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Wilton-Fijenoord was a shipbuilding and repair company in Schiedam in the Netherlands from 1929 to 1999.〔(Nedships.nl (in Dutch) )〕 Its roots dated back until 1825, when the ''Maatschappij voor Scheeps- en Werktuigbouw Fijenoord'' had been founded, incorporating the ''Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij'' established by Gerhard Mauritz Roentgen〔(Encyclo.nl: Gerhard Moritz Roentgen )〕 in 1823. Since Dutch shipping companies had insufficient confidence in the indigenious industry and used to order their steamers in Great Britain, To build this deadlock, Fijenoord who had only experience in the construction of steam engines had to build a big vessel on speculation. About 1880, this strategy proved to be successful. During the First World War, Fijenoord made high profits and reconstructed their facilities in Schiedam. In 1929, ''NV Dok en Werf Maatschappij Wilton-Fijenoord'' was established by merger of ''NV Maatschappij voor Scheeps- en Werktuigbouw Fijenoord'' and ''NV Dok en Werf Maatschappij'' of Rotterdam. During the 1930s crisis, the shipyard suffered high losses. A notorious problem of the Dutch yards before the Second World War was the lack of design capacities. Also Wilton-Fijenoord had to buy the ship designs from independent design offices and developed only the detailed structures. By a cartel agreement, four Dutch yards including Wilton-Fijenoord formed a joint design office in 1935. As a contractor, the yard brought in their expertise mainly in organizing the production.〔Gerbrand Moeyes, ''Networks in Dutch Shipping and Shipbuilding, 1900—1940'', in: L. U. Scholl, D. M. Williams, ''Crisis and Transition. Maritime Sectors in the North Sea Region 1790—1940'', 8th North Sea History Conference Bremerhaven 2005. Bremen: Hauschild 2008, pp.196—215.〕 In 1999, Wilton-Fijenoord was integrated into Rotterdam United Shipyards. In 2003, the company has been fully absorbed into Damen Shiprepair. ==Ships built== * Passenger liners: * * ''Fairstar'' for Sitmar Line * * ''Maasdam'' for Holland America Line * * ''Statendam'', for Holland America Line * Whaling factory: * * ''Willem Barendsz'' (II), * Tankships: * * ''J.B. Aug. Kessler'' and 29 others built for Shell Royal Dutch〔(J.B. August Kessler ) helderline.nl, Retrieved l6 May 2015〕 * * ''Poitou'' for Société Française de Transports Pétroliers * Cargo/passenger ships: * * ''Camphuys'' for Koninklijke Java China Paketvaart Lijnen 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wilton-Fijenoord」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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