Shipyard De Hoop — Designers & Builders since 1889
A clear starting point

Your requirements.
The right project team.

A strong own team forms the backbone. Specialist partners, facilities and support are brought together around the scope of your vessel project.

Discuss your project ↗
Choose your starting point

Different projects.
A tailored approach.

Newbuild

Explore a vessel concept or discuss an existing specification, with the design, build and outfitting scope defined around your requirements.

Vessel experience ↗

Refit & repair

Discuss the vessel’s condition, intended changes, access requirements and available work window.

Refit & repair ↗

Open Shipyard

Bring your own project organisation to an agreed part of the yard, with the facilities and support package you need.

Open Shipyard ↗

From first discussion
to a defined scope.

  1. Understand the project

    Vessel purpose, dimensions, operating profile, scope and preferred schedule.

  2. Define the roles

    Agree what the owner, De Hoop and specialist partners will each deliver.

  3. Configure the resources

    Assess facilities, project space, disciplines, equipment and interfaces around the work.

  4. Agree the way forward

    Set out the scope, responsibilities, programme and commercial arrangements before execution.

People and digital tools

Expertise at the centre.
Technology in support.

Our own team provides continuity across the project. The partner network adds specialist capacity, while AI and digital techniques support how we organise information and collaboration.

Practical coordination

Discuss reporting, document exchange and coordination needs at the start. Technical decisions and project responsibilities remain clearly assigned to the people and organisations involved.

Working on an active yard

Access, shared facilities and work interfaces must fit De Hoop’s site rules and operating arrangements. Project-specific requirements are agreed with the yard team.

Discuss your project ↗

Prepare your enquiry.

A few practical details help us assess the right starting point:

Contact us first to agree the appropriate route for exchanging project files.

De Hoop in pictures

Bring the disciplines together.

Technical installations and bridge integration from the De Hoop vessel archive.

Technical installations · De Hoop vessel archive
Technical installations · De Hoop vessel archive
Bridge installation · De Hoop vessel archive
Bridge installation · De Hoop vessel archive

Experience behind the approach.