Werft Shipbuilding is new to the market yet brings decades of relevant experience to the sector. The Urk (NL) shipyard consolidates many years of experience of a select group of ship construction partners, each with their own specialism in shipbuilding, technology and fishery. This unique blend of highly-specialised experts results in ships that will quickly win the hearts of countless fishermen.

The ‘Werft’ name has been floating around maritime circles for some time now. Werft Shipbuilding managing director Pieter Pruiksma says it’s high time to reveal a bit more about this company and its ambitious plans. He explains enthusiastically: “Our objective is clear: we want to bring shipbuilding back to the village of Urk, historically one of the main centres of Dutch shipbuilding and fishery. We want to harness the strength and expertise of local partners and let our clients benefit from local construction. Our promise? A perfect balance between cost and quality, very tight planning, and a guaranteed delivery date.”

Built at Urk from bow to stern
From concept to design, from selection to procurement and from construction to delivery – Werft will assume all roles and tasks and provide full service. Each ship is designed to meet the client’s most detailed and challenging wishes and requirements. Pieter Pruiksma: “From hull construction to final finishing, from carpenters to electricians: Werft can handle all development facets in-house. This is a unique concept in shipbuilding. And the advantages for the client are huge: they are assured of tight planning and throughput times, and no one has to face any unpleasant surprises: a deal is a deal, and we deliver what we promise.”

Perfect cost-quality ratio
Many of Werft’s construction partners are part of the Urk Maritime cooperation collective, such as VCU-TCD, Piet Brouwer Elektrotechniek, De Flux and De Boer Marine. Other well-known names such as Padmos, C-iob and Marin are also part of the collective. Pieter Pruiksma: “We use the facilities of these partners as much as possible, and project finishing is also executed in the Urk harbour. Combined with our flat organisational structure, this means we have minimal overhead. That is how we offer our customers the best cost-quality ratio.”