
Damen Shipyards Group: Two docks represent a significant uplift in capability in the region
Floating docks arrive at Damen Shiprepair Curaçao WILLEMSTAD - Following a 26-day voyage across the North Atlantic, two floating docks have arrived at Damen Shiprepair Curaçao (DSCu) in the southern Caribbean, More...

Precision operation brings Vlissings dry dock in Willemstad
WILLEMSTAD - With a precision operation, Damen Shipyards delivered a dry dock of 230 meters long and 45 wide at the shipyard of Curaçao this weekend. The dock has served for years in Vlissingen. In addition to More...

Dock gets new floating docks
WILLEMSTAD - Damen Ship repair will replace the floating docks in Curaçao. They have been in a very bad condition for years. The new docks are made in the Netherlands and are ready for transport. They arrive here More...

From Amsterdam to Curaçao: Damen’s repair yards update ISO and OHSAS certification
WILLEMSTAD - Over the last month, Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance has visited two yards and one sister company from Damen Shiprepair & Conversion’s (DSC) global network to audit their management systems. More...

Damen plans to invest 40 million dollars in Curaçao Dry Dock
WILLEMSTAD - Damen Shipyard, a Dutch company that recently took over the operations of the Curaçao Dry Dock, plans to initially invest 40 million dollars in the company, with the possibility of an additional 20 More...

Union wants new collective agreement for Dry Dock employees soon
WILLEMSTAD – The PWFC union wants to immediately start with the negotiations for a new collective agreement between Damen Shiprepair & Conversion and the employees. This is according to Sharette Janga, of More...

Damen takes position in the Caribbean
WILLEMSTAD - Following the agreement made between the Government of Curaçao and Damen Shipyards Group in September last year, Damen Shiprepair & Conversion (DSC) has taken over the management of the Curaçao More...

Damen Shipyard and Curaçao Dry Dock start a new future together
February 1, 2017, is a historic day WILLEMSTAD - Wednesday, February 1, 2017, will be remembered as the date on which the Curaçao Drydock Company (CDM) began a new future. On that day Damen Shiprepair & Conversion More...

FIOD raid at Damen Shipyards
THE HAGUE – The Dutch Tax Investigation Team (FIOD) raided shipbuilder Damen Shipyards in Gorinchem last Friday. This was confirmed by the company’s spokesman on Monday after a report in the business magazine More...

Damen Shiprepair & Conversion starts operating from Curaçao
WILLEMSTAD - On Friday 9 September the government of Curaçao and Damen Shipyards Group signed a concession agreement for the future operation of the current Curaçao Drydock Company. Damen will establish a new More...