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Royal Hakvoort Shipyard

Netherlands · MonnickendamGrade A30 of 40

Fourth-generation Monnickendam family yard building full-custom steel yachts of 28 to 70 m, with its largest order ever signed in 2025.

1919
Founded
Hakvoort family
Owner
not published
Revenue
about 90 to 130
People
28 to 70 m
Range
Full custom; Sinot and Diana as partners
Model

What happened, 2023 to 2026

  1. May 2023Build45 m Milele delivered; Neptune award 2024
  2. May 2024Build61 m Asia delivered
  3. Oct 2024BuildHull of the 45 m hybrid YN256 launched
  4. Sep 2025Deal70 m YN258 signed for 2029: largest order ever, about 300 jobs

What it adds up to. A family yard with its book full to 2029 and no commercial, operations or finance title in the press.

Who runs it

  1. Owner and Managing Directorsince 1991
  2. Senior controllersince 2022

Organisation. Owner sells, project managers deliver

What it shows for a new yard. The owner-director sells and a layer of project managers delivers: no commercial hire at all.

The top team as read on LinkedIn37 people read as staff, October 2026

Owner and managing director (since 1991) over a senior controller, project managers (several from De Voogt and Royal Van Lent), a head of the drawing office, foremen per trade, and an interiors company (Unlimited Interiors) run as a department.

Royal Hakvoort is a family yard in the strict sense: the owner is the managing director, there is no sales title on LinkedIn, and the senior layer is project managers who came from the Feadship yards. The next generation appears as a project manager. A reference for owner-led selling and project-manager-led delivery.

Top seat
Senior layer · 1

Finance, legal and IT 1

Managers · 9

Sales and marketing 1

Engineering and design 1

Production and operations 1

Projects, service and after-sales 6

26 more people read as staff below manager level: see them in the directory.

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Facts and news, with sourcesthe research behind the overview

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Identity

  • Full name: Royal Hakvoort Shipyard (trading as Royal Hakvoort). source
  • Founded: 1919, by Albert Hakvoort Sr. in Monnickendam. source 1 source 2
  • Headquarters and yard: Monnickendam, Netherlands. A carpentry department opened in Purmerend in 1999. source
  • Ownership: family-owned, fourth generation. Albert and Klaas Jr. took over in 1981; Albert's sons Klaas and Albert Jr. joined in 1991 and 1993. source 1 source 2
  • "Royal" title: granted 2020-11-13. source
  • Sister brands: none found.

Size

  • Employees: no company statement with a date found. Burgess broker pages (undated) say about 90 experienced staff (newer version) and about 130 (older version): The yard said in 2025-09 that the 70 m order YN258 will give work to about 300 people, direct staff and subcontractors together. source 1 source 2
  • Revenue: not found (private company).
  • Boat International Global Order Book rank: not found.

Product

  • Size range: delivered yachts from about 28 m to 63.7 m; largest order 70.1 m (YN258, delivery 2029-09). source 1 source 2
  • Hull materials: steel hulls, aluminium superstructures ("Perfection in aluminium and steel"). source
  • Model: full-custom motor yachts, mostly full-displacement. No series or semi-custom line found. Refit and maintenance is offered (no detail on the site). source
  • Frequent partners: Sinot Yacht Design (exterior and interior; YN258 is the 7th joint project) and Diana Yacht Design (naval architecture). source
  • Notable deliveries 2023 to 2026.
    • Milele (ex Project Adur), 45.2 m, delivered 2023-05. source
    • Asia, 61 m, 1,268 GT, left the yard 2024-05-18. source
    • In build: Project Freedom (YN254), 65 m, delivery planned 2026 (first planned 2025); YN256, 45 m hybrid by Hoek Design, delivery planned 2026. source

Leadership

  • Klaas Hakvoort — owner and managing director, as of 2024-10-15. source
  • Klaas Hakvoort — director, as of 2025-09-23. source
  • Albert Hakvoort Jr. — fourth-generation family member (joined 1993); current title not found in dated press. source
  • No commercial director, COO or CFO named in the press found.

News 2023 to 2026

  1. 2025-09

    Royal Hakvoort signs YN258, a 70.1 m, 1,513 GT motor yacht, its largest order ever, with delivery in 2029-09; this fills the order book to 2029.yachtbuyer.com

  2. 2025-03

    The 61 m Asia is nominated at the 2025 World Superyacht Awards (displacement motor yachts 500–1,499 GT).hakvoort.com

  3. 2024-10

    The hull of YN256, a 45 m hybrid motor yacht designed by Hoek Design, is technically launched; delivery is set for 2026.boatinternational.com

  4. 2024-05

    The 61 m Asia is delivered and leaves the Netherlands after North Sea trials.boatinternational.com

  5. 2024-05

    Milele wins a Neptune award at the Boat International World Superyacht Awards 2024.hakvoort.com

  6. 2023-09

    The yard announces construction of YN256, its first project with Hoek Design.megayachtnews.com

  7. 2023-05

    The 45.2 m Milele is delivered.yachtbuyer.com

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