Shipyard De Hoop
The medium-sized Dutch shipbuilding company Shipyard De Hoop was founded in 1889 and operates two shipyards in Lobith and Foxhol.
history
The company was founded in 1889 as Scheepswerf De Hoop in Lobith . Conventional smaller seagoing vessels and inland vehicles were manufactured. During the Second World War, the shipyards were almost completely destroyed and rebuilt with modern means in the post-war period. In the decades after the war, the shipyard continued in the same segment, but later also constructed tugs and pushers, the first chemical tanker in 1977, an oil rig supplier since 1982, floating dredgers shortly thereafter and two ferries in the early 1990s.
In 1991 Jan Reint Hoving Smit took over the shipyard and appointed Fré Drenth as deputy director. De Hoop expanded its range to include more specialized structures, such as inland passenger ships. In addition, conventional container ships such as the Carmen Dolores , but also a number of open-top container ships were built . Particularly noteworthy are the Airbus - Special Freighter Brion and Breuil , who for Wagenborg built cable ship Sea Spider or semi-submersible working platform Amethyst .
In January 1999 De Hoop took over the former Verolme Scheepswerf Heusden and continued it as Shipyard de Hoop Heusden . In 2001, De Hoop acquired the Houma Fabricators shipyard in Louisiana, which was integrated into the group as Shipyard De Hoop of Houma . Houma Fabricators gave De Hoop access to the American offshore market, for which the three shipyards built a number of units in the following years.
After Patrick Janssens joined De Hoop's board of directors in 2004, the Heusden shipyard was sold in 2005 and the Houma shipyard a year later. In the period that followed, the company initially concentrated on the location in Lobith and the expansion of the design and construction departments. Against the backdrop of a growing shipbuilding market, De Hoop acquired the Volharding shipyard in Foxhol, in the north of the Netherlands, in 2007. With 60 previous Volharding employees, this was incorporated as Scheepswerf De Hoop Foxhol .
In October 2007, Patrick Janssens took over the company in a management buyout .
Around 1500 ships have been built under the name De Hoop so far.
Shipyard facilities
- The Scheepswerf De Hoop Lobith is located in the east of the Netherlands and covers 10.5 hectares with the largest slipway of 200 × 60 meters.
- The Scheepswerf De Hoop Foxhol is located in the north of the Netherlands and comprises a factory site of 2.5 hectares.
