#2 SOUTH AFRICA SPECIAL A COUNTRY, A CITY AND A SHIPYARD; WORKING TOGETHER, POISED FOR GROWTH GREEN DEVELOPMENT INTEGRAL BALLAST WATER TREATMENT SOLUTIONS, DAMEN’S ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, THE ASD TUG 2810 HYBRID AND MORE 2 3 DEAR READER, Last year I introduced our corporate magazine to you and I invited you to comment on this new annual publication – and so you did. Thank you for your many responses. Basically, we received much, humbling, praise from engineers, ministers, captains, purchasing managers – it seems to be a good read for all. There was some good criticism too. So, in DAMEN #2 we have incorporated your feedback – like we do with our vessels. I hope you will continue to give your feedback on this issue. We take it seriously. Now back to business. The past 12-15 months can be characterised as a transitional period. In 2013 we delivered a record number of 170 vessels while reorganising our production and several yards at the same time. Our order book is full and includes several brand new designs that have made it to the market and which you will fi nd in this magazine, alongside other developments in R&D, HSEQ and ‘going green’. I daresay Damen is not yet a ´green company´, but we are devoting much time and energy to get there. This goes for using recyclable material and hybrid lease-cars for employees as well as for building (hybrid) vessels and delivering environmentally sound services. In the end, however, I believe shipbuilding is a ‘peoples-business’. Hence, you will fi nd quite a few personal (both professional and private) insights in these pages. I wish you a fl ourishing business and hope you will enjoy the magazine. Kommer Damen 4 5 60 28 66 06 12 128 52 14 18 DAMEN MAGAZINE 108 118 COLOPHON TABLE OF CONTENTS Editors 32 Damen PR department, Carlijn Potma, Els van den Anker, Frans Swarttouw, Helen Hill, Janny Kok, John Bradbury, Mariska de Kock, Sybrand Boschma, Sylvia 06 Executive board Boer, Yellow & Finch (Tom Scott, Ben Littler) SOUTH 10 The world of Damen AFRICA Translations SPECIAL Balance2.nl 12 Latest news 104 - Largest Damen vessel ever Design & Art Direction - PSV 3300 Damen PR department, most remarkable bv - Spotlight on: Rowan Viking 44 History Photography 14 New Design 45 Facts & Figures 72 Deliveries - a selection 102 Working@Damen: Chiel de Leeuw 124 Carel Stender, Cosmin Atanasiu, David Swart, Frank - ASD Tug 2810 Hybrid takes off Wijn, Nicolle Potter, Flying Focus, Photo & Video - Wind Farm Service Vessel 46 Building in Africa for Africa 80 Under construction - a selection 104 Green developments: Ballast Water Treatment Productions Van der Kloet, Remco Bohle, Tijmen Kielen, - FIRM Ursula Daschner - New FCS 2008 Twin Axe on stock 48 Interview Friso Visser 84 Repair, maintenance, conversion - - Multipurpose Power a job well done 108 Offshore developments Printing 52 Interview Estrolete Julies Tuijtel 20 Libya: Building valued relationships 86 Green developments: 110 STu 3011 53 Interview Gary Atkins Health, Safety and the Environments For more info please contact: 22 Shiprepair & Conversion – Relume 112 Antalya (Turkey) joins the portfolio Jan-Hein Reeringh, Editorial director, 54 Interview Ricardo Daniels 88 Research & Development [email protected] 24 Working@Damen: Sophie Chen 116 New product: the Damen Waterbus Gijs Lokker, Creative director, 55 Interview Sam Montsi 90 Damen and the client survey [email protected] 26 Latest news 118 Maritime heritage: - Damen Shipyards Sharjah, UAE 58 Interview Frank Rebel 92 Working@Damen: Bob Derks Damen and Dutch museums All rights reserved - Australian Service Hub Copyright 2014 Damen Shipyards Group - Damen Song Cam Shipyard 60 SVS: a client's perspective 94 Latest news 124 Shiprepair & Conversion – Polarcus Naila - Shipdock Nothing in this publication may be reproduced without interview with MD Tudor Ellis - Propulsion specialists permission by Damen 28 Event: AMELS 199 128 Build your own tug (1:100) 62 Newbuild vessels - Damen Shipyards Antalya - Ice-Class Ferries for Newfoundland Damen Shipyards Group, Avelingen West 20, 32 Safety 130 Unique cooperation 4202 MS Gorinchem, the Netherlands 64 Fleet maintenance: the DAFF project www.damen.com, [email protected] 36 Damen Technical Cooperation 96 Bigger and better vessels in Brazil 134 Damen Webshop reloaded 66 World Design Capital 2014 38 Shiprepair & Conversion – 100 Damen Sea Axe Fast Yacht Support vessel 135 Damen Shipyards Group Portfolio Policy & Strategy 68 South African Wines fits perfectly into the Superyacht world 6 7 STRATEGY | EXECUTIVE BOARD Thanks to the continued trust and loyalty of our customers, Damen has enjoyed an acceleration in sales growth in recent years. With Damen likely to achieve a record orderbook by the end of the second quarter, the three board members – Chief Executive Officer René Berkvens, Chief Operations Officer Arnout Damen and Chief Financial Officer Frank Eggink – outline their thoughts on the company’s achievements to date and indeed, the challenges from accelerated growth and where it could do better. BIRD’S-EYE VIEW Q: Clearly, Damen has accomplished a great deal in 2012 and 2013; “Crucially, we want to be able to control the impact of this terrific new yards have been opened and business has been booming in some growth so it is sustainable,” René says. of your market segments such as Security, Offshore and Yachting, but has it all been ‘plain sailing’ to use a nautical term? Q: This growth led to a big influx of new talent to Damen to ensure that it could meet its customers’ needs. How did you deal with that? René comments: “2013 was an absolute record year, our order intake was steady and we achieved 170 deliveries. René explains: “Indeed, we have had an influx of both young and new blood and experienced hires both in the Netherlands “However, this doesn’t mean it wasn’t without its challenges. We and abroad. This meant that many people had to get used to a had to ‘fight on many fronts’ as it were – maintaining our quality new environment, forming new working relationships, new ways L engineering, getting the right stock levels, logistics etc. Our of working and becoming part of the Damen family. We strive for subcontractors worked with us on this and it wasn’t easy for them ‘One Damen’ in everything we do.” AN INTERVIEW either. I can safely say that without our trusted suppliers we wouldn’t have realised the results that we did.” Arnout stresses: “Many of our new engineers had to face a steep learning curve for sure. But without this influx of engineering WITH THE Frank adds: “Damen is not alone in having to deal with growth pains. expertise we could not have taken on some of the pioneering The Group has grappled with sales growth of current and new vessel offshore projects for instance. We now have the engineering types, corresponding hull stock levels for fast delivery times, higher capacity to serve our customers better, to cut down lead times, EXECUTIVE customer finance demands, assimilating new and experienced talent while still ensuring the high Damen quality levels.” while maintaining the company culture, enhancing organisational capability through investments in systems and process redesign, Q: Would you say the shipbuilding environment is changing, and if BOARD developing new production capacity both owned and with business so, how is Damen adapting to this? partners and cashflow. Striking a sustainable balance between all has presented a formidable challenge and that is what the Executive René says: “There is certainly more distance between the designers Board is singularly focussed on. Personally, I think we are capable of and engineers of the vessel and the shipbuilding location. And it is a achieving even more than we do today. Damen is performing well challenge to overcome these distances and deliver results through a but there is considerable potential that we all work hard to unlock.” more geographically dispersed organisation.” 8 9 STRATEGY | EXECUTIVE BOARD Frank adds: “As the company grows worldwide, it does require “However, all the product knowledge remains in the Netherlands somewhat of a shift in mindset; everyone needs curiosity and more and Damen only builds at those locations where it can absolutely “Damen can offer a cultural awareness about the countries where we produce and where guarantee the Damen standards of quality,” Arnout stresses. we sell our vessels. We all need to have a sustained determination and eagerness to continuously improve in every aspect of our Q: Guaranteeing reliability and quality is fundamental to Damen’s series of financing business activities.” values – would you say the customers are looking more towards the overall TCO – Total Cost of Ownership? solutions. Based “We see my father Kommer still going around many vessels with his notebook looking at how things can be improved – we should all “Yes, absolutely. At Damen our customer’s experience of a vessel share this same drive for perfection and do that wherever we are in has to be unsurpassed. They must be satisfied in view of the TCO,” on customer the world,” Arnout says. Arnout says. L Q: And regarding the portfolio, do you think you have the right Q: And presumably that’s why the company continues to spearhead feedback” balance? its R&D programmes so it can continue to innovate and, as a Frank consequence, achieve a lower TCO? René says: “It is important to have the right combination in our sales portfolio, not just the standard built series production Arnout emphasises: “Damen always has been very focused on that Damen is known for, but also the more specialist vessels product development and this has led to the pioneering Hybrid ASD such as those in the offshore sector that need more of a project Tug, the Sea Axe bow and soon the LNG-powered EcoLiner.