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20 juni 2025

DE HOOP SELL’S PARTIALLY FINISHED HULL TO CONCORDIA DAMEN

Tolkamer 15/05/2021 – Shipyard De Hoop has sold the partially finished hull for a 135 meter river cruise vessel, this hull was number 495 was under construction when the original client cancelled the contract. Concordia Damen is planning to finish the hull elsewhere and find another customer for it. Simultaneously with the sale De Hoop […]

11 december 2021

DE HOOP LAUNCHES INLAND TANKER HULL

Tolkamer 11/12/2021 – Today at 11AM the 110 meter hull for the Parsifal tanker was launched successfully. With this De Hoop has delivered the hull to her client Concordia Damen. Later today this hull shall be towed to Werkendam where the vessel shall be finished for her end client.

5 maart 2021

KEEL LAID FOR PARSIFAL TANKER

Tolkamer, 03/02/2021 – De Hoop Lobith lays keel for Parsifal tanker. The hull ordered by Concordia Damen will be further assembled in the coming months. Delivery will take place later this year.

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24 augustus 2020

NEW KD ENTERTAINMENT VESSEL ‘RHEIN GALAXIE’ PERFORMS ON RIVER TRIALS

Tolkamer, 24/08/2020 – Today at 13PM the new KD ship, Rhein Galaxie has commenced her river trials programme. Already on this first sail the vessel seemed to perform well. Besides testing the good and sound working of all propulsion and navigation systems, a good speeds and low noise and vibration levels where measured. These are […]

30 juli 2020

AMADEUS IMPERIAL CHRISTENED IN AMSTERDAM

Amsterdam, 27/07/2020 – With a small group of clients, family, crew and builders the new build 135m Amadeus Imperial was christened. This new luxury cruise vessel shall now commence its first journey

30 juli 2020

YARD NUMBER 495 HALFWAY ASSEMBLED

Tolkamer, 23/07/2020 – Today the classification society Lloyds Register has certified a milestone in the build of yard number 495, this because now 50% of the hull’s section blocks are assembled on De Hoop’s slipway

3 juli 2020

ENTERTAINMENT VESSEL FOR KD WELL ON ITS WAY

Tolkamer, 03/07/2020 – The next generation entertainment vessel for KD (Koln Dusseldorfer Reederei) is well on its way. The vessel to be named Rhein Galaxie is designed to host parties and events for up to 1000 people and is currently in the last months of completion. Despite set-backs and some delays due to the Corona/Covid-19 […]

6 juni 2020

SILVER ORIGIN DELIVERY

Rotterdam, 03/06/2020 – The luxury expedition cruise vessel Silver Origin has been delivered, to Silversea, who proudly took Ownership of the vessel. For more information, please view our full press release. Press Release – Silver Origin Supplierlist NB 489  

20 mei 2020

DE HOOP FINISHES AMADEUS IMPERIAL

Tolkamer, 21/5/2020 – Since her successful river trials the last weeks of the Amadeus Imperial were all about getting the vessel finished. In special conditions, following Corona / Covid-19 rules and regulations, the yard workers, suppliers and subcontractors completed their deliveries. Now in a joint effort and close cooperation with the Owner’s crew the Owner […]

20 mei 2020

SILVER ORIGIN PREPARES FOR DELIVERY

Pernis, 20/5/2020 – The Silver Origin, De Hoop’s yard number 489 is now in her final stage, the delivery is being prepared. After the successful sea trials, the vessel was moved to the fit out yard in Pernis and here the final works. Are ongoing. Delivery is expected on short notion now.

27 april 2020

SILVER ORIGIN HEADS FOR SEA TRIALS

Schiedam, 27/04/2020 – This morning at 9AM the Silver Origin, our yard number 489, departed from her fitting out quay in Schiedam to go on sea trials. On this sunny ‘Kings day’ it marks a great milestone for all who participate in this project. The full trial programme is planned to be three days.

27 maart 2020

KEEL LAID FOR YN.495

Tolkamer, 27/03/2020 – One day after the river trials of the River Imperial, the keel for the next Luftner Cruises project was laid on the slipway. The ‘Amadeus Cara’, Luftner Cruises 16th passenger vessel build by De Hoop is scheduled for delivery in March of next year.

26 maart 2020

YARDNUMBER 492 ‘AMADEUS IMPERIAL’ DOES HER RIVER TRIALS

Tolkamer, 26/03/2020 – With the initial river trials the vessel Amadeus Imperial is reaching the final stages of the build. Something positive in these difficult times, as with more limited group of people and all the challenges in today’s world, the team has been able to pull this off. In the next weeks the vessel […]

24 maart 2020

SILVER ORIGIN DEPARTS FROM YARD FOR FINAL STAGES IN SCHIEDAM

Lobith, 24/03/2020 – At 10AM today the Silver Origin, De Hoop’s yard number 489, has departed for her transport to Schiedam. Here the final works shall take place. This includes the assembly of the top deck modules which are pre-build and form deck 7 and 8. These sections can only be placed after the vessel […]

22 februari 2020

HULL FOR RHEIN GALAXIE IS LAUNCHED

Nieuw Lekkerland, 21/02/2020 – On this cold, but sunny morning the beautifully build 85 x 14 meter hull for the next generation event ship Rhein Galaxie was successfully launched from the NMC facilities in Nieuw Lekkerland. We thank the hull builders for this high quality work. Also the launching itself was quite a piece of […]

31 januari 2020

AMADEUS IMPERIAL ON HER WAY TO TOLKAMER

Groningen 31/01/2020 – This morning, the Amadeus Imperial has started her first journey. Starting in Foxhol and guided by two tugs she is now cruising the Dutch waterways on her way to our Tolkamer facility where she will be outfitted during the coming weeks.

20 januari 2020

START PRODUCTION OF ‘AMADEUS CARA’

Tolkamer, 17/01/2020 – Today, the production of the new build passenger-vessel ‘Amadeus Cara’ for the Austrian company ‘Lüftner Cruises’ has started. Next year, the vessel will be travelling on the river Rhine as well as on the river Danube.

16 januari 2020

HULL OF RHEIN GALAXIE REACHES FULL LENGTH

Nieuw Lekkerland 16/1/2020 – With the placement of the bow section, the steel hull of yard number 493, Rhein Galaxie has reached its full length. The contours of this next generation event vessel are starting to show now. In the next weeks the assembly of the hull shall be further completed, enabling the vessel to […]

7 januari 2020

LÜFTNER CRUISES ORDERS 16TH NEW BUILD CRUISE VESSEL AT SHIPYARD DE HOOP

Tolkamer, 30/12/2019 Shipyard de Hoop is proud to announce a new build order from returning customer Lüftner Cruises. The 135 x 11,5 meter 3-decks vessel will be a next ship in the evolutionary development of the Amadeus fleet. The vessel is scheduled for delivery in March of 2021.

30 december 2019

SILVER ORIGIN SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED

Tolkamer 30/12/2019 – On this sunny morning, at 11AM, the hull for Silver Origin was successfully launched at the Lobith yard. In the coming months the vessel shall be further finished. Already the contours of a beautiful vessel are starting to show!