Foundation of the “Brand shipyard” in Edewecht
Foundation of the “Brand shipyard” in Edewecht
Relocation to former shipyard “Balleer” in Oldenburg.
Relocation to “Stauwiesen” in Oldenburg
Conversion of the shipyard from wooden to iron shipbuilding.
Relocation of the yard to the site at the “Werftweg” – today’s headquarters of the company.
Construction of four 2-mast gaff schooners.
Construction of sea-going cargo ships.
Delivery of the first sea-going cargo ship after World War II for the shipping company “Reederei D. G. Neptun”.
Shipyard 1950
Heinz Brand & Heinrich Christian Brand
“Admiral Bastian”
Shipyard 1958
Construction of the first fully welded ship without any rivets.
602 m³ LPG-Tanker “Karin Tholstrup”.
MS “Osternburg” set up for the carriage of containers.
MS “Tegelersand”, our yard’s first vessel built with bulbous bow.
Start of the construction of a series of 7 liquid gas carriers for LPG, LEG and LNG.
MT “Chemtrans Arcturus“
MT “Anna Broere“
Implementation of fresh water cooling systems for machinery systems with plate coolers.
First vessel with elastically mounted deckhouse.
Implementation of the “optimal bridge design” on newbuildings with MS “Bernhard Schulte”.
Shipyard 1977
Delivery of the cargo ship “Thea S” with an asymmetrical aft ship.
Construction of the supply vessel “Icebird” for polar waters.
Start of the construction of a series of 5 liquid gas carriers for LPG and LEG with a cargo carrying capacity of 8,200 m³.
Construction of 4 multi-purpose cargo ships for Chinese Owners.
Shipyard 1997 at closing of business.
Founding of Ingenierbüro Hartwig Brand
Today’s headquarters
4 LPG/LEG carriers with a cargo carrying capacity of 8,600 m³ built on Romanian shipyards.
Yard: Severnav SA, Turnu Severin, Romania
2004 GasChem Baltic
2009 GasChem Atlantic
2010 GasChem Arctic
2011 GasChem Caribic
6 LPG/LEG carriers with a cargo carrying capacity of 6,500 m³ built on Romanian and Turkish shipyards.
Yard: Severnav SA, Turnu Severin, Romania
2007 GasChem Shinano
2007 GasChem Mosel
2007 GasChem Leda
2008 GasChem Rhone
2011 GasChem Werra
Yard: Altintas Shipyard, Turkey
2010 GasChem Warnow
4 heavy-lift dockvessels with Ro-Ro facilities built on a German shipyard.
Yard: Lloyd Werft, Bremerhaven, Germany
2008 Combi Dock I
2008 Combi Dock II
2009 Combi Dock III
2010 Combi Dock IV
6 LPG carriers with a cargo carrying capacity of 5,000 m³ built on a Chinese shipyard.
Yard: Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group, Shanghai, China
2012 JS Caesar
2012 JS Chukar
2012 JS Alular
2012 JS Jaguar
2013 JS Cougar
2013 JS Lekvar
Conversion of a pontoon to a cable-laying vessel.
Yard: BVT – Brenn- und Verformtechnik Bremen GmbH, Bremerhaven, Germany
Complete construction of the sailing vessel “Alexander von Humboldt II” in close cooperation with Marigraph GmbH.
Yard: BVT – Brenn- und Verformtechnik Bremen GmbH, Bremerhaven, Germany
3 LPG/LEG carriers with a cargo carrying capacity of 36,000 m³ built on Chinese shipyards.
Dual-fuel main engines burning ethane or methane.
First vessels built with tri-lobe tanks
First gas tanker with accommodation located in the front and the “HB Hunte Svelte Bow”design.
Yard: Dayang Shipbuilding Co. LTD, Yangzhou, China
2016 GasChem Beluga
2017 GasChem Orca
2019 GasChem Narwal
1 LNG carrier with a cargo carrying capacity of 18,000 m³ in cooperation with Neptun Ship Design GmbH.
Yard: Neptun Werft GmbH & Co. KG, Rostock, Germany
30 m lengthening of the “Peter Pan”
Yard: German Dry Docks AG, Bremerhaven, Germany
2 LPG/LEG carriers with a cargo carrying capacity of 85,000 m³.
Dual fuel main engine burning HFO, MGO, ethane and methane.
Yard: Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company, Dalian, China
2019 JS Ineos Marlin
2019 t.b.n.
Conversion planning and engineering for the use of LNG or LBG as ship’s fuel on 6 Hurtigruten passenger vessels.
3 LPG Carriers with a cargo capacity of 5,000 m³ in 1x bi-lobe and 1x cylindrical tank
Yard: CIMC SOE
2021 Gaschem Homer
2022 tbn
6 Container Vessels with 3,500 TEU / 1,000 RFEU
Dual Fuel with LNG
Yard: SANFU Shipbuilding
presently under construction