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Tolkamer 17/3/2017 – We are proud to announce the delivery of the latest newbuild, Amadeus Provence. This vessel is a very special 110 meter with 70 cabins for 140 passengers which shall enter service in France for Lüftner Cruises. Besides a focus on fuel efficiency, high comfort through extra low/noise and vibrations, the vessel has […]
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Tolkamer 13/3/2017 – Shipyard De Hoop has received a new order from Lüftner Cruises for a 135 meter river cruise vessel, to be delivered for next year season. This vessel will be the 14th order in a long lasting and successful relationship between both companies. With this parties shall continue to make next steps in […]
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5/3/2017 – On this Friday the Amadeus Provence has successfully completed her river trials. During the trials, not only the speed and manoeuvrability of the vessel was tested and proven, also the noise and vibrations were measured. The vessel turned out to be a very quiet ship. All other tests were also finished with success. […]
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22/2/2017 – Shipyard De Hoop has delivered the10th PSV to their client ESNAAD. With this the yard has finalised a challenging and large order, all within the given total time-limit. Whilst the first delivery has now been operational for almost one year, we are happy to report that its operations have been quite successful. The […]
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8/2/2017 – In September last year, De Hoop received two engineering orders from Caspian Offshore Constructions, Kazakhstan for specialized ice class shallow draft tugboats in two different propulsion versions. Since that time, De Hoop engineering team has been working behind the scenes on such design. These concepts are based on a proven design, the earlier […]
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Lobith 7/2/2017 – Today, at 10:30 AM, the 110 meter river cruise vessel Amadeus Provence has been launched. The vessel, currently build under yard number 480, is entering the outfitting stages and testing / commisioning will start in the next weeks. Amadeus Provence is scheduled to be delivered in March, whereafter she will be transported […]
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Foxhol 12/01/2017 – Today at 7:15 AM, the ESNAAD 230 departed from our yard in Foxhol. This last vessel in the 10-ship order for ESNAAD shall now commence the final stages, being the seatrials, which shall be conducted over the course of next week.
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Tolkamer 03/01/2017 – After the succesfull trials and delivery early December, the 9th PSV for ESNAAD has finally departed on the 23th December on her way to Abu Dhabi. At this moment she is on the Mediterranean Sea, next stop Port Said and thereafter heading to Abu Dhabi, planned to arrive at the end of […]
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Rotterdam 22/11/2016 – The next generation Platform Supply Vessel ‘Esnaad 229’ has shown a succesfull performance on the first day of her seatrials. This 9th vessel in the 10-ship-order from Abu Dhabi National Oil Company is again finished on time, ready for the client to take her to the UAE where its work is waiting.
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Foxhol 16/11/2016 – Today, after succesfull sea trials in the previous weeks, ‘ESNAAD 228’ is on her way to her homeport Abu Dhabi where she will arrive in a few weeks. ‘ESNAAD 228’ was the second last of a series of ten vessels the yard in Foxhol will deliver.
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Tolkamer 02/11/2016 – Today, ESNAAD 229, number 9 in a series of ten ESNAAD-vessels build by De Hoop Shipyards has departed from the Tolkamer-yard and arrived safely in Rotterdam where she will be prepared for the coming sea trials.
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Foxhol 01/10/2016 – Today the Esnaad 230 has been launched succesfully. It was a special occasion as this was the last of the 10-vessel order. The ceremony was attended by mr. Dagher al Marar, CEO of ESNAAD.
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