Nederlandsche Dok en Scheepsbouw Maatschappij

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The shipdock yard
Shipyard crane and slipway of the former NDSM shipyard

The Dutch shipbuilding company Nederlandsche Dok en Scheepsbouw Maatschappij (NDSM) in Amsterdam existed from 1946 to 1978.

history

The roots go back to the time before the Second World War. At that time, initial considerations were made to merge the neighboring shipyards Nederlandse Scheepsbouw Maatschappij (NSM) with the Nederlandse Dok Maatschappij (NDM).

After the end of the war, NSM and NDM finally merged, although both continued to be run as separate companies. Both farms together stretched over two kilometers along the IJ . The NSM concentrated primarily on the construction of new ships, while the NDM continued its focus, the ship repair area.

In the course of the 1960s, the European shipbuilding industry came under increasing pressure from competition, especially from the cheaper Japanese shipyards, which led to a process of concentration in the Dutch shipbuilding industry.

After the Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij with the shipyard Koninklijke Maatschappij “De Schelde” and the Motorenfabriek Thomassen had already merged on March 4, 1966 to form the Rijn-Schelde Machinefabrieken en Scheepswerven (RSMS), Wilton-Fijenoord joined forces on July 3, 1968 Government to the association. The NDSM, in turn, was initially taken over by Verolme Verenigde Scheepswerven (VVS) in July 1968, also under government pressure . VVS joined the Rijn-Schelde Group on January 1, 1971, as it was in financial distress itself, which then operated as Rijn-Schelde-Verolme Machinefabrieken en Scheepswerven (RSV). Despite high state subsidies, the RSV also got into serious trouble in the second half of the 1970s. On September 27, 1978 shipbuilding at the NDSM was finally ended.

In October 1979 another Nederlandse Scheepsbouw Maatschappij (NSM) was founded, employing 400 former NDSM employees. A repair area called Amsterdamse Droogdok Maatschappij was also opened. In May 1984 this NSM also went bankrupt. The former parent company RSV had already gone bankrupt on April 6, 1983 and was later broken up.

Current use of the shipyard site

The repair company Shipdock Amsterdam was founded in 1987 on part of the site of the former NDSM , which was later renamed Amsterdam Ship Repair and has been operating under the name Shipdock since 2005 . Another section houses a shipyard for museum ships; the Benelux headquarters of the music channel MTV Networks Europe is now located in a shipyard hall .

The shipyard site is now a creative center that is home to numerous start-ups and artist studios. Exhibitions and cultural events take place regularly on the site. The urban planner Eva de Klerk, who designed the port and hall design, played a major role in the redesign, which was decided in 2002.

Web links

Commons : NDSM  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ NDSM Werf. In: Eva de Klerk. Retrieved July 2, 2019 .
  2. ^ Art City NDSM. In: Eva de Klerk. Retrieved July 2, 2019 .

Coordinates: 52 ° 24 '3.2 "  N , 4 ° 53' 37.7"  E