HAMBURG, Germany, Sept. 12, 2014 /CNW Telbec/ - Today at the SMM exhibition in Hamburg, the world's largest maritime trade fair, Davie announced the appointment of a new worldwide agency network focused on ship repair and conversion. Agents for Canada's largest shipyard are now located in the USA, UK, Scandinavia, Germany, Benelux, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Singapore and Japan.
Alan Bowen, CEO of Davie, commented, "Our new worldwide agency network ensures we are represented in these important shipowning and ship operating hubs. In November 2014, our 351-metre-long dry dock will be fully available for ship repair activities for the first time in eight years. With lower costs than most European shipyards, Davie provides a competitive ship repair offering for domestic and international shipowners."
Davie's Champlain dry dock is one of the largest on the East coast of North America and is strategically located close to the major Atlantic trading routes as well as the Great Lakes.
Davie can now also provide ship repair services on the West coast of Canada from its office in Victoria, British Columbia, using the Canadian government-owned Esquimalt dry dock.
Davie's new agents for ship repair and conversion are:
| Master Agent |
Rainmaker LLC, USA |
| UK |
Calvey Marine Ltd., UK |
| Germany |
Germania Shipyard Agency GmbH, Germany |
| Scandinavia |
JML Shipyards & Marine AB, Sweden |
| Benelux |
PC Maritime Ltd., Netherlands |
| Italy/Monaco |
Cambiaso & Risso SAM, Monaco |
| Greece |
Marine Plus SA, Greece |
| Turkey |
Marine Plus Istanbul, Turkey |
| Singapore |
Marine Plus Singapore Pte Ltd., Singapore |
| Japan |
Fuji Trading Co., Ltd., Japan |
NOTES TO EDITORS:
About Chantier Davie Canada Inc.
Chantier Davie Canada Inc. (Davie) is Canada's largest shipbuilder and one of the largest in North America. With more than 1,000 skilled shipbuilders employed today, Davie is building value-added vessels integrating complex technologies such as those required for heavy ice navigation, environmentally friendly LNG propulsion and complex dynamic positioning. Davie has built over 700 vessels and is also a leading heavy industrial fabricator for the power, defence, transportation and natural resources industries.
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SOURCE: Davie Shipbuilding
Santane Weill, Marketing and Communications Manager, Chantier Davie Canada, www.davie.ca, T: +1 418 837-5841 ext. 2110, Mob: +1 418 717-6250, E: [email protected]
Davie is Canada's largest, highest capacity and most experienced shipbuilder. In 2015, Davie won the prestigious title of Lloyds List North American Shipyard of the Year. Over the past five-years, Davie has generated over $2bn in economic benefit to Canada and directly and...
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