IHC Merwede Secures New Orders Worth Half-a-billion
IHC Merwede announced that it has secured assignments for vessels and equipment in its core markets of dredging and offshore to the value of EUR 500 million. This further reinforces the group’s belief that there will be continued demand for its innovative vessels, advanced equipment and life-cycle support. The latest projects agreed and confirmed by IHC Merwede include a second self-propelled cutter suction dredger for marine contractor Van Oord.
Measuring 130 metres in length and with an installed capacity of 24,650kW, the dredger will become one of the most modern and powerful
self-propelled cutter suction dredgers in the world. In addition, the company has sold a self-elevating platform for placing wind turbines to GeoSea NV, the offshore arm of the Belgian Deme Group. It has also sold various larger IHC Beaver cutter suction dredgers to customers worldwide. Furthermore, Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd., part of the Adani Group Mundra in India, has ordered a 13,000kW stationary cutter suction dredger. An IHC Beaver 5514 C will be built for operation in Iraq, in addition to a 3,500m³ trailing suction hopper dredger and a 500m³ grab hopper. An IHC Beaver 40 will also be deployed in Nigeria.
Various IHC Merwede business units have acquired assignments for specialised equipment, too, including a pipelay system for the American offshore contractor, J Ray McDermott. And the IHC Merwede life-cycle support programme, which enables customers to maximise the
performance of their vessels and equipment, is proving successful in the market given the number of secured contracts. IHC Merwede’s President Govert Hamers says, “These recent valuable projects are again in line with our outlook for 2010. Our order intake for this year is as planned and well above one billion Euros. The market in which we operate is showing clear signs of recovery. Our sales in
the dredging segment worldwide are particularly strong, and the offshore market is clearly growing too.