From 1st January 2015 the company will be organised in two main regions, the Greater North Sea (GNS) and the International region. Group support functions such as IT, Procurement, Asset Management, Ship Management and Engineering will reside in the GNS organisation.
Ottar Mæland will head up the GNS region as Group EVP GNS and Mads Bårdsen will lead our activities in the rest of the world including operating regions (Asia Middle East, Brazil, Africa and Gulf of Mexico) as the Group EVP International. Mads and Ottar will report to Bart Heijermans, DeepOcean’s CEO.
The main focus of the reorganisation will involve merging and integrating activities in Norway, Netherlands and UK, retaining and growing market share in IMR and survey segments, introduction of new vessels which include the Edda Freya and an interconnector vessel, securing more renewables, interconnector and decommissioning projects and finally the development of value added processes and systems of benefit to the entire company.
The main focus of the International organisation will be to expand the company’s services in Africa, Asia, Brazil, Gulf of Mexico and the Middle East.
“This reorganisation will address the following objectives (i) reduction of direct and indirect cost as required to meet weakened demand in our sector, (ii) further strengthening of the marketing and sales of our services and methodologies worldwide and (iii) creation of a more effective company through collaboration and standardization that can be used as a platform to take advantage of opportunities in the current downturn” said DeepOcean CEO Bart Heijermans. “In addition we believe that through this reorganisation the company will be in an even stronger position to keep providing technical solutions in subsea inspection, repair and maintenance as well as light construction, construction support and survey services, using our high-specification assets to meet and exceed the needs of our valued customers.”
DeepOcean specialises in the provision of safe, high quality, innovative services and technologies for the subsea industry including services such as Survey and Seabed-mapping, Subsea Installation, Seabed Intervention, Inspection, Maintenance and Repair (IMR), and Decommissioning. It operates a fleet of specialised equipment and multi-purpose support spreads, enabling the company to bundle its subsea services to deliver cost-effective, tailored solutions to meet individual client needs.
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