Tag: Damen Shipyards

An InvaSave 300 Mobile Ballast Water Treatment System was transported from the Netherlands to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria to be used for a demonstration programme as part of the 'Atlantic Blue Port Services' project, made possible by the INTERREG Atlantic Area Programme, funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).

Once again this year’s agenda was full with meetings, agreements and important announcements for the maritime community. In this photo recap we have picked key moments that captivated industry’s interest in 2018.

Sister-vessels, Oceanic Sirius and Oceanic Vega have completed a round-the-clock, 10-day maintenance programme at Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam (DSAm). For eight of those days the two 106-metre vessels were in the yard’s 250-metre drydock no.4 in a tandem arrangement, to maximise the efficient use of resources. 

Damen informed that the MV Tasmanic Winter has nearly concluded its voyage from China to Rotterdam, via the Northern Sea Route, with 24 new vessels on board. Damen chose to ship the vessels through the Northern Sea to reduce delivery times.

Estonian energy company, Eesti Gaas and Damen Shipyards signed a contract for the construction of the first of a series of short-sea LNG bunker vessels to operate in the Baltic Sea. The LGC 6000 LNG class vessel, is planned to be delivered in September 2020, and aims to boost the wider adoption of LNG.

The multinational public transport company Arriva Danmark has recently contracted Damen Shipyards Group for five fully-electric ferries, to be operated for the Danish public transport agency MOVIA, in the country’s capital city Copenhagen, as the city strives to meet its target of zero emissions in public transport in the years to come.

The Mexican Navy along with Damen Shipyards will build the Long Range Ocean Patrol (POLA), which will be the most technologically advanced vessel in Latin America. POLA will be 107 metres in length, while it will be able to sail at speeds of up to 25 knots and a capacity of more than 20 days at sea.

In Damen Shiprepair Dunkerque the work started on the conversion of the trailing suction hopper dredger "Samuel de Champlain" from diesel-electric propulsion to dual-fuel capability combining MGO and LNG. The vessel is expected to be operational by December 2018, and is supported by the EU.

Albwardy Damen, a joint venture between Albwardy Investment, Dubai and the Damen Shipyards Group, hosted a naming ceremony for the world’s biggest Rotortug, the ART 100-46 RT Raven in Sharjah, on 18 January.

The new vessel will be used to extract sand and gravel from the sea bed up to depths of 55 metres, including in the North Sea. The MAD 3500 design balances between payload and efficiency within limited dimensions. The vessel features a length of 103.5 metres, a deadweight of just under 7,000 tonnes and a speed of approximately 12 knots.