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WORKBOAT ANNUAL

BOATBUILDING

Damen’s Norway

Foray

By William Stoichevski

The Damen Shipyard

Group’s man in Norway likes picking up the phone these days. With offshore markets in the doldrums, a unique phenomenon is occurring: “Norwegians are talking to me,” said Damen’s Norway sales boss, Remco Hottentot.

Three years after opening shop in oil town Stavanger,

Hottentot is expanding with a new Aalesund branch.

From offshore supply and service to wind parks, ? sheries and construction workboats, the Damen of- ? ces mark the existence in

Norway of valuable alter- nate ‘value,’ also known as choice.

We reach Mr. Hottentot during his whirlwind tour of arctic Norway. “Norwegianized” after 26 years here, the expat con? rms the oil price plunge has been good for Damen. Clients are cost-conscious, and it suits his pur- pose. Outside of Norway, it’s been a summer of ? rsts for Damen — tugs for the Baltic Sea and new orders for crew vessels — plus the launch of cable lay-

Damen Shipyard’s head of Norway sales, er Maersk Connector at Damen Ship-

Remko Hottentot.

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