Foss to build Damen ship assist and escort tugs for U.S. market

NOVEMBER 29, 2017 — Foss Maritime and Netherlands-based Damen Shipyards have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will see the Foss Rainier, OR, shipyard build the first four of a series of

Damen SAR passes roll-over with engines running test

NOVEMBER 15, 2017 — Damen Shipyards has successfully completed full scale roll-over testing of its Search and Rescue Vessel 1906 with running engines. The tests were performed in Antalya, Turkey in cooperation

Damen to build two “hybrid-ready” ferries for Great Lakes

NOVEMBER 6, 2017 —The Government of Ontario and Damen Shipyards Group have signed a contract for the design, build and delivery for two ferries to operate in the Canadian waters of the

Wilson Sons delivers second tug in Damen ASD 2411 quartet

OCTOBER 20, 2017 — Wilson Sons Guarujá, Brazil, shipyard, has delivered the Damen ASD Tug 2411 design SST-Aruá, the second of four tugboats on order for SAAM Smit Towage Brazil. The first

Damen-built dredge makes debut in Australia

OCTOBER 16, 2017— Just 15 months after it initially cut steel for the vessel, China’s Damen Yichang Shipyard delivered 60m Tommy Norton, the first dredger to be built by Damen Shipyards Group

Damen delivers its first dredge built for an Australian customer

OCTOBER 11, 2017 — Damen Shipyards Yichang, China, has delivered a Damen TSHD 650 trailing suction hopper dredge, the Tommy Norton, to Gippsland Ports of Australia. The 60 m Tommy Norton is

Damen outfits Multi Cat for shallow water dredging

OCTOBER 3, 2017 — Damen Shipyards Group has delivered a Multi Cat 1908 to Saudi Arabia’s Murjan Al-Sharq Marine Services. The company provides marine construction and maintenance, dredging, diving and subsea services.

Prototype propeller produced by 3D printing

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017 — A prototype of a 1,350 mm diameter ship’s propeller has been completed using additive manufacturing (3D printing) techniques. Named WAAMpeller, the prototype has been produced by a cooperative

Damen Shipyards Sharjah lays keel for ASD tug

AUGUST 31, 2017 — Damen Shipyards Sharjah, UAE, held a keel laying ceremony this week for an ASD Tug 2913 that the shipyard is building for Saqr Ports, part of Rash Al

Kotug Smit adds two ASD 2913 sisters to its fleet

AUGUST 30, 2017 — Kotug Smit Towage has taken the Damen Shipyards ASD 2913 sister tugs Rotterdam and Southampton into service for its European harbor towage. While the Rotterdam is operating in

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