Van der Giessen de Noord

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Type	Naamloze Vennootschap
Founded	1884
Headquarters	Krimpen aan den IJssel, Netherlands
Industry	Shipbuilding

Van der Giessen de Noord was a shipyard that mainly built ferries, located in Krimpen aan den IJssel, a town in the western Netherlands. The yard was especially suited to the construction of large vessels due to its developed undercover facilities.

Owned by IHC Caland (now SBM Offshore), the yard went into liquidation in October 2003 primarily due to aggressive competition from other parts of the world such as South Korea. It had not received any orders for new vessels since 2000. One of the last ships to be delivered was the Mont St Michel in December 2002 to Brittany Ferries.

[edit] Deliveries

Yard No	Year Built	Current Name	Current Operator
935	1986	Stena Baltica	Stena Line
941	1989	Friesland	Rederij Doeksen
957	1993	Scandola	CMN
958	1993	Via Adriatico	Adriatica
959	1993	Galileusz	Unity Line
961	1993	Norbank	P&O Irish Sea
962	1994	Norbay	P&O Irish Sea
963	1995	MV Kaitaki	Interislander
965	1995	Bang Chui Dao	Dalian Marine Transport
966	1995	Hai Yang Dao	Dalian Marine Transport
967	1996	Stena Jutlandica (III)	Stena Line
968	1997	Isle of Inishmore	Irish Ferries
969	1997	Schleswig-Holstein	Scandlines
970	1997	Deutschland	Scandlines
971	1998	MV Ben-my-Chree	Isle of Man Steam Packet Company
975	1999	Commodore Clipper	Condor Ferries
976	2000	Blue Star 1	Blue Star Ferries
978	2000	Blue Star 2	Blue Star Ferries
985	2002	MV Mont St Michel	Brittany Ferries
988	2003	Pascal Paoli	SNCM Ferryterranée