BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 31. Dutch Damen ships will be built in Azerbaijan, Trend reports.
A memorandum of understanding on trilateral cooperation will be signed between Baku Shipbuilding Plant LLC, Baku International Sea Trade Port and Dutch Damen Shipyards Gorinchem B.V. at the Baku Expo Center on June 1.
Damen ships will be built at the Baku Shipyard as part of this cooperation.
Damen unites 35 shipbuilding and ship repair plants located in different countries of the world, including 15 shipyards in the Netherlands, where the company is headquartered. The remaining 20 shipyards are located in Poland, Romania, Türkiye, Qatar, China, Vietnam, South Africa, UAE, and Singapore.
The company also has joint ventures in many other countries. There are more than 11,000 employees in the company.
At Damen Shipyards Gorinchem B.V., in addition to shipbuilding at its own shipyards around the world, Damen has extensive experience in building at local shipyards under its license.
Damen provides a license and engineering package, and ship components, as well as supervises the construction process, ensuring the transfer of shipbuilding technologies and guaranteeing excellent quality.
Thanks to this proven concept, more than 1,000 projects have been implemented at local shipyards around the world. These projects include the construction of various types of ships in Albania, Italy, Brazil, and Vietnam, frigates in Mexico and Indonesia, and the construction of patrol ships in South Africa for the Navy. Moreover, numerous packages of design licenses were delivered to the US Coast Guard.
