Damen and Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) have signed a contract for 14 Damen ASD Tugs. An extensive process of yard prequalification and tender evaluation finally resulted in an award to Damen this summer. The series consist of two types, with 9 tugs of Damen’s recently launched 3212 model and 5 units of the well-known
Read moreOn Oct 25th 2012, Damen Shipyards Galaţi (DSGa), member of Damen Shipyards Group, launches its hull number 1226: the Nuclear Cargo Vessel 1600. The NCV 1600 was ordered by the Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company (SKB) and will replace her predecessor M/S Sigyn, which has been in service during the past 30
Read moreRomania-based Damen Shipyards Galati has launched the ‘World Diamond’, the first in a series of six fully-equipped platform supply vessels (PSV) being built for World Wide Supply, a Norway-based offshore firm. The new vessel is built to Damen’s PSV 3300 series specifications, part of the company’s the newly designed range of platform supply vessels.
Read moreA northern stretch of the Illinois River, a main artery for shipping bulk commodities to export terminals at the Gulf of Mexico, is expected to remain closed for several weeks as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers works to repair a lock damaged during recent heavy flooding. Severe flooding on the waterway has also
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