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Wijgaart Shipping, Anno 1988

 

In 1988, almost 30 years ago, the brothers van de Wijgaart set their first steps in the world of inland waterways entrepreneurship. What started with a single ship, the Zembla, grew into a complete shipping company with a dozen ships flying its flag, suitable for transporting a wide range of goods.Wijgaart Shipping maintains this line by looking forward to inland navigation needs, keeping an eye on development and maintaining the same core value of quality.

May 1988

May 3, 1988

First new ly built ship mv. Zembla 110×11.45

June 2000

June 14, 2000

New ly built ship Nova Zembla 110×11.40 (containership)

April 2003

April 8, 2003

‘Big’ Zembla (135×17.40m) new ly built

October 2003

October 7, 2003

Sold Nova Zembla (110×11.40). New name ship: Formentera

May 2004

May 5, 2004

Nova Zembla sailing 135×15 (containership)

January 2005

January 4, 2005

Start “Gebroeders van de Wijgaart”

March 2006

March 6, 2006

Zembla sold. New name ship: Marajo

July 2006

July 4, 2006

Purchased Montana

April 2007

April 1, 2007

Purchased Arizona.

April 2007

April 3, 2007

Sold Nova Zembla. New name ship: Frontera

October 2007

October 2, 2007

Nova Zembla sailing

January 2008

January 1, 2008

Start “Shipyard Trico B.V.”

October 2008

October 1, 2008

Nova Zemblad sold! The ship (135 × 15) sails after the sale under the name Comienzo.

October 2008

October 2, 2008

Zembla new ly built (containership)

April 2009

April 10, 2009

Zembla sold. New name ship: Temptation. Also purchased Justin.

July 2009

July 15, 2009

South Carolina and North Carolina sailing

August 2009

August 11, 2009

Amazone sailing

November 2010

November 1, 2010

Start company “Maritime Dienstverlening Nederland”. Employment agency and secondment agency for nautical staff.

April 2012

April 11, 2012

Virginia sailing

December 2014

December 1, 2014

New ly built Mystery

January 2015

January 1, 2015

New name company: Wijgaart Group

November 2015

November 1, 2015

Gebroeders van de Wijgaart moved from Rotterdam to an office in Zwijndrecht.

November 2015

November 2, 2015

New ly built Hybride Zembla (dry cargo)

December 2016

December 12, 2016

New ly built Sara

February 2017

February 6, 2017

Wijgaart Group takes over Trico and MDN. Florida and California sailing. New ly built Georgia.

October 2017

October 1, 2017

Nevada sailing

August 2018

August 7, 2018

Office moved to Veerplein 45 (Zwijndrecht)

February 2019

February 1, 2019

Start new ly built Colorado

April 2019

April 10, 2019

Wijgaart takes over Missouri (ex Marajo) and Michigan (ex Mejana)

May 2019

May 9, 2019

New ly built Colorado

October 2019

October 1, 2019

Modification of MTS California to a bunker tanker

April 2020

April 1, 2020

Start of completion new build tanker Alabama

May 2020

May 1, 2020

New ly built Rhode Island

June 2020

June 9, 2020

Motor ship Justin (110 x 11.45 x 3.70) sold

July 2020

July 9, 2020

MTS Alabama (110 x 11.45 x 4.50) sold

March 2022

March 10, 2022

New ly built Georgia (110 x 11.45 x 3.40)

May 2022

June 8, 2022

KVB Arizona I + II sold

May 2022

June 9, 2022

Takeover tanker South Dakota (ex Belize) and tanker North Dakota (ex Bermuda).

November 2022

November 1, 2022

Takeover New Jersey (ex Isabelle)

December 2022

January 17, 2023

Takeover New Hampshire (ex Novum)

February 2023

February 1, 2023

Virginia sold

November 2023

November 1, 2023

Colorado and Nevada were sold.

January 2024

January 1, 2024

Missouri sold.