Tag: Damen Shipyards

Damen Shiprepair Harbour & Voyage (DSHV) along with the equipment manufacturer Verolme Special Equipment, shake their hands and inked an agreement in order to boost scrubber maintenance.

On April 27, Damen Yichang Shipyard in China conducted a steel cutting ceremony through a digital gathering, for the first steel cut for a Damen RoPax Ferry 6716 for the Government of Timor-Leste.

Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding through its Virtual Reality (VR) program gave the ability to technical students from the Royal Netherlands Navy to make virtual contact with naval vessels. For the records, the training program was commissioned on 20 February, before the signing agreement of a new supply vessel.

On 14 January, Damen Shipyards Group along with Gentium Solutions inked a MoU with the Ministry of Industry of Bangladesh in Dhaka, in order to boost the development of shipbuilding and ship repair industry in Bangladesh. Representatives of the Netherlands Embassy in Bangladesh, were also present at the signing ceremony.

Damen Shipyards Group and Maris Projects collaborated to address the issue of invasive seaweed in the Caribbean. The partners are assessing the viability of turning the seaweed into methane for energy purposes. The consortium will present the developments of their solution between 24 and 26 October.

Port of Rotterdam awaits for the arrival of the Black Marlin, on Monday, August 12. The vessel has 18 inland hulls onboard and a crane ship for Damen. The 18 hulls were built in China. The construction of the hulls in China was to be sure of a cost efficient product.

Damen Shipyards signed a contract with Spain-based ferry operator Baleària for the delivery of a Stan Tug 1606 E3. The vessel will be the first IMO Tier III compliant tug to operate in the Mediterranean Sea and the first Damen vessel to serve in Baleària’s fleet.

The first European dredger converted to dual-fuel LNG/MGO propulsion has departed Damen Shiprepair Dunkerque (DSDu), back to operations, 23 months after the contract signing. The 117 metre-8,500 cu m-trailing suction hopper dredger 'Samuel de Champlain' belongs to Rouen-based GIE Dragages-Ports and is operated by the Port of Nantes-Saint-Nazaire. 

Damen Shipyard announced that Damen Shiprepair Brest completed repairs to the hull of LNG carrier Methane Princess, after its collision with a harbour tug in Equatorial Guinea. In order to achieve this in the minimum time it was done while the vessel was both afloat and with the cargo tanks holding either some liquefied gas and gas vapour.

On 15 May, Damen Shipyards and Debmarine Namibia Ltd took part in a special steel cutting ceremony to mark the beginning of construction on a new offshore vessel. Namely, in February 2019, Debmarine Namibia awarded a contract to Damen to build a new crawler diamond recovery vessel for offshore operations in Namibia.