,581 GT
Passengers5,200 (double) / ≈6,685 (max)
Full specification →

Disney Wish

Disney Cruise Line · In service

Length overall≈341 m
Beam≈41 m
Gross tonnage≈144,000 GT
Passengers≈2,500 (double) / ≈4,000 (max)
Full specification →

AIDA Nova

AIDA Cruises · In service

Length overall≈337 m
Beam42 m
Gross tonnage183,858 GT
Passengers≈5,200 (double) / ≈6,600 (max)
Full specification →
Side by side

Every ship, ranked by length

ShipCategoryLengthBeamDeliveredStatus
ArviaCruise345.00 m42.00 m2022In service
Carnival JubileeCruise344.50 m42.00 m2023In service
Disney WishCruise341.10 m41.00 m2022In service
AIDA NovaCruise337.00 m42.00 m2018In service
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