Engineering firm furthers APAC ambitions

Roll Group has signed a contract with Bintan Offshore Marine Centre (BOMC) to become an exclusive partner in the BOMC yard, where it will take care of the cranes and trailers to further develop the yard. BOMC is 70% owned and operated by Qube Holdings, the largest port operator and logistics provider in the APAC region.

Robin Koenis, managing director of Roll Group APAC, said: “The yard will also have a jetty access, which is perfect for our company with its land/sea combination. Certainly because modules will also be built here in the future, and we can handle the transport of these modules with our fleet of adaptable vessels.’’

This is an important step for Roll Group, which opened offices in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Korea last year.

When the development of BOMC is fully completed, the yard will cover no less than 100 ha. In addition to the jetty, it will also have open storages, covered warehouses, workshops, module fabrication yards, a decommissioning yard and client-specific plants.

Adriaan Aarts, Roll Group CEO, emphasised the importance of having a yard in APAC. “It helps us with our strategy to expand the land-based business and to focus even more on combined land-sea projects. In addition, BOMC is located in Bintan, on a 60-minute ferry ride from our office in Singapore.”

By Rebecca Jeffrey