Facilities
Shipyard Facilities
Shipyard De Hoop has two building locations and an additional outfitting quay:
DE HOOP LOBITH
Located in Lobith, a village in the province of Gelderland on the east border of The Netherlands near Arnhem. Situated on the river Rhine, with a direct waterway connection to the Rotterdam harbour.
DE HOOP FOXHOL
Located in Foxhol, a village in the province of Groningen in the north-east part of The Netherlands near municipality of Groningen. Situated on the canal Winschoterdiep, with a direct waterway connection to the harbour of Delfzijl.
DE HOOP LOBITH
The Lobith shipyard is also the location of the Head Office and Engineering Office. The yard including offices covers 105,000 square metres and employs 120 experienced craftsmen. Another 10 to 150 dedicated local contract staff are available and the yard has a collaboration with a selected range of local subcontractors, complementing the required workforce in times of high workloads.
Recently this location was substantially upgraded and now boasts a complete range of ‘state-of-the-art’ facilities, including:
- Two slipways for longitudinal launching of which the largest
- can accommodate vessels up to 200m long and 60m wide
- Steel-cutting facilities, world premiere technology
- Machine and pipe workshops
- Prefabrication workshop
- Building hall with steel assembly lines for
- construction, plating and profiles
- Joinery and carpentry workshop
- Harbour / quayside location with full outfitting facilities
- Crane facilities for lifting up to 30 tons
DE HOOP FOXHOL
The Foxhol shipyard was acquired in 2007 from the established and experienced Volharding Shipyards. The yard with offices covers 25,000 square metres and employs 65 experienced craftsmen. Another 10 to 50 dedicated local contract staff are available and the yard has a collaboration with a selected range of local subcontractors, complementing the required workforce in times of high workloads.
This location has a complete ‘state-of-the-art’ range of facilities, including:
- Slipway facilities for sideway launching to accommodate
- vessels up to 135m long and 16m wide
- On-site work preparation area
- Steel-cutting facilities
- Workshop for piping
- Workshop for small steel work
- Prefabrication workshops
- Semi-covered building hall with ship assembly line
