Cruise and offshore wind contracts have provided the basis for another strong performance Damen Shiprepair reports a busy first half of 2024 across all its North European yards, which include facilities in Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Vlissingen, Brest and Dunkerque. Around 550 vessels visited these yards for repair and maintenance work over the first six months of […]
Zulu Associates, an Antwerp-based maritime innovator, has published designs for a zero emission autonomous 200 TEU container vessel utilising an auxiliary wind assistance system. The Zulu MASS, which has been designed by Dutch naval architects Conoship International, is being developed with Zulu’s subsidiary the Anglo Belgian Shipping company. As the company’s name suggests it is […]
The Netherlands and Belgium are embarking on the construction of a new class of frigates primarily intended for anti-submarine warfare and other roles. The Netherlands Ministry of Defence – through the Materiel and IT Command (Commando Materieel en IT – COMMIT) – has awarded the Naval Division of Damen Shipyards Group a contract for the […]
On 29 March 2023, the first of the 12 mine countermeasure vessels in the Belgian-Dutch Robotic mine countermeasure (rMCM) programme, M940 Oostende, which is intended for the Belgian Navy, was floated out in Concarneau. The launching ceremony took place in the presence of Ludivine Dedonder, Belgian Minister of Defence, Kajsa Ollongren, Dutch Minister of Defence, and […]