Cruise news (DamenShipyards-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
KT Marine orders Damen's Fast Ferry 4212 for South Korean route
Damen Shipyards has recently entered into an agreement to construct a Fast Ferry 4212 (FFe 4212) for the Korean ferry operator KT Marine. The...
January 31, 2024 - Cruise Industry
EST-Floattech provides Octopus battery system for Reederei Norden-Frisia's new electric catamaran...
EST-Floattech, a Dutch provider of energy storage systems, has been awarded a contract to supply their Octopus Series battery system for a new...
May 19, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Cunard's flagship Queen Mary 2 returns to Brest, France for refurbishment
Cunard Line announced that RMS Queen Mary 2 would be returning to Brest France on Friday, August 27, 2021, to undergo drydock maintenance before her...
August 26, 2021 - Cruise Industry
A-ROSA Cruises' newest ship to be named Arosa Sena
AROSA Cruises' eco-friendly newbuild which is scheduled to set sail in May 2022 will be named A-ROSA Sena. The project was initially announced under...
August 11, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Hull completed for A-ROSA Cruises' next-generation Arosa Emotion river ship
The shipbuilding company Concordia Damen completed (at Santierul Naval Severnav shipyard in Drobeta-Turnu Severin Romania) the hull of the latest...
May 1, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Damen Group completes repair on P&O Ferries' Pride of Canterbury
Damen group subsidiaries completed a challenging repair project to replace one of the twin rudder stocks on the cross channel Pride of Canterbury...
January 13, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Damen to build 9 green ferries for Aqualiner-Swets
Joint venture Aqualiner-Swets contracted Damen Shipyards to build 9 new passenger ferries, which are due to provide a public transport service...
November 4, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Remontowa Shipbuilding begins construction of 4th ship for BC Ferries
Remontowa Shipbuilding announced that it had started the building of the 4th Salish-class ferry for BC Ferries (Canada) which had ordered a series of...
September 9, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam Completes Extensive Annual Repair on 3 Cruises Ships
In just 5 weeks over the course of November and into December 2019, Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam (DSAm) completed extensive annual maintenance and...
February 3, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Order Canceled for SeaDream Innovation
SeaDream Yacht Club and Damen decided not to proceed with the construction of the new (March 2018 ordered) SeaDream Innovation - initially planned...
December 3, 2019 - Cruise Industry
BC Ferries to Receive Four More Electric-Hybrid Ferries
BC Ferries awarded contracts for the building of 4 more energy-efficient "Island Class" ferries, scheduled to join the 2 that are due to enter...
November 9, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Damen Opens Engineering Centre in Helsinki
Damen Shipyards established its presence in Finland for the first time. The company's Helsinki office was set up to take advantage of the engineering...
May 15, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Biggest European Shipbuilders to Develop Connected Vessel Platform
Europe's largest shipbuilding companies announced a new cooperative initiative to develop a connected ship platform. In order to meet...
April 19, 2019 - Cruise Industry
A-Rosa Cruises Orders New Ship from Concordia Damen
A-Rosa River Cruises signed a shipbuilding contract with Concordia Damen for a new riverboat in the E-Motion series (battery-powered). The newbuild...
April 2, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Queen Elizabeth Leaves Damen Shiprepair Brest
Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth ship left Damen Shiprepair Brest after a 12-day repair & refit program. QE is the most recent addition to the...
January 11, 2019