JSS Karel Doorman Leaves Damen Galati, Romania

Joint Support Ship (JSS) ‘Karel Doorman’ departed Damen Galati Yard in Romania, on July 22nd, and is expected to reach Vlissingen, The Netherlands in 3 weeks where the final systems outfitting, commissioning and testing of the vessel and all of her systems will take place.

The JSS has been designed to operate both in the lower and higher levels of the force spectrum, and measures 205 meter in length and 30 meter in breadth. Total displacement is 28.000 tonnes, speed 18 knots.

Alewijnse Marine Galati signed up to supply and install the cabling and cabling related steelwork, installing and connecting the electrical equipment and “loose” equipment. It meant an estimated total of 600.000m of cable (or 25.000 pieces of cable).

AMG took the challenge with eagerness and managed to pull 490k metres of cable onboard and perform 25,216 connections. The teams behind the numbers, one for steelwork, one for installing works and one for work preparation, will reach an estimated 120 persons onboard in the peak of the activities.

“We would like to thank Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding (DSNS) for giving us the opportunity of being involved in the building of the largest ship to serve in the Royal Netherlands Navy and wish all the teams involved in the last stage of execution good luck with their work”, says Mr. Pieter Smit, General Manager of AMG.

Because the vessel required strict quality enforcing, the company obtained separate certifications for welders, copper and fiber optic network certification for their installing teams.

[mappress]

Press Release, July 25, 2013