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INTERVIEW GAËL CAILLEAUX, RENEWABLES GM, LOUIS DREYFUS ARMATEURS (LDA)

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One-on-One with

GAËL CAILLEAUX, RENEWABLES

GENERAL MANAGER, LDA

Louis Dreyfus Armateurs, a 170-year-old French family-owned company operating across a broad swath of maritime and offshore energy, recently announced a shipbuilding order and fleet expansion with the order for a series of three next generation SOVs, a series that will lean on five years of experience operating some of the first Hybrid-Electric SOVs. Gaël Cailleaux, Renewables General

Manager, LDA takes a deep dive into the company, the investment in the future fleet, and the lessons learned from that first series of ships that will be leveraged in the next series.

journey over the past fve people, and it continues to expand its footprint in key years has been marked maritime sectors.

LDA’s by signifcant strate- "We've seen tremendous growth across our core busi- gic shifts. Moving away from its traditional dry bulk nesses," said Cailleaux. "In transportation and logistics, transportation division, the company has refocused on we’re set to double our feet of RoRo vessels. In submarine specialized industrial services, including aircraft parts cable installation and repair, we've added four new vessels transportation, telecom cable activities, and renewable since 2019. And in offshore wind, we've secured a major energy support. Today, LDA operates a feet of over 100 contract with Vattenfall for up to three new SOVs, com- vessels – 23 under the French fag – and employs 3,000 plementing our existing feet serving Orsted." 32 OFFSHORE ENGINEER OEDIGITAL.COM