Damen Shipyards News


ARC Towage Takes Delivery of 4 Damen Tugs

Dec 29, 2014

ARC Towage of Trinidad & Tobago has taken delivery of the last of a series of four Damen ASD 2810 Tugs.All four have been delivered in less than 18 months. The speed of delivery was one of the reasons ARC Towage chose Damen Shipyards Group for its new vessels…

Damen Shipyards Galati wins Dutch Romanian Award

Dec 19, 2014

Damen Shipyards Galati has been presented with the Dutch Romanian Business Award for its Corporate Social Responsibility plan, particularly the Group’s community investment initiatives. The Award was presented by Ben Jager of the Dutch Romanian Network to Peter de Kiewit…

Maaskant Shipyards Earns ISO 9001:2008 Certificate

Dec 17, 2014

Maaskant Shipyards (Stellendam), part of Damen Shipyards Group, has received certification from Bureau Veritas for aligning its quality and management systems with internationally recognized standards.  A certificate of approval for the ISO 9001:2008…

Tug KOC Shahem Named in Romania

Dec 14, 2014

On 30 October Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) CEO Mr Hashem Sayed Hashem attended the naming ceremony of the ASD 3212 tug vessel KOC Shahem at Damen Shipyards Galati. The KOC Shahem is the second in a series of 14 tugs that Damen is building for KOC…

Metal Shark to Build Damen Designs

Dec 05, 2014

Vessel manufacturer Metal Shark has reached an agreement with Damen Shipyards to market Damen designs, which the company will construct at its Franklin, Louisiana shipyard.“We are proud to offer globally proven Damen designs as we expand our footprint in new markets…

New Tugboat for Iskes Towing & Salvage

Oct 06, 2014

Iskes Towing & Salvage has taken delivery of a Damen ASD 3212 tug named Mercurius. To date the Netherlands-based tug operator’s fleet now includes three Damen builds, all built in the last four years. “We used the same leasing option (with Damen) with the Argus…

Damen Shiprepair Dunkerque Offers Strategic Advantages

Sep 15, 2014

Acquired less than two years ago, Damen Shiprepair Dunkerque is a relatively new addition to the group’s worldwide network of ship repair and conversion yards. Originally called Arno Dunkerque, the shipyard was officially renamed Damen Shiprepair…

Dutch Minister Visits Damen Cape Town

Jul 10, 2014

Dutch Minister Ploumen visits Damen Shipyards Cape Town and honors newly qualified welders and boilermakers The Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, Lilianne Ploumen, and a Dutch Trade Delegation visited Damen Shipyards Cape Town (DSCT) on Tuesday…

Damen PSV Delivered to World Wide Supply

Jul 01, 2013

Damen Shipyards Galati has delivered the World Diamond, the first of six Platform Supply Vessels for Norwegian offshore owner World Wide Supply, built to an entirely new Damen design. The World Diamond was christened by godmother Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Margarita of Romania on June 28…

Multraship Orders Two Damen ASD 2810 Tugboats

Apr 18, 2013

Multraship confirms its purchase of the two tugs now being constructed in Romania for delivery in June/July 2013.Contracts for the two tugs, to be named Multratug 26 and Multratug 27, were signed during the course of Multraship’s recent annual client gathering in Terneuzen…

LNG Bunkering: SSS Chooses Suitable Ships for Project

Apr 16, 2013

The European consortium for Short Sea Shipping (SSS) chooses 8 ships to provide an insight into feasibility of LNG as a bunker fuel.The selection of ships took place in close co-operation between the SSS consortium partners. Both new designs…

KOTUG Sisters Named in Hamburg

Apr 16, 2013

The new build “ZP Bulldog” and her sister tug “ZP Boxer” christened by family of the two General Managers of Schleppreederei KOTUG GmbH.Both ceremonies were held at the tug boat station in the Port of Hamburg with shareholders, members of the board and employees and their family in attendance…

South African DAFF Fleet Repair Contract for Damen

Apr 08, 2013

Damen Shipyards Cape Town contracted for maintenance & repair of  Department of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries  (DAFF) fleet.Damen Shipyards Cape Town (DSCT, part of Damen Shipyards Group) has been assigned by DAFF to get its fleet of Fisheries…

Damen Deliver Twin-Axe OSV to Marineco

Mar 26, 2013

The ‘Marineco Thunderbird’ is UK-based Marineco’s fourth FCS 2610 Twin Axe to join its windfarm support fleet of vessels.Marineco was the first customer to buy one of these vessels nearly two and a half years ago, based on a design for an…

Damen to Build Rotortug Pair for Elisabeth Ltd.

Mar 26, 2013

Rotortug said that Elisabeth Ltd. has placed a new building order with Damen Shipyards for the construction of two Hybrid Advanced Rotortugs, ART 80-32 of 80 tons bollard pull.  imultaneously Elisabeth Ltd ordered two ART 80-32, with Fifi 1…

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