{"id":9501,"date":"2020-05-08T20:37:36","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T17:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/damen-yichang-holds-digital-steel-cutting-ceremony-for-timor-leste-ropax\/9501\/"},"modified":"2020-05-08T20:37:36","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T17:37:36","slug":"damen-yichang-holds-digital-steel-cutting-ceremony-for-timor-leste-ropax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/damen-yichang-holds-digital-steel-cutting-ceremony-for-timor-leste-ropax\/9501\/","title":{"rendered":"Damen Yichang holds digital steel-cutting ceremony for Timor-Leste RoPax"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On 27 April, Damen Yichang Shipyard in China hosted a digital steel cutting ceremony for a roll-on\/roll-off passenger (RoPax) ferry ordered by the Government of Timor-Leste<\/a>.<\/strong> <\/p>\n

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Image Courtesy: Damen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The occasion was marked by digital gathering as a result of\u00a0safety measures surrounding the global COVID-19 outbreak. <\/p>\n

\u201cDuring the coronavirus crisis, our first priority is for peoples\u2019 safety and well-being. We do, however, still like to mark these important milestones so we do so in a safety-conscious manner, with the aid of digital communications,” <\/em>Gysbert Boersma<\/strong>, Damen sales manager, explained. <\/p>\n

Attendees of the online ceremony included representatives of the Government of Timor-Leste and Damen employees in both China and the Netherlands.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Image Courtesy: Damen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When completed, the 67-metre-long vessel will operate on a route between Timor-Leste\u2019s capital Dili, the Oecusse enclave and the island of Ata\u00faro. She will carry up to 308 passengers, plus vehicles and goods. <\/p>\n

The project is co-funded by the governments of Timor-Leste and Germany and is scheduled to begin operations in 2021.<\/p>\n

According to the Government of Timor-Leste, the ferry will open up new opportunities for commerce, education and employment in the country. <\/p>\n

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Coronavirus pandemic and shipyard operations<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

During the coronavirus crisis, Damen Yichang Shipyard has managed to continue production by taking “robust safety measures”<\/em> that ensure the well-being of personnel, their families and the wider community. <\/p>\n

This has included many employees working from home. For those unable to work from home, there has been temperature testing before entry, a rigorous cleaning and disinfection programme as well as the observation of safe working distance at all times, Damen said.<\/p>\n

Damen Yichang Shipyard is one of 36 shipbuilding and repair yards operated by Dutch Damen Shipyards Group. <\/p>\n

The post Damen Yichang holds digital steel-cutting ceremony for Timor-Leste RoPax<\/a> appeared first on Offshore Energy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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On 27 April, Damen Yichang Shipyard in China hosted a digital steel cutting ceremony for a roll-on\/roll-off passenger (RoPax) ferry ordered by the Government of Timor-Leste. Image Courtesy: Damen The occasion was marked by digital gathering as a result of\u00a0safety measures surrounding the global COVID-19 outbreak. \u201cDuring the coronavirus crisis, our first priority is for …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[5166,2307,1678,4704,612,6002,6004,6003],"class_list":["post-9501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-maritime-news","tag-ceremony","tag-damen","tag-digital","tag-holds","tag-ropax","tag-steelcutting","tag-timorleste","tag-yichang"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/9502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}