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 19, 2021 | News, Ship design, Ship repair/maintenance, Shipbuilding
Damen Shipyards Group is opening its latest service hub in Hamburg, Germany. This takes the total number of hubs to fifteen, spread across Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Middle East, and Australia. The Hamburg hub will serve not only Germany, but also Denmark and...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Nov 9, 2021 | Grounding, News, Ship repair/maintenance
Footage circulating on Twitter and YouTube show the damage container ship Ever Given sustained after it ran aground in the Suez Canal back in March. Sal Mercogliano, Chair of the Department of History Criminal Justice and Political Science at Campbell University, says...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Oct 22, 2021 | Maritime education/training/careers, News, Ship repair/maintenance
With effect from 1 November, Jeroen Heesters will be the new managing director of Damen Shiprepair & Conversion, one of the seven divisions of the Damen Shipyards Group. With finance director Eric Snoeren, who joined the division on 1 October, he will make up the...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Oct 7, 2021 | Maritime accidents, News, Ship repair/maintenance
Container ship Ever Given has arrived at Qingdao, China. Here, the ship will undergo repairs for the damage it suffered while blocking the Suez Canal back in March. It is expected it will be at least three weeks before the ship sets sail again. This was reported by...
