Netherlands-based IHC Merwede and BAE Systems have entered a cooperation agreement to fulfill the strain of the offshore construction vessel market within the U.S. IHC Merwede are liable for the planning and build of the vessels and its Houston workplace, IHC Merwede America Corp., are liable for sales and business development activities.
BAE Systems can give the assembly facilities for IHC Merwede at its shipyards in Mobile, Alabama and Jacksonville, Florida. The yards were acquired by BAE Systems when it bought Atlantic Marine Holding Company a year ago.
The 432 acre Mobile shipyard offers direct access to and from the Gulf of Mexico and major shipping lanes.
The Jacksonville shipyard provides deepwater access to the Caribbean and Atlantic. it's a successful history of vessel repair, maintenance, overhaul, conversion and marine fabrication for domestic, international, industrial and government customers.
The vessels are inbuilt compliance with U.S. laws for coastwise trade (Jones Act).
IHC Merwede President Govert Hamers says, "We are delighted to announce our agreement with BAE Systems. It highlights our commitment to our ongoing internationalization strategy and provides a superb chance to cooperate with shipyards in a very new market, so expanding our client base. The outlook for the offshore trade in 2011 is positive. it's expected to select up, that ought to result in a rise in capital expenditure as customers have to be compelled to invest in new equipment. Our agreement with BAE Systems are one in every of the ways that within which we tend to hope to exploit this within the coming back years."
"This partnership with a recognized world trade leader like IHC Merwede is an especially exciting and positive chance for each organizations," said Bill Clifford, President of BAE Systems Ship Repair. "By operating along, every folks will give data and knowledge from our individual areas of experience which will grow our respective businesses and permit us to supply quality merchandise at competitive costs to our customers."
Director of BAE Systems Southeast Shipyards Alabama, Victor Rhoades, says, "IHC Merwede may be a world category shipbuilder and our partnership can leverage the strengths of each organizations. this is often exciting news not just for BAE Systems however additionally for the native economies in Mobile and Jacksonville as anticipated new construction contracts ensuing from this teaming can produce additional jobs."
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