IHC Merwede books new orders amounting to 300 million EURO

 

IHC Merwede is proud to announce that the Group has acquired 300 million EURO in new orders.

Dredging & Mining has received assignments to design and build:

1.		a 4,200 m³ trailing suction hopper dredger for the National Port Authority of South Africa,
2.		a 2,400 m³ trailing suction hopper dredger for a client in Angola,
3.		a 2,400 m³ trailing suction hopper dredger for JUHU Beach B.V. of the Netherlands. The ship will be named JUHU Beach and it will be built at the IHC Merwede yard in Heusden. Completion is planned for early 2010. This assignment is for the first ship in a series. JUHU Beach B.V. is a subsidiary of Marken Dredging, which is owned by the German Reinhard Wessels. This is a new client for IHC Merwede. The company was established recently, and it will focus on managing dredging vessels in ownership. JUHU Beach is not a dredging contractor; it will provide dredging equipment through rental, charter, or operational leasing,
4.		a stationary custom-built 16,500 kW cutter suction dredger for Huta Marine Works of Saudi Arabia.

In the Offshore and Marine market, we have won an order for the design and construction of a multi-functional offshore construction vessel voor Subsea 7. This is the fourth order that IHC Merwede has received from Subsea 7. The first three were for a rigid reeled pipe layer, a flexible pipe layer and a diving support vessel. The ship will be built at the IHC Merwede yard in Krimpen aan den IJssel. Completion is planned for the second half of 2010.

The group has also booked various assignments for the delivery of Hydrohammer piling hammers. These include an S-1200 and an S-1400 Hydrohammer spread for offshore piling work for the Thanet Offshore Wind Farm, and an S-800 and an S-1400 Hydrohammer spread for the Robin Rigg Offshore Wind Farm in the UK. Hecker has ordered two S-90 and one S-200 Hydrohammer spreads for the installation of the JadeWeserPort container terminal in Germany.
The Dutch company Interbeton has ordered several Hydrohammer piling hammers for use in Dubai. Interbeton will be building the pile foundations for residences on one of the Palm Islands in Dubai. The general trend in the oil & gas, major civil engineering projects and the land market sectors is very positive.

These assignments will result in several man-years of work for our own companies, and for suppliers and sub-contractors. The full utilisation rate in the years to come means that the workforce is being expanded at virtually all levels of the organisation.

Working at IHC Merwede
Shipbuilding in the Netherlands is on the up. The order book of the IHC Merwede group is well-filled. The organisation is working hard on recruiting new people. People who like to get involved, who enjoy working with the latest technology and who have an affinity with the maritime world. More information about the various vacancies can be found on our site www.ihcjobs.nl. Unsolicited applications are also welcome.

IHC Merwede Profile
IHC Merwede focuses on the continuous development of its design and construction activities for the specialised shipbuilding sector, in particular the dredging and offshore industries. IHC Merwede is the global market leader in the construction of specialist dredging equipment and complex custom-built offshore vessels. The IHC Merwede client base includes major dredging contractors, oil and gas groups, offshore contractors and government authorities.
IHC Merwede has a workforce of approximately 2,800 at the company's locations in the Netherlands. The company also has operations in the UK, China, India, the Middle East, Nigeria, Russia, Singapore and Slovakia.


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For more information, please contact:

IHC Merwede B.V.
Mr. G. Hamers
T +31 184 43 61 90

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