by Mariska Buitendijk | Jan 25, 2022 | Navy, News
The Dutch Ministry of Defence will charter a medium roll-on, roll-off (RoRo) ship for the next ten years. This will provide the Royal Netherlands Navy with permanent strategic sea transport. The contract with the shipping company has been signed and the ship will be...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Dec 7, 2021 | Navy, News
Both frigate HNLMS Van Amstel and minehunter HNLMS Vlaardingen have returned to Den Helder, the Netherlands. The Van Amstel was scheduled to return, but the Vlaardingen had to return home a week early after a Covid outbreak on board. Both had been delpoyed for NATO....
by Mariska Buitendijk | Nov 30, 2021 | Navy, News, Ship repair/maintenance
Last week, Royal IHC welcomed back the HNLMS Groningen at the shipyard of Reimerswaal in Vlissingen, the Netherlands. The Dutch Navy’s patrol vessel returned to have a repaired propeller shaft installed. Back in March, Royal IHC and the Department of Material...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Nov 18, 2021 | Navy, News, Submarines
Dutch Parliament has adopted a motion asking the Government to make involvement of the Dutch maritime industry part of the procurement process of the new submarines. The Dutch Government is currently in talks with three shipyards about the replacement of the current...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Nov 1, 2021 | Maritime awards, Maritime research, Navy, News
Lt Noah Stam performed his BSc. dissertation at the NLDA on the topic of ballistic missile defence with a focus on intercepting ballistic missiles from a naval vessel. This research has earned him the Royal Netherlands Navy’s annual Van Hengel-Spengler Award....
