Elomatic awarded Polarstern 2 icebreaker design contract

Rendering: Ocean Architects and Elomatic

Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) has awarded Elomatic Maritime Technologies GmbH a design and engineering contract to support the construction of Germany’s new Polarstern 2 icebreaker. Set to become the world’s largest and most advanced icebreaking research and polar logistics ship, it is to be built for the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research at the Wismar Shipyard, which TKMS acquired in the wake of the collapse of MV Werften. It will replace the existing Polarstern.

Currently, with Meyer Group as a TKMSS tenant, the Wismar shipyard is busy with the conversion and completion of what was to have been the cruise ship Global Dream into the Disney Adventure.

TKMSS is set to start construction of submarines at the yard from 2027. The Polarstern 2 project, which, according to local media is worth EUR 1.2 billion, will fill the gap

Elomatic, an international consulting and engineering company, will provide basic and detail engineering work, as well as providing yard