Efficiency is sustainability

Contributing to green shipping

Reduce emissions and operational costs by increasing efficiency - that’s our motto. Damen Marine Components has a reputation for developing solutions that enhance your ship’s performance.

Our goals

Develop products that increase vessel efficiency. Hence, shipowners benefit from reduced fuel consumption, emissions and operating costs.
Design and build products that have minimum impact on their environment.
Cooperate with partners and clients to help them increase their sustainable footprint.
Design products that have a minimal impact on marine life.

DMC’s Energy Saving Devices

DMC invests in continues product development, aiming to deliver incremental improvements in its range of Energy Saving Devices. We have a particular focus on equipment below the waterline, where reductions in water resistance can deliver serious environmental and economic benefits.

For example, DMC has developed low-drag and high-lift rudder profiles by using advanced materials. A rudder with a twisted leading edge exploits the propeller swirl to recover parts of the rotational losses and therefore allows for very low-resistance. Fuel savings of up to 3% can be realised. In addition, less wear on components lead to efficiency gains of up to 5%. The use of rudder bulbs, in combination with corresponding propeller hub cap arrangements, can further reduce the losses in the propeller hub vortices.

Inland shipping solutions

Rotor manoeuvring system

Flex tunnel

Hydro spoiler

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Testimonials

We have had a good working relationship with Damen Marine Components for a long time. We have worked with them on numerous projects and their excellent price-quality ratio is one of the reasons for that. Furthermore, the DMC team is always available for advice and consultation during our design and engineering process.

Martijn Beunk

Business Development Manager, Royal Bodewes

Working on the Wadden Sea, Westerschelde, or the Ijsselmeer, we usually have needed to add some ballast to stay stable in rougher conditions. However, since we have this double rudder, our ballast tanks are empty; the rudders actually work like stabilisers. We are more stable and we don’t feel any vibrations.