Founded in the year 1949, Schiff & Hafen nowadays represents one of the leading international trade magazines for shipbuilding, shipping and maritime engineering. Month by month shipbuilding engineers, specialist staff and senior personnel from shipping companies, ports, shipyards and maritime supply industries are kept up-to-date regarding the entire range of modern shipbuilding technology, the latest innovations concerning manufacturing systems and naval shipbuilding engineering and shipping management.

In its permanent columns entitled “Schifffahrt & Häfen“, “Schiffbau & Schiffstechnik“,„Offshore & Meerestechnik“, „Karriere & Personal (K & P)” as well as „Schiffsführung & Kommandobrücke“, the magazine always conveys to its readers an up-to-date review of important new developments and industry events. The editions are supplemented by specials on the occasion of important maritime events such as congresses, trade fairs and company anniversaries.  

Schiff & Hafen conveys and showcases product information using a modern, reader-friendly visual appearance whilst making high demands on the substance of the qualified technical contributions. 

Schiff & Hafen is the official trade publication of the Verband Deutscher Kapitäne und Schiffsoffiziere e.V. (VDKS or Association of German Captains and Naval Officers), of the Schiffbautechnische Gesellschaft e.V. (STG or The German Society for Maritime Technology), of the Gesellschaft für Maritime Technik (GMT or German Association for Marine Technology), of the Stiftung Offshore-Windenergie (Foundation Offshore Wind Energy) and of the Center of Maritime Technologies e.V. (CMT) as well as the expert forum for the Verband für Schiffbau und Meerestechnik e.V. (VSM or German Shipbuilding and Ocean Industries Association), for the VDMA (German Engineering Association), working group shipbuilding and offshore supply industry and for Germanischer Lloyd (GL).