Damen Shiprepair Oranjewerf is giving a green boost to ship repair, maintenance, conversion and refit projects with a recent shore power installation developed by Elma Systems.
The yard had already installed shore power suited to many of its projects. However, with this latest installation the availability of clean on-shore power converted to 60Hz has been widened to cover all types of vessel that call at the yard.
Commercial Manager Damen Shiprepair Oranjewerf Jeen van der Werf explains, “Previously, we were able to provide shore power with 50 hertz. However, we get a lot of offshore, navy and fishing vessels come to the yard for work, and many of these vessels operate on 60 hertz.”
As a result, he says, they often had to hire in a diesel powered generator, something the environmentally conscious yard was keen to avoid.
“We’re always keen to play our part in advancing maritime sustainability so, when we heard about a 35% temporary subsidy for sea goings vessels from the RVO (Dutch Enterprise Agency) for shore power installations, we were very happy to take part with an investment of our own.”
Marco Roman, of Elma Systems said, “We’re very grateful to Damen Shiprepair Oranjewerf for placing their trust in us to develop this customized solution. Also, we value the collaboration that we experienced during this project, from development till installation. It has resulted in a solution that will help, not only Damen, but also the maritime industry as a whole to conduct operations in a cleaner, more environmentally conscious manner in a very smart way.”
