Damen expands in Vietnam

Damen Song Cam is considered state-of-the-art, bringing a western shipyard designed to meet European health, safety and environmental standards into a Vietnamese environment. The yard will produce around 40 ships annually in the first phase.

With direct access to open sea, the new yard is based on a 43-hectare site, of which 500m is directly alongside the River Cam. The yard has a 120m long by 85m wide outfitting hall, which has three overhead cranes of 25 tonnes each over every bay, plus extensive paint and carpentry workshops.

And directly next to the site of Damen Song Cam there is a further 43 hectares, which will be developed as a maritime industrial zone.

By Rachael Doyle