Ter Haak Group

The Amsterdam family business Ter Haak has been located in and around the Amsterdam port since 1911. Grandfather Peter (Piet) ter Haak founded P. ter Haak & Zn. B.V.

From the Buitenvisserstraat near Central Station in the center of Amsterdam, classifiers, bikkers and painters are put to work.

From the Buitenvisserstraat near Central Station in the center of Amsterdam, classifiers, bikkers and painters are put to work.

From the port of IJmuiden, cargo ships are met by rowing boats to offer services. This work, the forerunner of today’s temp work, takes place aboard the ships of KNSM and De Nederlanden and at the shipyards of the then NDSM and ADM, known today as Shipdock.

By the way, Pete is the co-inventor of the mechanical biking device, the Alphag-Universal, which allows you to de-rust ships with air hammers. Grandfather Piet is now of age and it is time to make way for the new generation. When the activity in shipbuilding and maintenance decreases and the demand for transshipment, storage and distribution increases, son Ruurd (Ruud) ter Haak moves into shed 7 (1,500 m2) on the Javakade (200 m length) in Amsterdam East at the end of the sixties. There he goes to work as a general cargo stevedore.