Netherlands Navy

Imtech Wins Orders Worth $21M

Imtech N.V., technical service provider in Europe, has won orders worth $21 million to develop and build new technology for diesel-electric propulsion. The Imtech Marine & Offshore Division obtained the orders. Schelde Marinebouw (Koninklijke Schelde) has awarded Imtech a contract to deliver diesel-electric propulsion including electrically powered propellers (Podded Propulsors or PODs, a podded driven propulsion system that will be delivered by the German company Schottel) for the LPD-2 Landing Platform Dock, a new amphibious transport ship for the Royal Netherlands Navy. The electrically powered propellers provide propulsion and simultaneously serve as a rudder. The system greatly increases ship maneuverability and reduces fuel consumption compared with conventional screw propulsion. Moreover, the more efficient design of the ship makes it less expensive to build. The LPD-2 Landing Platform Dock of the Royal Netherlands Navy will be the first military transport ship equipped with this high-quality technology. This order is additional to the recently announced 36 million Euro contract to provide the complete technical infrastructure of this ship. Imtech has also received an order from Damen Shipyards (Koninklijke Schelde) to supply diesel-electric propulsion for a light tender for Menas of Bahrain. This multidisciplinary ship will be used for security and inspection tasks. In the United Kingdom Imtech has also

Ocean-going Patrol Vessel Delivered to RNN by Damen

Transfer of 3rd Holland Class patrol vessel 'Friesland' by Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding to RNN In Harlingen the third of four Holland Class Oceangoing Patrol Vessels, "Friesland" built by Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding for the Royal Netherlands Navy, was transferred to the Defence Materiel Organization of the Ministry of Defence of the Netherlands. After delivery the Friesland will directly start an extensive testing and work-up program

Pirates Attack EU NAVFOR Warship

Early the morning of March 17, two small skiffs made a fast approach on the EU NAVFOR Dutch HNLMS Tromp with what appeared to be a pirate attack. The Tromp fired warning shots as they approached and it was this action that alerted the “would be” pirates to the fact that they were trying to attack a well armed Naval warship.  The warship, HNLMS Tromp of the Royal Netherlands Navy, was patrolling the region as part of the ongoing EU counter-piracy mission

Imtech Receives the 'Royal' Designation

Imtech N.V. (IM-AE, technical services provider in Europe and on the global marine market) announces that Her Royal Highness the Queen of the Netherlands has decided to grant Imtech N.V. the right to use the designation 'Royal'. This special Predicate is awarded today by Mr. Jan Franssen, Queen's Commissioner in the Provence of South Holland, in the presence of Mr. Ahmed Aboutaleb, Mayor of Rotterdam. Royal Imtech is now a fact

Hong Kong, Netherlands Sign Tax Pact

The Hong Kong government said on Thursday, it and the Netherlands had signed an agreement to exempt ship owners in the two places from paying double tax. "The agreement is beneficial to ship owners in Hong Kong and the Netherlands as it exempts owners of Hong Kong ships from paying tax levied on cargo loaded in the Netherlands, and vice versa," Secretary for Economic Services Sandra Lee said. Lee said Hong Kong already had similar agreements with the United States

Accommodation Platform Delivered

The heavy transport vessel 'Swan' of Dockwise Shipping in Breda, The Netherlands again delivered an accommodation platform in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Dockwise was awarded the contract for sea transportation of the accommodation and maintenance platform Seafox 2 -managed and operated by Workfox of IJmuiden, The Netherlands- from Mexico to The Netherlands. ”For the second time within 3 weeks we delivered an accommodation platform for support in one of the North sea fields

HMCS Charlottetown Assists Vessel off Somalia Coast

Official U.S. Navy file photo of Canadian frigate HMCS Charlottetown (FFH 339). From Combined Task Force 150 Public Affairs Canadian multi-patrol frigate HMCS Charlottetown (FFH 339) provided assistance to five mariners adrift on a stranded vessel in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia. Upon approaching the vessel as part of routine Maritime Security Operations (MSO), the crew of Charlottetown noticed the vessel had been stranded without food, water or fuel

IADC Authors Award at CEDA Dredging Days

An IADC Best Paper Award for a Young Author under the age of 35 was presented to Bas Borsje at the CEDA Dredging Days in Rotterdam on November 11, 2011, for the paper “Biogeomorphological Interactions on a Nourished Tidal Flat: Lessons Learned from Building with Nature”. Tidal flats are valuable habitats for different plants and animals, but unfortunately the total area of tidal flats is decreasing worldwide owing to various problems such as sea level rise

Radio Holland to Market Netwave VDR

Cut Netwave vdr-edt-3b_CC-3 Radio Holland Netherlands has formalized a co-operation with Netwave, manufacturer of a new generation of ultra compact Voyage Data Recorders, by signing an official distribution agreement. Radio Holland Netherlands has been appointed as Netwave’s agent for Sales and Service activities. Netwave's scalable VDR and (S)VDR architecture encompasses a minimal number of compact units, of which the interconnection is limited to a mere, single “WaveNet” cable

Protocol Proposed to Netherlands-U.S. Tax Treaty

President Bush sent a Message to the U.S. Senate transmitting for advice and consent to ratification a Protocol that would, if adopted, modify the Netherlands-U.S. Tax Treaty. Among its many provisions is one that seems, to my non-tax mind, intended to avoid double taxation of income derived from shipping and air transport activities within the other nation’s territory for “qualified persons”. While written in the usual cryptic language of taxation