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Main focus at this yard is on the Damen
ASD 2411, 2810 and the newly developed
Damen ATD (Azimuth Tractor Drive) 2412. Besides the construction of these vessels on stock production, we also have a line of vessels under construction for specific orders line the SAR 4100 and two
Salvage tugs.
We have found the Asian Shipbuilding market interesting both from a stock-pro- duction facility standpoint as from strate- gic local production view.
MN: What do you consider the top pri- orities - project wise - for your compa- ny in the coming 12 to 24 months?
Damen: Without disclosing details on our projects, we can inform that our main focus for the coming 12 - 36 months for the Americas will be on: • Developing contracts for our Damen
Fast Ferry division Consolidating and widening our mar- ket share in the Patrol vessels segment Establishing a wider base of local construction. Both for specific orders and for our stock production of standard ves- sels that traditionally sell well in our region. With this intention we will intensi- fy our relationships with local yards based on the strategically alliances already established.
MN: Briefly describe your outlook for the business in 2006 and beyond?
Damen: We expect 2006 to be very sim- ilar to 2005 which was a very good year in the shipbuilding business. orderbook has never been this big and we deem that this will not change in 2006 for the years after.
In general a slight decline in order intake is expected for the shipbuilding industry, but if this will affect our niche of the mar- ket is to be seen.
I expect that with our marketing and ser- vices philosophy, we will see a continua- tion of business at a very high level.
MN: What markets, by vessel niche, do you see as being lucrative in the coming years? Which segments do you see on the decline?
Damen: We deem the following markets to be interesting and lucrative for the com- ing years for the given reasons: Tugs and workboats / Fast Crew Sup- ply / Platform Supply: Due to the high oil prices we see a lot of development of (petroleum) ports, increase of vessels size and increase in vessel requirements from other energy related ports (coal, LNG etc.). The growth of world economy and the new generation Container vessels will require higher capacity tugs to operate in even more confined spaces. (Offshore) Patrol Craft: The higher consciousness of (drug related) terrorism motivates governments to increase their defense and security capability thus requiring new seaborne assets. Damen has developed a very successful line of com- mercial Patrol craft, capable of doing exactly those para-civil / Coast Guard duties. Fast Ferries: Increased congestion, higher workloads and limited time drive people towards seeking time gain in trans- port. Inter-modal transportation including fast ferry services will probably become an interesting market in coming years. Maintenance Dredging: With the increase of the general size of (capital) dredging vessels for huge projects, we find that the increased (de)mobilization costs make extending the timeframe between capital dredging for port mainte- nance through regular maintenance dredg- ing interesting. We therefore see a market in small, versatile and multipurpose main- tenance dredgers. Local Construction: As mentioned previously, we have good hopes for our local construction department (DTC) as further nationalization in Latin America will emphasize on national added value, instead of sole imports. ) R U P D U L Q H S R Z H U W K D W · V I X H O H; F L H Q W O R Q J O D V W L Q J D Q G G H S H Q G D E O H U H D F K I R U W K H ) ' 0 ? H Q J L Q H I U R P * ( : H · U H R Q H R I W K H Z R U O G · V O D U J H V W P D N H U V R I P H G L X P V S H H G G L H V H O H Q J L Q H V Z L W K R Y H U X Q L W V L Q V H U Y L F H : L W K W K H O R Z H V W R S H U D W L Q J F R V W V L Q L W V F O D V V H [ W H Q G H G P D L Q W H Q D Q F H L Q W H U Y D O V D J O R E D O S D U W V D Q G V H U Y L F H Q H W Z R U N D Q G W K H P R V W D G Y D Q F H G H P L V V L R Q V W H F K Q R O R J L H V W K H ) ' 0 L V W K H U L J K W F K R L F H 7 R O H D U Q P R U H D E R X W R X U G L H V H O D Q G J D V W X U E L Q H H Q J L Q H V I U R P W R V K D I W K R U V H S R Z H U Y L V L W X V R Q O L Q H J H W U D Q V S R U W D W L R Q F R P * ( 0 D U L Q H L P D J L Q D W L R Q D W Z R U N * R L Q J R Y H U E R D U G Z L W K K L J K R S H U D W L Q J F R V W V " : H F D Q V D Y H \ R X
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