Concordia Shipyards B.V.
Concordia Damen is a family-owned Dutch shipyard in Werkendam, operating within the Damen Shipyards Group, that designs and builds inland waterway vessels including container and dry cargo ships, tankers, pushers and river cruise vessels. The company works as a one-stop shop covering in-house design, hull construction, outfitting, delivery, financing and maintenance, and states a track record of more than 250 vessel deliveries since 2001. Vessels are offered with a wide range of propulsion options — diesel-electric, full-electric, hydrogen-electric, methanol and LNG among them — and hulls of proven designs are kept in stock to shorten delivery times. Clients operate in the Netherlands, Germany, France, Paraguay, Colombia, the USA and elsewhere.
Concordia Shipyards B.V. (Concordia Damen)
Concordia Damen is a family-owned shipbuilder based in Werkendam, the Netherlands, operating as part of the Damen Shipyards Group. Since 2001 it has specialised in fit-for-purpose inland waterway vessels for the container, dry cargo, oil and gas, port services and river cruise markets, with a stated track record of over 250 deliveries. The yard combines an in-house design and engineering team with its own quay and outfitting facilities, and works with a regional network of maritime specialists.
Services
- In-house naval architecture and vessel design, or collaboration with the client's chosen designer
- Hull construction and outfitting; turn-key newbuild projects from concept to delivery
- Refits, financing and maintenance support
- Grant and subsidy consulting for sustainability projects in inland shipping
- Triton IoT platform for remote monitoring, fuel reduction and predictive maintenance
- Propulsion engineering including diesel-direct, diesel-electric, full-electric, hybrid, LNG, methanol and hydrogen-electric options, with retrofit-ready preparation
Vessel Types
- Container and dry cargo vessels — CDS Dry Cargo 110, 222, 443 and 532 and CDS KVB designs, from 110 m to 183 m length and up to 6,780 t / 532 TEU
- Tankers, with shallow draft capability and customised accommodation
- Pushers and push-barge combinations — CDS River Pusher 2010 and 2410, CDS SD River Pusher and CDS Riverbuster 1909; from 19 x 9 m to 41.5 x 15.5 m, with 1,000–2,500 kW installed power
- River cruise vessels, including the CDS River Cruise 135 (awarded Green Award Gold Standard) and the A-Rosa Sena
- Workboats and pontoons; hulls of proven designs held in stock
Notable Projects
- 'Antonie' — described as the world's first hydrogen-fuelled inland waterway newbuild
- Dutch 'Ship of the Year' Award, 2019
- Two CDS River Cruise 135 vessels contracted by TUI River Cruises, each with 94 cabins for up to 188 guests, methanol-prepared, delivery scheduled 2028
- Workboat 'Zeeleeuw' (30 x 8 m, hybrid propulsion, ES-TRIN certified and approved for ADN convoy operations) for Van der Straaten Aannemingsmaatschappij B.V.
Location
- Headquarters and yard: Biesboschhaven Noord 7, 4251 NL Werkendam, The Netherlands
- Clients and operations across Europe, North America and South America