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Damen updates TSHD range

Damen Shipyards is updating its trailing suction hopper dredge (TSHD) portfolio and expanded the range to cover hopper volumes from 650 to 5,000 cubic meters. The updated portfolio includes both dredges for

Damen and Sea Machines form strategic alliance

Boston-based Sea Machines Robotics has entered a strategic allegiance that will see its autonomous command and control and wireless helm solutions offered by Netherlands headquartered Damen Shipyards Group as standard features in

Wilson Sons to build six new tugboats for its fleet

Brazil’s largest tugboat operator, Wilson Sons, is set to start the construction of a series of six new tugboats for its fleet at its shipyards in Guarujá in the state of São

Damen piggy-backs three more vessels onto Canada delivery tow

Netherlands-based Damen Shipyards Group recently found a cost effective way to get five vessels delivered to three customers in Canada. The story began earlier this year when Odessa, Ontario based Doornekamp signed

MTU engines power 63-ton bollard pull Emden tug

Now in operation in Emden, Germany, the 28-meter harbor assist and salvage tug Peter Wessels has a bollard pull of 63 tons, making it the most powerful tug in the five-tug fleet

Damen wins nine-vessel Waterbus order

Damen Shipyards has signed a contract with the Dutch ferry joint venture Aqualiner-Swets covering construction of a total of nine passenger vessels. The order follows the Aqualiner-Swets joint venture’s success in winning

Damen gains ABS approval for CTV for U.S. offshore wind market

Damen Shipyards has received ABS approval in principle for a version of its FCS 2710 offshore wind CTV (crew transfer vessel) that has been modified to meet U.S. requirements. Among other things,

Chouest to build Damen-designed ASD tugs

Damen Shipyards Group reports that it has been has been awarded a contract to design a new offshore terminal tug for Edison Chouest Offshore. Damen says that Chouest will initially build two

Damen makes another rapid ASD tug delivery

On September 20, Damen Shipyards Group delivered an ASD tug 2810 to Thomas Services Maritimes (TSM) in France. TSM was looking for a proven vessel and design, 60 tons bollard pull, with

Damen Cape Town lays keel for second South African Navy patrol vessel

Damen Shipyards Cape Town (DSCT) held a keel-laying ceremony August 28 for the second of three 62- by 11-meter Multi-Mission Inshore Patrol Vessels (MMIPV) it is building for the South African Navy’s

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