Van der Giessen de Noord

Van der Giessen de Noord NV
Former type Naamloze Vennootschap
Industry Shipbuilding
Fate Dissolved
Founded 1884
Defunct 2003
Headquarters Krimpen aan den IJssel, Netherlands
Website www.gn.nl

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.

Deliveries

Yard No Image Year Built Current Name Current Operator
935 1986 Stena Baltica Stena Line
941 1989 Friesland Rederij Doeksen
1991 CS Sovereign Global Marine
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 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 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 Mont St Michel Brittany Ferries
988 2003 Pascal Paoli SNCM Ferryterranée