These vessels are meant to fulfil missions of maritime law enforcement, maritime safety and marine environmental protection in the German Exclusive Economic Zone.
Hull material can be either out of high-tensile steel of aluminium.
Since then all vessels have proven their extraordinary seaworthiness under adverse weather conditions. The industrial processing technologies and design manuals for lightweight and special property hull materials have been developed in house and in co-operation with leading research institutes. All weather production facilities are in covered sheds.