Damen heeft een, door Agentschap NL financieel; gesteunde, haalbaarheidsstudie uitgevoerd die zich heeft gericht op het nagaan van de mogelijkheden om rechtstreeks vervoer over water mogelijk te maken tussen de Venlo/Born regio in Limburg en de Engelse Oostkust, in het bijzonder de Humber regio. En wel vervoer met dezelfde duwbak zowel over zee als over de binnenwateren. Hierbij wordt nabij de kust gewisseld van duwboot.....

Damen is building for SeReAnt (being the combined forces of DEME and Jan de Nul), a special cutter suction dredger for the AMORAS project in the Port of Antwerp/ Belgium.  The dredger will be a full customer special to fit exactly the intricate dredging and sludge treatment process. Damen is, of course, known for its standard cutter suction dredger range. Yet, this dredger is far from standard: the cutter suction....

DMS Osprey' started life as a ‘Pushbuster’. On 27 April Damen Marine Services took delivery of the new tug ‘DMS Osprey’ and ‘DMS Pelican’, a Multi Cat 2409. The ‘DMS Osprey’ has a striking resemblance to the ‘Pushbuster’ class of tugs introduced in 2008 but bears the designation Shoalbuster 3511. The explanation lies in some slick redesign and careful use of resources. Back in November 2008 Maritime Journal featured....

Damen is well-known worldwide for its ‘standardisation concept’ but recently the Dutch shipyard group embarked on a truly unique project when it was asked to develop an unusual composite vessel. Unusually, this challenging project actually started when Damen entered an international competition held by the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) which asked designers in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Australia....

This new client in the U.S.A. is providing worldwide drilling services for sientific research and is also active in the oil industry. Damen Services has developped a special Modular Drilling Barge on which a drilling rig can be positioned above the moonpool, enabling them to drill underwater.   The drilling barge consists of 6 loose containers, which easily can be coupled with the 'Damen Link', a ....

On the 7th of May 2010 Damen Shipyards Galati successfully launched the Damen Offshore Patrol Vessel 6610 for the Romanian Border Police. This new Damen vessel type was christened by Mrs. Andreea Niculiu and was witnessed by Mr. Vasile Blaga, Minister of Administration and Interior, among a vast crowd of workers of Damen Shipyards Galati. Other departments involved in this project and who joined the ceremony were....

On the 30^th of March the ‘Med Dieci’, a Damen AHTS 6615, was handed over to her owners Med Offshore. The ‘Med Diece’ follows the previous by Damen built Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessel 6114, Med Otto, which was delivered to Med Offshore in September 2006. Med Offshore, the Neapolitan shipping company, operates a fleet of supply boats, anchor handlers and by her affiliated company Sarda Bunkers,....

On the 4th of April the first Damen Stan Patrol 2005 out of a series of 3 vessels was named and handed over in Brake. The naming of the new vessel, named ; ‘WSP 4’ with homeport Brake, was performed by Mrs. Pund after which the vessel was officially handed over the Wasserschutzpolizei in Brake by the Minister of internal affairs of Niedersachsen, Mr. Schünemann. The ‘WSP 4’ is the first Damen Stan Patrol 2005 delivered....

DAMEN’s new Multi Purpose Vessel, particularly suited for oil spill response, is set to enter service in the next few weeks in Vietnam after undergoing successful sea trials. Kitted with two large sweeping arms, this is the first time an oil spill response vessel of this type has been operated in Asia. Built by Song Thu shipyard in Danang in Vietnam under a DAMEN license, the MPV 5212 will be deployed by Vietnam’s....

On Friday 2 April 2010 Mr. R.J. Lopez Ramirez (Managing Director CPA/CPT) accepted on behalf of Kompania di Tou Korsou (KTK) the successful delivery of the Damen Stan Tug 4011 'Orca VI' in the port of Tanjung Perak, Surabaya, Indonesia. The signing ceremony was witnessed by Mrs. Alexis Daou (Chairman of the Supervisory Board of CPA/CPT). After the ceremony the vessel demonstrated some of her great capacities in the impressive....

On Friday 26 March 2010, a contract for 2 Damen ASD Tugs 2810 has been signed between Mr. R.J. Lopez Ramirez (Managing Director CPA/CPT) and Mr. René H. Berkvens (Chief Executive Officer Damen Shipyards Group). The signing ceremony was witnessed by Mrs. Alexis Daou (Chairman of the Supervisory Board of CPA/CPT). After delivery of the “KTK Tribon” and the 'KTK Barakuda' respectively in the beginning of May and....

On March 11, 2010 the third Combi Freighter 12000, out of a series of four vessels, ordered by Wagenborg Shipping BV, Delfzijl, is delivered to the Anet Shipping CV. The managing partner is captain E. Bos from Winterswijk and the chartering is done by Wagenborg in Delfzijl. The vessel is built at Damen Yichang Shipyards in Yichang, China and on Sunday March 14, she left from Shanghai for Kobe, Japan to load a project....

Dredging giant Jan De Nul can clearly see the benefits of the Damen Stan Tug 1606  - often dubbed the workhorse of the industry – with 11 Stan Tugs joining its fleet in the last few years. In 2008, Jan De Nul placed an order for five additional Stan Tugs and this had followed quickly on from another major order in 2007 when the Belgian firm ordered six Stan Tugs, as well as four Damen Fast Crew Suppliers. ....

On Thursday the 18^th of March the contract for the new combined patrol fire fighting vessel for Bremen was signed. The signing ceremony which took place in Bremen was attended by various representatives of the Police, Fire Brigade as well as the Senat für Inneres und Sport.  The vessel will be used by both, the Maritime Police as well as the Fire Brigade of Bremen. During daily operations she....

The development of the well-known ‘Damen Stan Tug’ range of tug-workboats has a history that dates back to the formation of Damen Shipyards as we know it today. In those early days, commencing in1969, among the most important products selected as ‘standard’ designs for serial production were the Pushy Cat and original versions of the Stan Tug. The Pushy Cat and the Stan Tug 1 became extremely popular, particularly in....

On 2 February 2010, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, performed the christening and launch of the first Patrol Ship 'Holland' for the Royal Netherlands Navy.   The Royal Netherlands Navy ordered four Patrol Ships at Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding specifically for tasks involving lesser degrees of force, such as maritime security operations.   The first two patrol vessels are to be built at....

In December 2009 the Damen Shipyards Changde in China delivered the powerful and compact harbour tug Patriot, the first of a pair of identical tugs built for use in the Ukraine. ‘Patriot’ and sistership ‘Bulat’ completed one month later, were ordered by Tekom Leasing Ltd for operation by Odessa Port. The tugs are the first examples of the ASD Tug 2310 design, a promising new addition to the comprehensive range of ASD....

The South African built Damen Azimuth Stern Drive tug 3211, the ‘Osayame’ set sail from quay 500 in the Cape Town harbour in the last weekend of January 2010 to arrive in Port Harcourt only 12 days later. The ‘Osayame’, meaning God’s gift is the first tug of its kind to be built in SA by Damen Shipyards Cape Town, and its owner Starzs Investments is the first indigenous Nigerian company to commission and own such....

How did you become involved in the maritime market? van Oord: After finalizing a master’s education in Marine Engineering at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands in 1998, I became a Sales Trainee at Damen Shipyards. A year later, I started with the Sales Department for North-, Central & South America mainly in charge of Colombia, Panama & the Caribbean. By 2004 I became the Sales Director for....

Doha, Qatar, 21 January 2010 – Qatar Gas Transport Company Ltd. (Nakilat) has signed a joint venture agreement with Damen Shipyards Qatar Holding B.V., a wholly owned subsidiary of Damen Shipyards Group, to jointly operate a world-class shipbuilding facility in the Port of Ras Laffan, Qatar.  This agreement provides a landmark partnership between the world’s leading transporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG),....

By Jack Gaston The arrival of the tug SD Reliable at Portsmouth Naval base at the end of November represents a significant milestone in the contract between Damen Shipyards and Serco Marine Services for the delivery of 29 new vessels. SD Reliable is the first of four purpose built tractor tugs designed by Damen specifically to assist the largest and most modern warships likely to be used by the Royal Navy in the foreseeable....

In December 2009 PB Towage and Damen signed a contract for delivery of another Stan Tug 1606. This vessel is the third 1606 ordered by PB Towage in 2009. After delivery, scheduled for March 2010, she will commence operations in Australia. .

On the 24th of November the Brodospas Beta AHTS 6615 was delivered to her owners. The Brodospas Beta is the 3 rd vessel deliverd by Damen this year to Brodospas, following the FCS 3507 Junak in Mai and the sister vessel AHTS 6615 Brodopsas Alfa in September. The delivery took place at the building yard, Damen Shipyard Galati in Romania from where the vessel sailed to her homeport Split. Picture: Signing of....

At the end of December a Damen cutter suction dredger, type CSD450, was prepared for transport to Nigeria for Fiddil Nigeria Ltd. The standard dredger has been enhanced by many options to fulfil the local operational requirements. The dredger, named ‘Ononaku’, will work on an oil company project together with its bigger sister ‘Princess Ona’. The cutter suction dredger, type CSD450, is a standard dismountable dredger....

Damen Shipyards Group invests in China Damen Shipyards Group is an internationally oriented company with shipyards in many parts of the world. Since 1994 the organisation has been active in China where this year Damen Shipyards Changde was opened. The production activities of this shipyard and also now two other shipyards, Damen Shipyards Yichang and Damen Marine Components Suzhou focus, in particular, on exports.....