Nordsee-Werke

Nordseewerke Emden GmbH (sometimes abbreviated NSWE, in English: North Sea Company) was a shipbuilding company, located in the north German city of Emden. Founded in 1903 shipbuilding ended in 2010 and the company was taken over by the Schaaf Industrie AG (SIAG), which among others produces components for off-shore systems.

The shipyard employed some 1,400 people in the last years and with that it was the second-largest employer in Emden, following the plant of the Volkswagen automotive company. Today the situation is very critical and only few of the former coworkers of the shipyard are still employed with the new owner SIAG, which also became insolvent in 2012.

Nordseewerke was founded on March 11, 1903 and was one of the oldest among the still-existing shipyards in Germany. Shipbuilding was finished 2010. Successor is the Schaaf Industrie AG (SIAG). The company built merchant ships of all categories but also ships for the Kaiserliche Marine during World War I, the Kriegsmarine later and today's modern Deutsche Marine.

The shipyard has also constructed ships for use by other navies, like the Kobben (Type 207) and Ula (Klasse 210) class submarines for the Royal Norwegian Navy, which were built to operate in shallow, coastal waters. In the past 20 years, submarines were also exported to South Africa, Argentina (TR-1700 submarine) and Israel.

Besides container and other freight-carrying ships Nordseewerke also built naval vessels. In 1971, the cruise liner Sea Venture (later renamed the Pacific Princess) was constructed. The ship is well known as the film location of The Love Boat.