Largest pontoon
The largest pontoon ever stock-built by Damen has been sold to the Canadian McKeil-Malaspina partnership.
It will be towed to Newfoundland on the east coast of Canada this summer, where it will be used to support offshore construction operations.
The Damen Stan Pontoon 12032 measures 120m by 32.2m and has a deadweight capacity of some 20,000 tonnes. The barge is equipped with a sophisticated ballast system, genset and mooring winches.
Earlier this year Damen shipped 16 newly built pontoons from its shipyards in China to Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam. Most of these stock-built pontoons are now sold, leaving only two Stan Pontoons and a Damen Transshipment Barge (including a Liebherr crane) for direct sale. Early next year a new shipment of Damen Pontoons is scheduled to arrive in the Port of Rotterdam to ensure short delivery times.
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