History
From the start of Damen Marine Services B.V. in 1974 vessels have been sold out of their operational charter fleet. It was during the mid ‘80’s that a special department named “Damen Trading & Chartering” was founded for these activities. Gradually Damen Trading began to expand their activities and did not only sell vessels from the Damen Marine Services B.V. charter fleet, but also began to act as an independent broker.
One of the first vessels sold by Damen Trading, which was not part of the Damen Marine Services B.V. charter fleet, was a Polycat 200 named Susanne. She was bought from a Dutch owner and sold to Angola.
From that moment on Damen Trading became well known worldwide and developed a large worldwide network of shipowners, ship operators and co-brokers.
Damen Trading has become a respected broker with much experience, specialised in tugs and workboats but also active in the sale of coasters, crewboats, patrol boats and passenger ferry's etc.
Launch of Damen Trading in 1987:
