Name

Holland Shipyards Group

Legal name

Holland Shipyards Group

Website

https://hollandshipyardsgroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Shipbuilding and Maritime Vessel Construction

NAICS

Ship Building and Repairing (336611)

SIC

Ship & Boat Building & Repairing (3730)

akta.pro primary industry

Landing Craft & Amphibious Workboats (LCM/LCT-style, Beaching Craft) (IMAJADAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Mechanical Systems Repair (Engines, Propulsion, Pumps) (TLAKAKAF), Specialized Cargo Vessels (Cement/Asphalt/Woodchip/Live-Animal) Shipbuilding (IMAJAAAL)

Keywords

• Shipbuilding services
• Custom vessel construction
• Ship repair conversions
• Electric hybrid ferries
• Dredging vessels equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

Hardinxveld

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. New vessel construction: Design and construction of new vessels including tugs, workboats, ferries, dredgers, cargo vessels, accommodation vessels, and specialized vessels. Revenue generated through project-based contracts for custom vessel builds.
2. Repair and conversion services: Ship repair services using two floating docks in Netherlands and slipway in Sierra Leone, covering class survey services, underwater repairs, and component replacements. Includes refit and life-extension projects.
3. Accommodation module rentals: Rental of modular accommodation units (sleeper, restaurant, facility, technical modules) for jack-ups, barges, PSV/OSV, rigs, and salvage vessels. Provides turnkey accommodation solutions with self-reliant operation capability.
4. Fleet charter and rental: Operating company vessels for bareboat charter, time charter, hire-purchase or outright purchase. Versatile fleet serving offshore, port, short-sea and inland markets.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Holland Shipyards Group designs and builds custom maritime vessels including tugs and workboats, electric and hybrid ferries, dredgers, cargo vessels, accommodation platforms, and specialized custom vessels. The group also provides ship repair, refit and conversion services through floating docks and shipyards in the Netherlands and Sierra Leone, and operates a recurring rental business for modular accommodation units and a fleet of offshore and inland vessels.

Product overview

Holland Shipyards Group is a second-generation family-owned Dutch shipbuilding company operating since 1981, offering a comprehensive portfolio of maritime vessels and services. The company operates across three shipyards in the Netherlands (Werkendam, Hardinxveld-Giessendam, and Flushing/Vlissingen) and one in Sierra Leone. Core product lines include new building of tugs and workboats, electric and hybrid ferries, dredging vessels and equipment, cargo vessels, accommodation solutions, and special/custom vessels. The company also provides repair, refit, and conversion services, operates a fleet rental business, and runs Holland Accommodation Rentals offering modular accommodation unit rentals certified to major maritime standards. Notable named products include the EDDY Tug series, NZK electric ferry series, H2 Barge hydrogen vessels, and various offshore support vessels. With over 45 green newbuilds delivered, the company emphasizes sustainable vessel design with hybrid, electric, and hydrogen propulsion options.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Holland Accommodation Rentals: Rental of modular accommodation solutions for jack-ups, barges, PSV/OSV, rigs, salvage vessels, and brokers. Products include facility modules, sleeper modules, restaurant modules, and technical modules certified to BV, DNV/GL, Lloyds, ABS standards and compliant with IMO SOLAS, A60 Safe Area, MLC2006.
• Holland Shipyards Dredging
• Instalho Scheepsbouw
• Flushing Marine and Offshore

Products and services

• Electric and Hybrid Ferries Electric and hybrid ferry designs for well-connected city routes featuring state-of-the-art drivetrains to reduce ecological footprint, including fully electric double-ended ferries for high-frequency urban waterway crossings.
• Tugs and Workboats Tug and workboat designs optimized for hybridization with batteries, achieving up to 30% fuel savings through effective handling of low power operational modes, built around safety, performance, and economy principles.
• Dredging Vessels and Equipment Dredgers including hopper dredgers, stationary plain suction dredgers, and cutter suction dredgers, along with in-house designed components and equipment such as trailing suction pipes, cutter units, rubber ring valves, and pumps for aggregate extraction, sand mining, and harbor maintenance.
• Cargo Vessels Inland and seagoing cargo vessels including coasters, multipurpose vessels, and hydrogen-powered options designed to meet strict environmental regulations and ready for future propulsion technologies.
• Specials (Bespoke Custom Vessels) Custom non-standard vessel projects built under short deadlines with out-of-the-box solutions for clients pioneering in their markets requiring bespoke asset delivery.
• Accommodation Solutions (New Build) Single lift solutions, self-relying barges, containerized accommodation, and DP2 walk-to-work solutions for offshore personnel housing on jack-ups, barges, PSV/OSV, rigs, and salvage vessels.
• Ship Repair Services Ship repair services using two floating docks in the Netherlands and a slipway in Sierra Leone, offering class survey services, underwater repairs, and shaft/rudder replacements for vessel operators worldwide.
• Refit Services Vessel lifetime extension and refit projects managing grey areas and scope definition, with vessels redelivered ready for 20+ additional years of service.
• Vessel Conversion Services Vessel conversion projects including OSV to accommodation conversions and container vessel to roro-carrier conversions for offshore renewables across multiple markets.
• Holland Accommodation Rentals Rental of modular accommodation units (General, Facility, Sleeper, Restaurant, Technical modules) for jack-ups, barges, PSV/OSV, rigs, and salvage vessels, certified to BV, DNV/GL, Lloyd's, ABS standards and compliant with IMO SOLAS, MLC2006, SPS Code, and IMO MODU Code.
• Fleet Rental Services Vessel rental services for bareboat charter, time charter, hire-purchase, or outright purchase, with vessels operated by the shipyard providing operational insight into new concepts across offshore, port, short-sea, and inland markets.
• H2 Barge 2 Hydrogen-Powered Cargo Vessel Hydrogen-powered inland cargo vessel with 1.2 MW fuel cell capacity (six PEM fuel cell modules), 200 TEU cargo capacity, modular propulsion system with electric motors, hydrogen tanks, and battery system.
• Dredge Pumps and Systems High-performance GIW pumps including submersible, booster, jet water, slurry, and double-walled pumps with pump and pipework resistance calculation services for optimal efficiency and wear management.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 30% fuel savings on tug and workboat designs through effective low-power mode operation
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• De Vries WerkendamcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 November 2025Consortium partner for Dutch Ministry of Defence training platforms project. De Vries Werkendam collaboration alongside DWT Group, DMI-KBW, Antea Group, and Royal Haskoning BV for construction of Uhlenbeck and Thetis training platforms.
• Royal Haskoning BVcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 November 2025Engineering consultancy partner in consortium for Dutch Ministry of Defence floating training platforms. Part of five-company consortium delivering specialized maritime training infrastructure.
• LMG Marin AScoreTechnology or IntegrationNorwegian naval architecture firm that designed the coastal research vessel Prinsesse Ingrid Alexandra for Havforskningsinstituttet. Holland Shipyards Group contracted for construction delivery.
• Marin Teknikk AScoreTechnology or IntegrationNorwegian designer providing MT6040 design basis for Construction Support Vessel conversion for Chevalier Floatels. Design provides foundation for vessel's advanced capabilities including 150-tonne AHC subsea crane and 1,300m² deck space.
• Dixstone ShipyardcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerShared facility partner at Vlissingen yard location. Dixstone manages ISPS (International Ship and Port Security) policy for the joint yard. Holland Shipyards Group also delivers vessels to Dixstone as customer.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Damen Shipyards Group: Damen is the largest Dutch shipbuilder with a broad portfolio of tugs, workboats, ferries, cargo vessels and offshore vessels built at numerous yards worldwide. Direct overlap with Holland Shipyards across multiple vessel categories (tugs, ferries, offshore support, cargo) makes it the primary reference competitor, though Damen operates at vastly greater scale and product breadth.
• VARD (Fincantieri): VARD is a major Norwegian/Italian shipbuilder (owned by Fincantieri) specializing in offshore and specialized vessels, including OSVs, CSVs, and wind farm vessels. Competes with Holland Shipyards for offshore and construction support vessel contracts at a larger scale.
• Meyer Werft: Meyer Werft is one of Europe's largest shipbuilders, primarily focused on cruise ships, ferries, and specialized vessels. Direct overlap with Holland Shipyards in the ferry segment (especially large passenger ferries), though at vastly greater scale and different specialization.

Direct peers

• Royal IHC: Royal IHC is a Dutch specialist in dredging vessels, equipment, and mining solutions with overlapping dredger product lines and trailing suction hopper dredger expertise. Holland Shipyards' dredging division competes head-to-head for hopper dredger and cutter suction dredger contracts.
• Ferus Smit: Ferus Smit is a Dutch shipbuilder focused on shortsea coasters, inland cargo vessels and specialized vessels. Directly comparable to Holland Shipyards in coaster/cargo vessel newbuilds for the European shortsea market, serving similar customers like Hartel Shipping and De Bock Maritiem.
• Royal Bodewes Shipyard: Royal Bodewes is a Dutch family-owned shipyard building dry cargo coasters, multipurpose vessels, and shortsea vessels. Comparable in scale, ownership structure (family-owned Dutch), and customer base to Holland Shipyards, with direct overlap in European shortsea coaster newbuilds.
• Thecla Bodewes Shipyards: Thecla Bodewes is a Dutch shipyard building multipurpose cargo vessels, coasters and specialized vessels with focus on fuel-efficient designs. Direct competitor in the European shortsea/inland cargo vessel segment with overlapping customer profile and propulsion innovation focus.
• Vuyk Engineering Rotterdam: Vuyk Engineering Rotterdam is a Dutch shipbuilder specializing in ferries, patrol vessels, and custom vessels. Direct overlap with Holland Shipyards in passenger ferry construction and custom/special vessel projects for European public transport and government clients.
• Ulstein Group: Ulstein is a Norwegian shipbuilder and ship design company focused on offshore support vessels, construction support vessels and specialized maritime solutions. Overlaps with Holland Shipyards in OSV/CSV construction (like Chevalier Floatels CSV project) and green offshore vessel design.

Regional players

• Strategic Marine: Strategic Marine is a Singapore-headquartered shipbuilder building ferries, offshore vessels, and specialized vessels primarily for Asia-Pacific markets. Comparable in vessel categories (ferries, OSVs) but operates in different geography than Holland Shipyards' primarily European footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance8 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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