An increasingly visible operator within the offshore sector, Damen has built a formidable reputation on reliability, innovation and a dedicated staff. We spoke to the organisation’s Offshore Wind Business Development Manager, Peter Robert.
PES: Welcome to PES magazine. Can you firstly explain a little about your business and how you serve the wind industry?
Peter Robert: The Damen Shipyards Group started with just one single shipyard in 1927, Damen has grown into a multinational shipbuilding group, with more than 6,000 employees and a presence in 34 countries. Damen has acquired a leading position in shipbuilding, based on its unique, standardised design concept. This modular construction approach immediately gave us the ability to offer our customers well-proven, innovative vessels at competitive prices. Damen provides hulls and components from stock, leading to very short
delivery times.
In keeping with our ambition to serve our customers, we have also established a reputation for efficient post-delivery support. Even though we are a major international group, we are still a family-owned company with a deep respect for our maritime heritage.
We always take a long-term view and therefore decided to focus also on the offshore wind market. The Damen Shipyards Group looks closely to all aspects of the wind farm offshore processes, from development, installation to operation and what kind of solutions the company could bring to the market.
Damen has already learned that there is no single way to build and operate an offshore wind farm, and indeed the challenges of scale, water depth and distance from shore are such that the optimal solutions are still being developed.
