Verhoef was founded over 80 years ago and has been an innovative company ever since. Verhoef Access Technology is an expert at designing and fabricating client specific ship-to-shore access equipment with telescopic gangways, lift platforms, stores cranes and fire monitor columns, which provide a safe passage from ship to shore for the crew of all types of vessels in the petrochemical industry. A second line of products is the design and manufacturing of aluminium freefall lifeboats for oil and gas offshore platforms providing a safe means of escape in case of an emergency situation.