Papenburg, Germany - Time lapse of the construction of four NCL cruise ships. (2004-2007)

A time lapse of the building of the Norwegian Jewel, Pride of Hawai'i, Norwegian Pearl, Norwegian Gem. The Meyer Werft GmbH is one of the major German shipyards, headquartered in Papenburg at the river Ems. Founded in 1795 and starting with small wooden vessels, today Meyer Werft is one of world´s leading builders of luxury passenger ships. Altogether about 700 ships of different types have been built at the yard. Meyer Werft has been owned and managed by the Meyer family for six generations. Since 1997, it has been part of the Meyer Neptun Group together with Neptun Werft in Rostock, East Germany.