Your vessel. Your vision.
Newbuilding, conversion and repair of passenger, restaurant and work vessels — from the first sketch to the christening. Family-run in the sixth generation, 258 newbuildings since 1990.
We build ships that are made to measure — in steel and aluminium, under roof from the first plate to the finished coating, with the propulsion that suits your waters: diesel, hybrid or fully electric.
Schiffswerft Bolle is a family-owned shipyard on the Parey canal, where the river Elbe meets the Elbe-Havel canal — about 100 km west of Berlin. Founded in 1861, nationalised in 1972 and returned to the family in 1990, the yard is today run by the sixth generation.
Our vessels operate from the North Sea and Baltic coast to the Rhine, the Danube and the Vltava in Prague. Every ship is designed in-house in 3D CAD and built in two covered halls with crane systems, plus a dedicated hall for aluminium and stainless steel. Welding approval according to DNV.
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Services
Passenger & restaurant vessels
Excursion, saloon and restaurant ships in steel and aluminium — designed for your waters, bridge heights and berths. Up to 600 guests.
Details →Work & survey vessels
Robust vessels for waterways authorities and contractors, equipped with cranes, spud poles, ramps and survey technology — including series builds such as the Emmerich class.
Details →Hybrid & electric propulsion
Fully electric vessels with lithium-ion storage, hybrid systems for range, and retrofits of existing ships. Award-winning: MS Schwielowsee, Inland Navigation Innovation Award 2019.
Details →The AquaCabrio
Our own development: an excursion vessel whose roof opens and closes in seconds — sun deck in fine weather, sheltered saloon in rain. Built for Prague, Passau, Berlin and Potsdam.
Details →Conversion & refit
Modernisation of existing ships, new interiors, propulsion retrofits from diesel to electric — and the classic: turning a barge into a restaurant ship.
Details →Repair & maintenance
Steel and aluminium repairs, hull and on-board systems — reachable by water via the Elbe and the Elbe-Havel canal, slipway for vessels up to 75 m.
Details →Barges & pontoons
Deck barges, hopper barges and floating work platforms for hydraulic engineering and inland shipping — built to order.
Details →A selection of our ships
Facilities & facts
- Location
- Schiffswerft 5, 39317 Elbe-Parey (Derben), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
- Waterway access
- Parey canal — Elbe km 371.5 / Elbe-Havel canal km 351.2
- Slipway
- Vessels up to 75 m
- Building halls
- Two covered halls, 50 × 18 m each, with cranes
- Aluminium & stainless steel
- Separate hall
- Outfitting quays
- Two
- Certification
- Welding approval DNV
- Team
- Around 44 employees
- Company
- Schiffswerft Bolle GmbH · Managing director Mario Bolle
Every mark a ship.
The yard has kept its register since re-privatisation in 1990 — hull number by hull number. 258 numbered newbuildings stand in it. The brass marks are the ones you see across this site.
Move across the marks — each one stands for a real newbuilding from Derben.
Tell us about your vessel.
Newbuilding, conversion or propulsion retrofit — send us your specification or a first sketch. We reply in English or German.