WILLEMSTAD - A rescue plan is ready for the ailing Damen Shiprepair Curaçao. According to the new general manager of the company, Peter Luiten, it is now a matter of waiting for approval of an investment program for the yard.
In anticipation of this, major maintenance was carried out on a door of a dry dock. The $40 million investment program consists of two parts. Curaçao pays twenty million dollars of this with the help of the Netherlands and the other twenty million dollars is financed by Damen itself.
The rescue plan was drafted by KPMG. It was based on a capacity of three docks, although Damen's website still speaks of four docks: 'Antillia', 'Beatrix' and the two floating docks that Damen brought with them: the large 'Curaçao' and the smaller 'Damen '. The plan that is now on the table is based on two docks, the third dock will only be tackled in four years' time.
