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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.

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 5, 2024

Royal Bodewes and VPRO Tegenlicht win Maritime Achievement Award🏆

Royal Bodewes and VPRO Tegenlicht won the Maritime Achievement Award. We are immensely proud and grateful that Royal Bodewes and VPRO Tegenlicht won the Maritime Achievement Award 🏆! This award was presented last night during the Maritime Awards Gala 2024, which celebrates the innovative capacity of the Dutch maritime sector. Bodewes and VPRO received the prize for the Tegenlicht tv episode about the maritime sector in the Netherlands.

november 1, 2024

MV Marie Lehmann christened and launched! 🍾

Rolling into the weekend like... MV Marie Lehmann rolls into the Winschoterdiep! 🍾 This morning we had a beautiful christening and launch of our 5800 dwat Ecotrader.

oktober 28, 2024

From Friday on, she will no longer feel like a fish out of water! 🐟

On 1 November at 11.00 AM, NB 753 will be christened and launched at our yard in Hoogezand. The yard will be closed for public. The vessel was built by Royal Bodewes for Reederei Lehmann from Lübeck, Germany.