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...
Xin Guang Hua safe and secure in the port of Curaçao
WILLEMSTAD - The second largest cargo ship in the world, the Xin Guang Hua, was safely sailed into the port of Willemstad on Sunday, April 29th. This so-called 'heavy lift vessel' entered with two floating docks More...
Floating dry docks arrive on Saturday
WILLEMSTAD - Saturday is an exciting day for the shipping sector in Curaçao. If everything goes according to plan, two new floating docks will enter the Saint Anna Bay. These are enormous levels and will capture More...
New docks on the way
WILLEMSTAD - They have to arrive at the end of April and they are ready for use in August. That is according to the planning of Damen Shipyards for the activities of what used to be called the Curacao Dokmaatschappij. Two 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...
Five Damen tugs delivered to Empresa de Navegación Caribe, Cuba
HAVANA - Damen Shipyards Gorinchem has delivered five new harbour tugs to Empresa de Navegación Caribe, a subsidiary of Cuban maritime company Grupo Empresarial de Transporte Marítimo Portuario (GEMAR). Prior More...
E-Zone Dokweg could cost Customs an extra 300 thousand guilders
WILLEMSTAD - Recently the Advisory Board (RvA) published an advice given on the proposition to initiate a so-called E-Zone at Dokweg (E-Zone Dock Company). Damen Shipyard Group and CDM Holding Inc. have recently 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...
Eight Damen Interceptors for Panama
Ultra-fast vessels to be part of anti-drug trafficking operations in the Caribbean. WILLEMSTAD - The National Air and Naval Service of Panama (Servicio Nacional Aeronaval - SENAN) has taken delivery of four Interceptor 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...
