Every year many millions of alive animals are transported from their place of origin to a destination thousands of kilometers away. Such a distance is mostly covered by ship.

The design and construction of such livestock carriers is another focus of Meyer Werft. These ships are equipped with automatic feeding and water supply systems, combined troughs for sheep and cattle, horizontal and vertical dung removal systems as well as dismountable decks made of aluminium for combined sheep/cattle carriers. Moreover these ships have stalls made of zinc-coated metal and/or aluminium as well as optmised ventilation systems. In this way the animals are taken care of well, and maximum safety is ensured.