US approval in principle for Damen’s new Fast Crew Supplier
Damen Shipyards Group’s Fast Crew Supplier 2710 has received an approval in principle from ABS. This is an important step towards Damen’s next generation Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV) being used to support the developing US...Read more
HNLMS Pelikaan back in Curaçao after midlife upgrade
HNLMS Pelikaan is back in the familiar waters of the Caribbean. Damen Shipyards Den Helder has returned the HNLMS Pelikaan to the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) following a mid-life upgrade lasting 8 months. The most...Read more
Wilson and Damen in bid for Antarctic Support Vessel for Brazilian Navy
Wilson Sons and Damen Shipyards will together bid for the construction of the new Antarctic Support Ship (NApAnt) of the Brazilian Navy. This ship will replace the Oceanographic Support Vessel Ary Rongel. Bids must be...Read more
Damen and TCS win innovation award for their Connected Vessel Platform
Damen Shipyards Group and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) have received the CIO Magazine Innovation Award 2020 from ICT media. The award was given for the Connected Vessel Platform Triton. This integrated, collaborative IoT platform collects...Read more
Video: Damen launches Marine Aggregate Dredger for Hanson
Damen Shipyards Group has launched a Marine Aggregate Dredger (MAD) 3500 at its Galati yard in Romania. Damen is building the MAD for UK-based Hanson. The company will use the vessel to conduct offshore aggregate...Read more
First Dutch delivery for Damen’s latest Fast Crew Supplier design
Damen Shipyards Group has delivered a Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2710 to Rederij Groen. It is the first delivery of this new FCS type in the Netherlands. The vessel has been named Green Waves.Read more
Video: Giant Australian icebreaker heads to Vlissingen for sea trials
Damen has been working on the Australian Antarctic Supply Research Vessel (ASRV) since 2016. After the initial construction of the vessel at Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania, the ship is now undertaking final commissioning tests...Read more
Damen to deliver cutter suction dredger to Servimagnus in Argentina
Damen Shipyards has sold a full option Cutter Suction Dredger (CSD) 500 to the Argentinian dredging contractor Servimagnus. The CSD will work on the waterways programme in the province of Buenos Aires. The modular dredger...Read more
Damen to deliver two IMO Tier III tugs to Port of Antwerp
Damen Shipyards Group will supply the Port of Antwerp with two RSD Tugs 2513. They are dedicated ship-handling tugs both compact and – with 70 tonnes bollard pull – powerful. They also produce considerably lower...Read more
Full scale composite hull section revealed at Damen Naval
Due to regulations, the limit for vessels built of composite is 500 tonnes or approximately 25 metres in length. Partners of the RAMSSES project seek to scale up the technology for vessels up to 85...Read more
Almost 15.5 million euros corona state aid for Damen Shipyards
The Dutch Employee Insurance Agency (UWV) has revealed the amount of state aid companies have received as part of the Dutch government’s corona measures. On the list are also quite a few maritime companies. Dutch...Read more
ABB to power world’s largest diamond recovery vessel
Damen Shipyards Group has selected ABB to deliver an advanced power system for the world’s first custom-built diamond recovery vessel. With a total cost of 468 million US dollar, the vessel for De Beers is...Read more
Damen delivers five electric ferries to Arriva in Copenhagen
Damen Shipyards Group has delivered five Damen Ferries 2306 E3 to Arriva Denmark in Copenhagen. The ships are equipped with an auto-mooring system and charging the battery packs takes just seven minutes. Arriva operates the vessels...Read more
Damen Shipyards delivers trawler Jonge Johannes
Damen Maaskant Shipyards Stellendam has recently delivered a twin-rig fly shooting trawler to Urk-based brothers Rense and Johannes de Boer. The new vessel is the LT 295 Jonge Johannes. The LT 295 marks Maaskant’s third delivery...Read more
Damen concludes keel laying of 75-metre crane barge for Panama
Keel laying for a Crane Barge 7532 has been completed at Damen Yichang Shipyard in Hubei Province, China. The vessel will be delivered in Panama and will replace a 77-year old crane still in operation. The...Read more
State Secretary: Speeding up tender for Dutch submarines not an option
The decision on who will build the new Dutch submarines will not be taken before 2022. Despite government parties urging to speed up the process, particularly with the corona crisis in mind, the Dutch State...Read more
Shipbuilder Damen signs 4.6-billion-euro German frigate contract
Damen Shipyards and the German government have signed the contract for the construction of at least four MKS-180 frigates. The frigates are intended for the German Navy. Damen is the main contractor for this project...Read more
Damen Shiprepair launches corona disinfection service for ships
Damen Shiprepair Harbour & Voyage (DSHV) will now offer a 24/7 Covid-19 disinfection service for ships. Personnel donned in high quality PPE will board the ship to disinfect it using stabilised hydrogen peroxide. With the service,...Read more