IHC Merwede about Specials

Special Projects call for inventiveness. Over the years, ‘Merwede’ has acquired considerable experience in designing special ships for a wide range of tasks. A selection of these ‘Special Projects’ is given below:

Hospital ship/disaster relief vessel

P-2848 is a design for a hospital ship that can be deployed for disaster relief, or which can offer medical aid in inaccessible areas. This ship is a further example of the multifaceted skills at IHC Merwede Offshore & Marine. Continue reading >>>

700 passengers and 160 tonnes of cargo

A real feat from IHC Merwede Offshore & Marine was the design of a hybrid ship for 700 passengers and 160 tonnes of cargo space (60 tonnes of which for the refrigerated transport of exotic fruit). Continue reading >>>

Transport ship for nuclear fuel

P-2719 is a ship intended for the transport of nuclear fuel and waste. Continue reading >>>

News & Events

Training Institute for Dredging continues to develop

The Training Institute for Dredging (TID) is a part of MTI Holland – the IHC Merwede group’s global knowledge centre for dredging and wet mining –...[more]

Queen names Boskalis trailing suction hopper dredger WILLEM VAN ORANJE

Her Majesty the Queen named and launched the trailing suction hopper dredger WILLEM VAN ORANJE on 10 February 2010. The ship is being built for Royal...[more]