Nederlandse Scheepsbouw Maatschappij

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Shipyard crane and slipway of the former NDSM shipyard

The Dutch shipyard Nederlandse Scheepsbouw Maatschappij in Amsterdam existed from 1894 to 1946.

history

The roots of the shipyard go back to the Koninklijke Fabriek voor Stoom- en other Werktuigen , which was founded in 1827 . This ran into financial difficulties several times and was finally taken over by the Nederlandse Fabriek van Werktuigen en Spoorwegmateriaal (Werkspoor) in 1891 . The shipyard began its work in 1894 initially in Oostelijke Eilanden , in today's Amsterdam-Centrum . The Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Maatschappij was founded on August 25, 1894 and the company moved to Amsterdam Noord . In the period before the Second World War, the first considerations were made to merge with the neighboring shipyard Nederlandsche Dok Maatschappij (NDM). After the end of the war, NSM and NDM finally merged to form the Nederlandsche Dok en Scheepsbouw Maatschappij (NDSM), 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.

The NDSM turn was in July 1968. Government pressure first from Verolme Verenigde Scheepswerven taken (VVS) and entered, as she herself was in financial difficulties, as of 1 January 1971, the Rijn-Schelde Group in which then as Rijn-Schelde -Verolme Machinefabrieken en Scheepswerven (RSV) operated. 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.

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