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A-ROSA signs contract
with Concordia Damen
for River Cruise Vessel

River Cruise specialist A-ROSA has signed a
contract with Concordia Damen for a newbuild
River Cruise Vessel. The new ship, which will
be delivered spring 2021, will operate in the
northern Rhine region, including trips from
Cologne to Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Antwerp and
Bruges. The innovative River Cruise vessel will
take A-ROSA’s city trip concept to the next level
of leisure and sustainability.
In total, the vessel will present 140 cabins,
including two-person cabins (21m ) with a balcony
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and separate living and sleeping areas.
To cater for the entire family, the vessel will
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feature a number of generous family cabins, 28m .
On the sun deck, next to a large, adult swimming
pool, will be a smaller, children’s pool with
shallow water. The design also features a separate
children’s eating area in the restaurant so young
guests can dine with their friends.
For adult guests, in addition to a high quality
restaurant serving fi ve course meals, there will be
Twin Damen Fast Crew Suppliers 2710 ordered by Hung Hua Construction Co. Ltd. of Taiwan a spa and wellness area with sauna, whirlpool, ice
grotto, heat bench and treatment rooms.
Hung Hua Construction of Taiwan has under development. Following its meet the company’s specifi c demands vessels in Taiwan, we, Hung Hua, are The staff receive their own generously spaced
placed an order for two of Damen’s successful installation of the fi rst as well as optimise them for local confi dent and determined to build up cabins along with, for the fi rst time, their own rest
latest Fast Crew Supply Vessels, the offshore project in Taiwan; the Taiwanese requirements and conditions. local capacity for Taiwan’s offshore and relaxation area where they can unwind before
FCS 2710. The contract was signed Southern Weather Observation Tower wind industry. and after working hours.
at the end of January and the vessels for the Taiwan Power Company, HHC “We are pleased to announce our
will be built at Damen Shipyards is now looking ahead to the next order of two Damen FCS 2710 CTV We have full confi dence in Damen’s YOUR SPRINGBOARD
Singapore for delivery in early 2020. phase of its cooperation by supplying vessels, which will be the latest and impressive track record, quality TO MORE GREAT STORIES
them with fast crew transfer and most state-of-the-art design of CTV and reliable services. That’s why we
With a government target of 5.5 support services. in Asia,” added Mr. Polin Chen, chose Damen, and soon we will be
gigawatts by the end of 2025 there assistant to the president at Hung expanding our fl eet by up to eight MAGAZINE.DAMEN.COM
is plenty of work to be done with ten The two vessels for HHC will have Hua Construction. “Being the fi rst CTV vessels.”
sites off Taiwan’s west coast currently some additional, small changes to private company to invest in offshore

Albwardy Damen receives MASTECH award Floating docks operational
for new Damen Multibuster 8020 in Curaçao

Albwardy Damen has received an award for Its draught of just 3.5 metres makes it ideal In November 2018, Damen Shiprepair Curaçao (DSCu)
its design of the new Damen Multibuster for the shallow waters of the Arabian Gulf commissioned its fl oating docks, named C-dock and
8020 shallow draught, multi-purpose vessel. as well as elsewhere in the world. D-dock respectively. The commissioning of the docks is an
The award was presented at the MASTECH historic milestone for DSCu and one of which the yard is
international marine technical conference, “At Damen we have been extremely extremely proud.
held on board the iconic QE2 fl oating hotel successful with shallow draught workboats,”
in the UAE. says Pascal Slingerland, regional director Both docks arrived at the Caribbean island of Curaçao at the Naviera Integral signs for fi fteenth FCS 5009
Middle East for Damen. “The new end of April last year as part of a wider investment programme
Albwardy Damen has been developing the Multibuster is a combination of the at the yard, following its takeover by Damen in 2017. The Towards the end of 2018, Mexican offshore contractor Naviera Integral signed Naviera’s newest addition will come with all the latest updates to the class
Multibuster 8020 for the past two years functionality found on both Shoalbusters C-dock is the larger of the two, measuring 230 x 45 metres. a contract with Damen for its fi fteenth FCS 5009 vessel. The 50-metre FCS 5009 and will also feature DP2 and FiFi1 capability and Damen’s ‘connected ship’
in close consultation with a number of oil and Multi Cats, but on a much larger and has been a valuable workhorse for Naviera Integral. The Axe Bow has enabled technology, which will ensure maximum effi ciency and minimum downtime.
majors and vessel operators. The vessel even more versatile, shallow draught With the fl oating docks in operation, the yard now boasts four the company to deliver crews and cargos to offshore installations out in the Gulf Damen and Naviera Integral have worked together for over twenty years
will also be available in 60 and 70 metre workboat.” drydocks, two graving and two fl oating docks, signifi cantly of Mexico rapidly, yet comfortably, in a wide range of weather conditions. and the new vessel will bring the number of Damen vessels operated by the
versions. increasing DSCu’s capabilities and fl exibility. company to twenty-four.