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Delfzijl, 18/10/2019 – This week, the Special Mission Vessel (De Hoop’s yard number 457) has successfully completed her sea trials which took place in the North of the Netherlands. The performance of the vessel was above and beyond specification, and with this, the vessel is now ready for delivery, which shall take place next week.
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Foxhol, 20/09/2019 – Early this morning, the Special Mission Vessel ‘DB Abuja’ has departed from the yard, on transport to Delfzijl. Here the final stages and the commissioning shall take place. The vessel’s sea trials are planned to commence on the 1st of October.
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Rotterdam, 06/09/2019 – In a cheerful celebration, the new event ship for Royal Spido has been named ‘Prinses Amalia’. The actual christening was done by the 3 year old granddaughter of Spido’s director and proud new owner, mr. Leo Blok. The guests and media who joined the ceremony gave very positive feedback on the luxurious […]
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Foxhol, 27/08/2019 – Today the special mission vessel project, two ships under construction for HLSI, was presented and shown to the NIMASA (Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency). The vessels, both part of the Deep Blue project, are now in an advanced stage of construction. In the next months, the delivery shall take place. These […]
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Foxhol, 01/07/2019 – This afternoon, the new Special Mission Vessels YN.457 and 459 were successfully launched at our yard in Foxhol. Both vessels will be used for monitoring the national waters of West-Africa. Delivery of both vessels is planned for end of October.
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Tolkamer, 19/06/2019 – Shipyard De Hoop is currently in the process of finalising / outfitting the latest day-passenger / event vessel for the Rotterdam based shipping company, Spido. On the 28th of March 2019 the hull of yard number 491 was launched at the Lobith facilities of Shipyard De Hoop. This day-passenger, or rather event […]
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Tolkamer, 01/06/2019 – With the placement of the 31st section block, the assembly of the hull of the Silver Origin is now halfway, which is an important milestone for the project. Currently yard and client are implementing the new design as was recently unveiled by Silversea.
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Schiedam, 14/05/2019 – Yesterday morning, the Expedition Cruise Vessel ‘Celebrity Flora’ was successfully delivered to our new client ‘Celebrity Cruises’. “The delivery of Celebrity Flora is a momentous occasion,” said Richard Fain, chairman and CEO of Celebrity’s parent company, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. “Designing a new ship specifically for the Galapagos Islands was an exciting […]
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Tolkamer, 24/04/2019 – Shipyard De Hoop is proud to announce her 15th order from Lüftner Cruises, this time a 135 meter luxurious river cruise vessel. The ‘Amadeus Imperial’, as the new vessel will be named, will be a sister-ship of the ‘Amadeus Silver III’, delivered by De Hoop in 2016. The ‘Amadeus Imperial’s delivery is […]
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Tolkamer, 24/04/2018 – Last week, the design of our yard number 489, the Silver Origin was revealed. The initial reactions have been very enthusiastic, we are proud to be the engineer and builder of this vessel and we value the close cooperation with the designers and our clients to realize such a wonderful vessel.
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North Sea, 15/04/2019 – Last Saturday, Celebrity Flora started her Sea Trials at the North Sea. Maneuverability, speed and Safety are some of the features that will be examined. After three days at Sea she will return to Schiedam later today where she will be completely outfitted before she will be delivered to ‘Celebrity Cruises’.
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Tolkamer 12/04/2019 – Multifunctional Support and Chase Vessel ‘Linde-G’ has successfully delivered to Shipping company Groen in Scheveningen. The vessel-design is based on the hybrid propelled FSIV designs from De Hoop (nominated as “Ship of the year in 2014”) and with this, the design shall be very fuel efficient. This very innovative vessel is equipped […]
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