Royal Hakvoort Shipyards

Royal Hakvoort Shipyard is a shipbuilding company specialized in building large luxury motor yachts.

The shipyard was established in 1919 by Albert Hakvoort Sr. when he purchased ground, a warehouse and shipbuilding equipment in the town of Monnickendam.

First building wooden vessels they switched to steel after World War II.

In 1955 they ran into financial trouble after a fire destroyed two sheds and multiple adjacent houses.

[1] On November 13, 2020, Hakvoort received one of the most prestigious honors for a Dutch company: the Royal designation.