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04 Aug 2016

Damen Optima Nozzle: A Boon for Inland Shippers

Damen Optima Nozzle is a big advantage for the North American inland shipping sector. The propeller nozzle developed and manufactured by Damen Shipyards Group's subsidiary Damen Marine Components (DMC) is suited for a wide spectrum of maritime uses and yields the most benefits for inland shipping operators, according to the manufacturer. “Using the Damen Optima has many advantages,” said DMC Managing Director Steef Staal. “Looking at today’s inland shipping operators in Europe, you’ll see that everyone uses a nozzle.” One of the main reasons of the dominance of nozzles is the use of skew-type propellers, whose rounded profile successfully addresses the historical problem of sediment and debris blockage.

19 May 2016

Damen Delivers Its Largest Shoalbuster to Date

Shoalbuster 3512 Noordstroom (Photo: Damen Shipyards)

The first of Damen’s new Shoalbuster 3512 class was recently handed over to Dutch marine services specialist Van Wijngaarden Marine Services B.V. in the port of Boven-Hardinxveld, the Netherlands. At the ceremony the Lady Sponsor Elske de Bruijn-de Vries officially named the vessel and made a speech praising the technical capabilities of the vessel. Elske de Bruijn-de Vries is the wife of C.A. (Niels) de Bruijn, a member of the executive board of Van Oord, and is well-known for her role in the TV show ‘Het mooiste meisje van de klas’.

18 Jul 2014

DMC Builds the Smallest Ever Nozzle

Photo courtesy of Damen

Damen Marine Components (DMC), part of Damen Shipyards Group, announced it has smashed its propeller nozzle world record by 33 percent downwards. This downsizing to an inside diameter of 665 millimeters only - from the previous 1,000 mm ‘entry level model’ - marks a new milestone for DMC’s Optima Nozzle series. Already one-third smaller than the previous one meter (1,000mm) Benjamins, the new 65 centimeter nozzles are, however, dwarfed altogether by the biggest models in the Optima series. With their 8 meter inside diameter, these exceed the two 65 centimeter ones twelvefold.