Insights center Career My Damen Go to all news 29 NOV 2021 Damen Shipyards reaffirms its commitment to Germany with three deliveries and a new service hub Damen’s ongoing commitment to the southern Baltic and German Bight RICK VAN DE WEG2 MIN Netherlands-based Damen Shipyards has been busy in Germany in recent weeks, delivering three, specialist bespoke vessels and establishing a full-time office to provide support to vessel operators in the region. These actions reflect Damen’s ongoing commitment to the southern Baltic and German Bight, with their special requirements and many vessel owners and operators. Diving Bell Vessel The replacement diving bell vessel Archimedes, built for owner German government agency FMSW Koblenz to replace a previous vessel, is not only the most unusual of the three, but also one of the most remarkable vessels that Damen has ever built. Her purpose is the inspection and maintenance of infrastructure on riverbeds, primarily those of the rivers Rhine and Mosel, and the recovery of lost cargo and wreckage. To achieve this, the 70 by 11.7 metres vessel mounts a four-metre by six-metre diving bell in which personnel can work at depths of up to ten metres, manoeuvred by a bespoke foldable hoisting frame. Diesel-electric, she has an array of additional specialist systems including a ballast system to ensure longitudinal equalisation during operations and passages under low bridges, and a pressure equalisation chamber. Fire-Fighting vessels The Archimedes was engineered and built by Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld, as were the twin Fire-Fighting vessels delivered to Flotte Hamburg, the subsidiary of the Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) tasked with implementing low-emission shipping. 35-metres in length, their custom designs optimise them for operations in the city as well as the port of Hamburg and they carry an impressive array of fire suppression systems. The Prag is being operated by Hamburg’s fire service while the Dresden supports the HPA, the fire service and other third parties. Both are state-of-the-art, plug-in hybrid vessels with 315kWh of battery capacity, and when not fighting fires they will be undertaking other activities including water supply, rescue and recovery, technical assistance and environmental protection. Hamburg Service Hub Supporting these and many other vessels is the new Hamburg Service Hub. The fifteenth in Damen’s worldwide network of support stations, like the others it is being staffed by local personnel with experience of ship building and maintenance in their region. Able to respond quickly to enquiries, it combines direct access to all of Damen’s resources with a network of local suppliers to ensure that products and services are sourced locally wherever possible. The Hamburg hub will serve customers in Poland and Denmark as well as Germany, and welcomes enquiries from operators of non-Damen as well as Damen vessels. For more information see https://www.damen.com/services/service-hubs “We are delighted to be confirming our commitment to some of our closest neighbours and dedicating additional resources to ensure that they receive services tailored to their exact needs,” says Carsten Wiese, Service Hub Manager, Hamburg. “We look forward to many more years of close cooperation on innovative solutions to meet the demands of our rapidly evolving industry.” On the photo from left to right: Carsten Wiese (Service Hub Manager Hamburg, Damen Services); Joschka Böddeling (Sales Manager, Damen); Roderick Buijs (Account Manager Services North Europe, Damen). RICK VAN DE WEG2 MIN SUSTAINABILITY EFFICIENCY SAFETY OCEANS OF POSSIBILITIES Home Contact us Companies Career Components Chartering Brokerage / Used vessels Shiprepair & conversion Subscribe to newsletter News & Articles Press & Media Kits Merchandise Naval / Navy Disclaimer & Intellectual Property Statement Privacy Policy Terms and Conditions Site Index Copyright Damen Shipyards Group © 2021 - KvK 23049923 COOKIE MANAGEMENT We use cookies to personalize and improve your site experience, to enable us to analyze the traffic and usage of the website, to remember your serrings and privacy choices, and to support our marketing and efforts. By selecting "Accept" you agree that Damen Group may collect data about you and use cookies or related technologies as described in our Privacy and Data Processing Policy. If you wish to make more granular choices, please select "Manage Settings" Privacy and Data Processing Policy accept all cookies manage settings