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13 October 2015

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31 AT 10:00 AM LAUNCH OF ESNAAD 224

Foxhol 13/10/2015 – Saturday, October 31 at 10:00 am, the 65 meter Platform Supply Vessel for Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, the Esnaad 224 (YN473) will be launched at our Foxhol yard. The ship is the fourth of a series of ten and boast a true “design of the future“, meeting the highest international class […]

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5 October 2015

START STEEL CUTTING YN479

Lobith 05/10/2015 – The official start of the steel cutting of the tenth Platform Supply Vessel for ESNAAD has commenced. Whereas the second, eight and tenth vessel shall be assembled at our Foxhol yard, the third to seventh and ninth vessel will be produced at our Lobith yard. The PSVs are part of an order […]

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25 September 2015

START STEEL CUTTING YN478

Lobith 25/09/2015 – The official start of the steel cutting of the ninth Platform Supply Vessel for ESNAAD has commenced. Whereas the second and eight vessel shall be assembled at our Foxhol yard, the third to seventh and ninth vessel will be produced at our Lobith yard. The PSVs are part of an order of […]

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23 September 2015

BUSY TIMES AT SHIPYARD DE HOOP

Lobith 23/09/2015 – These are busy times for De Hoop, as can be seen on the photo the Lobith yard has two PSV\’s for Abu Dhabi on the slipway, plus the hull of the 135 river cruise vessel for Lueftner Reisen is taking shape. Furthermore the yard in Lobith is finishing two FSIV\’s. The Foxhol […]

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14 September 2015

START STEEL CUTTING YN477

Lobith 14/09/2015 – The official start of the steel cutting of the eigth Platform Supply Vessel for ESNAAD has commenced. Whereas the second and eight vessel shall be assembled at our Foxhol yard, the third to seventh vessel will be produced at our Lobith yard. The PSVs are part of an order of ten vessels […]

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24 August 2015

KARINA ONE OF THREE FINALISTS OF VESSEL OF THE YEAR 2015

Tolkamer, 24/08/2015 – Shipyard De Hoop is proud to announce that the hybrid fast supply intervention vessel Karina is nominated as one of the three finalists for the KNVTS Vessel of the year award 2015. Alongside Karina, the other nominations are Kroonborg, a Walk-to-Work vessel built by Koninklijke Niestern Sander and Equanimity, a 91.5 meters yacht […]

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19 August 2015

KEEL LAID FOR LUEFTNER REISEN (YN468)

Tolkamer 18/08/2015 – Today the keel has been laid for the new river cruise vessel for Lueftner Reisen. The 135 meter ship will be built under yard number 468 and is scheduled for delivery for next year’s season. The ship is the 12th ship build by De Hoop for Lueftner Reisen and will be an […]

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14 August 2015

KEEL LAID FOR ESNAAD (YN475)

Foxhol 14/08/2015 – Today, the keel was laid for the hull of the 65 meter Platform Supply Vessel for Abu Dhabi National Oil Company. The ship is the sixth of a series of ten and boast a true “design of the future“, meeting the highest international class notations within both operational and environmental objectives. The […]

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20 July 2015

START STEEL CUTTING YN476

Lobith 20/07/2015 – The official start of the steel cutting of the seventh Platform Supply Vessel for ESNAAD has commenced. Whereas the second vessel shall be assembled at our Foxhol yard, the third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh vessel will be produced at our Lobith yard. The PSVs are part of an order of ten […]

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15 July 2015

FIRST DELIVERY IN A SERIES OF TEN PSVS TO ESNAAD

Eemshaven 15/07/2015 – In 2013 Esnaad awarded Shipyard De Hoop with an order for ten state-of-the-art Platform Supply Vessels. Despite the vigorous international competition, De Hoop won the prestigious contract as result of their technically advanced design and competitive terms. Whilst the complete production of the vessels is equally split between the two facilities in […]

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4 July 2015

SUCCESSFULL LAUNCH OF YN471

Foxhol 04/07/2015 – Today, at 11:00 am, the 65 meter Platform Supply Vessel for Abu Dhabi National Oil Company was successfully launched. The Esnaad 222 is the second of a series of ten and boast a true “design of the future“, meeting the highest international class notations within both operational and environmental objectives. The vessels […]

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3 July 2015

SATURDAY, JULY 4TH 11:00 AM LAUNCH OF ESNAAD 222

Foxhol 03/07/2015 – Saturday, July 4th at 11:00 am, the 65 meter Platform Supply Vessel for Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, the Esnaad 222 (YN471) will be launched at our Foxhol yard. The ship is the second of a series of ten and boast a true “design of the future“, meeting the highest international class […]

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