REEDEREI H.-P. WEGENER

Phone: +49 4162 / 91 29 47 - 0
Fax: +49 4162 / 91 29 47 - 9
Email: office@hpw-shipping.de

Shipping Company WEGENER - Shipping history in six generation

The family Wegener can look back on a long seafaring tradition in a region of „Altes Land“ south of Hamburg that stretches back more than twohundred years. In 1786 Johann Wegener was the first mentioned mariner in the church register in Estebrügge. Today, the family looks back on several generations of Captains, Engineers and Naval Architects and have grown from coastal mariners to a modern shipping company.

Captain Hans-Peter Wegener accelerated the development and built twelve vessels at the J.J. Sietas shipyard in Hamburg between 1960 and 2006.

Of decisive importance for the development of shipping company H.-P. WEGENER was the cooperation with the finnish shipping liner CONTAINERSHIPS Ltd. OY. Between 1989 and 2006, a total of five 500 to 1,000 TEU container vessels with high ice class and other special requirements were developed and commissioned at the shipyard J.J. SIETAS for its services between England, the Netherlands, Finland, Russia and the Baltic States.

Simultaneously with the founding of the WEGENER Bereederungsges. mbH & Co. KG laid the foundation stone for further development in 2000. Today, the shipping company is run in the sixth generation by Naval Architect Ulrike Wegener and her husband. It is largely due to them that the fleet has been largely unscathed during the recent shipping crisis. After the sister ship of the existing fleet MV “NOVA” was purchased second hand in 2022, the environmentally friendly newbuildings MV “HERA” and MV “LUNA” are to begin the further rejuvenation of the fleet from 2025.

1857 - 1874

ALBERTUS

Shipyard: Carsten Wriede in Hamburg-Finkenwerder
Built: 1857
Length o.a.: 67 ft
Breadth: 17 ft
Deadweight: 38 Carrying capacity

Purchased by Capt. Carl Wegener, born 1830.

1873 - 1894

CADET

Shipyard: Schiffsbaumeister J. Ropers in Stade
Built: 1873
Length o.a.: 19,87 m
Breadth: 5,95 m
Draught: 1,93 m
BRT: 146,1 cbm = 51,59 british register tons

Built by Capt. Carl Wegener, born 1830.

1904 - 1929

EMMA

Shipyard: Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas
Built: 1904
Length o.a.: 20,02 m
Breadth: 5,03 m
Draught: 1,48m
BRT: 42,18 t

Built by Capt. Hermann Diercks, grandfather-in-law of Capt. Hans-Peter Wegener, born 1879.

1925 - 1931

ELSA

Shipyard: D.W. Kremer, Elmshorn
Built: 1911
Length o.a.: 25,47 m
Breadth: 5,43 m
Draught: 1,91m
BRT: 70,05 t

Purchased by Capt. Hermann Wegener, born 1890.

1929 - 1955

EMMA DIERCKS

Shipyard: Groningen
Built: 1904
Length o.a.: 25,24 m
Breadth: 4,98 m
Draught: 2,11 m
BRT: 85,34 t

Purchased by Capt. Hermann Diercks, born 1879, and his son Capt. Otto Diercks, born 1905 and father-in-law of Capt. Hans-Peter Wegener.

1931 - 1946

GLÜCKAUF

Shipyard: Lühring Werft, Hammelwarder
Built: 1931
Length o.a.: 30,90 m
Breadth: 7,03 m
Draught: 2,68 m
BRT: 176 t

Built by Capt. Hermann Wegener, born 1890.

1950 - 1960

GLÜCKAUF

Shipyard: C. Lühring Werft, Brake
Built: 1950
Length o.a.: 44,50 m
Breadth: 7,53 m
Draught: 3,09 m
BRT: 355 t
Engine: 250 hp

Built by Capt. Hermann Wegener, born 1890.

1955 - 1959

INGRID

Shipyard: Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas
Built: 1955
Length o.a.: 41,80 m
Breadth: 8,20 m
Draught: 2,86 m
BRT: 298, 36 t
Engine: 300 hp

Built by Capt. Otto Diercks, born 1905 and father-in-law of Capt. Hans-Peter Wegener.

1956 - 1973

MAGDA WEGENER

Shipyard: Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas
Built: 1956
Length o.a.: 47,62 m
Breadth: 8,94 m
Draught: 3,11 m
BRT: 420 t
Speed: 9,5 kn
Engine: 300 hp

Built by Capt. Hermann Wegener, born 1890.

1960 - 1975

CARINA

Shipyard: Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas
Built: 1960
Length o.a.: 52,80 m
Breadth: 9,42 m
Draught: 2,80 m
BRT: 424 t
TDW: 870 t