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WORKBOAT ANNUAL

BOATBUILDING

A. We put about 50 ships in stock every year, and that is very attractive to the guys in aquaculture, port opera- tions and construction. It’s vessels that have grown out of the dredging indus- try in The Netherlands into sophisti- cated workboats. These are shipped cold-stacked. As for where we want to grow. Our focus, obviously, is offshore support with, likely, the simpler ves- sels that’ll locate based on low OPEX.

Q. What will you do when this inter- view is over?

A. I’m on the road visiting clients.

The ? rst thing is to make a list and prioritize, and it’s all workboats at the moment. We’re taking the main chal- lenges of each industry very seriously, and you can’t design a ship without

Aquaculture Designs: operational input. There’s a lot of de- sign, but we take that to our custom-

Damen’s STD-UV 3711 ers, and they can still ? ll in and decide all the bits and pieces on the deck, like where the cranes and winches have to be. The design is done, and that means we can deliver fast. I can say, “I have a vessel for you. It might not be 100 percent compliant, but it’ll be 99 per-

Versatile: the Van Oord Nexus is a cent.” It means you can start making money from Day 1.

Damen Offshore Carrier in design

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Are stray electrical currents destroying your bearings and seals?

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SPECIAL SLIPRINGS

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