Second order for new Stavanger office Just a few months after opening an office in Stavanger, Damen Shipyards is set to deliver a second Stan Tug to a Norwegian owner – EB Marine A/S – a family-owned diving company, which is one of the oldest diving companies in Norway. This latest order for a Stan [...]
Damen delivers Shoalbuster 3209 to Acta Marine Lady sponsor Annemie van der Ven- Scheeren, who named the ‘Coastal Voyager’ of Acta Marine in Amsterdam (The Netherlands) on 28th February, has not taken her task lightly. The spouse of the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Acta Marine not only wished vessel and crew well, but [...]
Introducing the ASD Tug 2913 – compact, powerful and ideal for busy ports Damen Shipyards Group is launching a new vessel type in its ASD Tug series. The ASD Tug 2913 has been designed primarily as a highly manoeuvrable, powerful tug, ideally suited for busy harbours where space is limited. Petersen & Alpers (Germany) is [...]
Damen Shiprepair Brest (France) was contracted for the regular dry docking and special survey for two CMA CGM container vessels: FORT STE MARIE and FORT ST LOUIS. Furthermore, an option for FORT ST PIERRE and FORT ST GEORGES has been discussed. Jos Goris, managing director of Damen Shiprepair Brest, says: “We are very pleased with [...]
Container vessels outfitted with Becker Twisted Fins In October 2012 Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam (DSR) won the contract for installing the first Becker Twisted Fin® on 7 container vessels of the fleet of Hamburg (Germany) based liner shipping company Hamburg Süd. To complete the project in time, the vessels were routed in such a way that [...]
Haven Amsterdam start met duurzame folie op patrouillevaartuig Damen Shipyards Gorinchem en Haven Amsterdam zijn deze week gestart met een pilot project voor Thorn-D® , een relatief nieuw aangroeiwerend folie, dat op het gedeelte onder de waterlijn van de scheepshuid wordt aangebracht. De houdbaarheid van de folie – ook wel film genoemd – is vijf [...]
Damen Shipyards Group is sinds deze week eigenaar van de bekende Nederlandse scheepsreparatiewerf Shipdock, een bedrijf waarvan de geschiedenis teruggaat tot 1877. Shipdock heeft reparatiewerven in Amsterdam en Harlingen. De werf zal zijn reparatie- en ombouwactiviteiten ongewijzigd voortzetten, waarbij Shipdock Harlingen zich richt op schepen tot 120 m en Shipdock Amsterdam op schepen tot 250 [...]
New deepwater AHTS offers over 200 t Bollard Pull and an extended winch package Damen Shipyards Group introduces its newly designed Damen AHTS 200, a versatile deepwater Anchor Handling Tug Supplier able to operate in water depths in excess of 3,000 m. The AHTS 200 is the latest addition to the ongoing Damen Offshore Series. [...]
On January 18th, 2013, Damen Shipyards Galaţi (Romenia) has launched the World Diamond, the first of a series of six fully equipped Platform Supply Vessels for Norwegian offshore company World Wide Supply. The PSV 3300 series is part of Damen´s newly designed range of platform suppliers. Like the other five ships, The World Diamond is [...]
Positive outlook on Northern European and Arctic market Less than two months after opening their office in Stavanger, Norway, Damen Shipyards delivers a Stan Tug 1004 to the Norwegian Shipbuilding company SIMEK AS in Flekkefjord. The Stan Tug was shipped to Norway last Monday on the Wagenborg carrier MV SAMIRA from Rotterdam Waalhaven. Damens first [...]
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