Damen Shipyards Galati yard cut first steel on the first two of four, fully electric Island Class Ferries that it is building for BC Ferries, on 16 July. The ferries will be the first fully electric vessels to operate in the company’s fleet. Operating with battery packs with the capacity to supply...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/damen-cuts-first-steel-on-four-full-electric-ferries-for-bc-ferries/
On June 25th, during a ceremony at Albwardy Damen in the UAE, Damen Shipyards Group signed a significant contract with Western Coast Port Services (WCPS) to build six ASD Tugs. This order includes five ASD Tugs 2813 and one ASD Tug 3212, destined for operation at Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah Port. Damen’s ability to customize its vessels to meet client-specific needs is a notable advantage, and for this order, the company is incorporating additional air-conditioning and cooling equipment to ensure...
https://mfame.guru/damen-shipyards-group-signs-key-contracts-for-tug-construction/
Offering a way to cut emissions during the operating phase of an offshore wind farm, Damen Shipyards Group has developed a new concept for offshore charging. The system envisages a fully electric crew transfer vessel (CTV) that can charge at either a turbine, or a Damen commissioning service operations vessel (CSOV) outfitted with a charger.
With the infrastructure for turbine mounted chargers not yet widely available, vessel-to-vessel offshore charging offers CTV owners and operators an...
https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/offshore-wind/damen-unveils-new-offshore-charging-concept/
CMB.TECH and Damen have signed an agreement that will see Damen build four 80-tonnes bollard pull tugs powered by a CMB.TECH hydrogen dual fuel solution.
The agreement was signed May 23 during the 27th International Tug & Salvage (ITS) Convention in Dubai in a ceremony that came after, earlier in the day, Lloyd’s Register had presented the two companies with an Approval in Principle (AiP) for the hydrogen solution that will be installed in the tugs.
The vessels will each feature four high speed...
Caterpillar Marine reports that it has made significant advances in the development of its methanol dual-fuel Cat 3500E marine engines. Under a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Damen Shipyards, it will deploy the first set of field demonstrator 3500E marine engines in 2026.
The Cat 3500E marine engines will use innovative dual-fuel technology based on proven diesel fuel systems that will supports vessels’ low-pressure – below 10 bar – fuel systems.
The methanol dual-fuel Cat 3500E engine...
https://www.marinelog.com/technology/cat-to-deploy-methanol-dual-fuel-3500e-marine-engines-in-2026/
With regulatory pressures mounting, operators of all types of vessels, including tugs, are assessing all the alternative fuel technology options. Releasing details of a new fuel flexible tug design, Damen, one of the world’s leading tug builders, says that the move towards a cleaner future is not only a challenge for vessel operators, but for shipbuilders too. They are faced with creating and constructing a platform that will be suited for operations in a future that remains far-off and unknown.
https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/coastal/damen-develops-a-future-ready-fuel-flexible-tug/
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The powerful yet compact new tug, which is just 25 metres in length but has a bollard pull of 70 tonnes, is capable of manoeuvring even the largest vessels … |
https://maritime-professionals.com/they-bring-the-first-electric-tug-to-the-middle-east/
Damen Shipyards and BigLift Shipping have transported eleven Damen tugs from Vietnam and China to Europe in a single voyage. This undertaking was completed in less than two months, half…
https://gcaptain.com/photos-m-v-happy-star-transports-eleven-tugs-from-asia-to-europe/
Putting the big into BigLift, Spliethoff Group’s heavy lift specialist BigLift Shipping has used a single vessel to transport eleven Damen tugs from the shipbuilder’s yards in Vietnam and China to Europe.
While such voyages usually require six months to plan and organize, Damen reports that there was less than two months available to prepare for this one and to ensure that each stage was executed on time.
The ship used to transport the eleven Damen tugs was BigLift’s Happy Star, a 156-meter heavy...
Damen Shipyards Group is to deliver two newbuild ice class ASD tugs to Trondheim, Norway, headquartered BOA Group later this year, Though the contract was signed just last month, on February 20, the early delivery of the two ASD Tugs 3010 ICE will be possible as they were already under construction thanks to Damen’s practice of constructing vessels in series for stock.
The order for the two tugs is part of a strategic renewal of the BOA fleet of harbor tugs, offshore service vessels and barges...