LET’S BUILD SHIPS.

Sustainable, innovative & reliable since 1812.

Introducing Royal Bodewes

Welcome to the future of shipping! Watch our video or click on the button to learn more about what we do and what we stand for.

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Endless possibilities

Discover all of our possibilities, from proven design to tailor-made.

General cargo

Building highly cost-efficient dry cargo vessels in a range of 1.500 up to 15.000 dwt is our speciality.

Cement carriers

Over the years we have gained solid experience in developing and building various types of self-discharging cement carriers. To answer all logistic challenges in the cement trade, we can design the ultimate customized cement carrier.

Specials

Looking for a special design or a green solution? A tanker or a hybrid (or something completely different)? Find out what we can do for you. Royal Bodewes has 200 years of experience in building high quality vessels. This, together with our integral building process makes it possible to take on projects, almost without restrictions. Innovative techniques, green solutions or whatever special design required, we can provide. From tankers to ro-ro vessels, our list of specials is substantial.

Next generation shipping, Green, Lean and Clean.

Re-inventing shipbuilding by building innovative, future-proof vessels that are green, lean and clean.

We are shipbuilders, what about you?

We are always looking for shipbuilders: whether it’s in the field of designing, engineering, section building or support… Get on board and join us at Royal Bodewes.

Latest updates

november 14, 2025

𝗧𝗶𝗱𝗲’𝘀 𝘂𝗽: 🌊 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗮 𝗩𝗚 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿!

On Friday the 14th of November, we have successfully christened and launched Sofia VG. NB 832 is a 6750 dwat biofuel powered Eco Trader for our customer Meriaura. The production process of sister vessel NB 833 will start early 2026.

november 12, 2025

✂️𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗰𝘂𝘁, 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱!🔥

On the 11th of November, we celebrated the steelcutting ceremony of NB 835 for our customer CLI AG. We are looking forward to the production process of this exciting project!

november 11, 2025

𝗔𝗹𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲! 🌊

This Friday, NB 832 for Meriaura will be launched at Scheepswervenweg 14, Foxhol at 10.00 hours. The yard will be closed for public.