New name, new strategy for Götaverken
Damen Shiprepair Götaverken (DSGö) is putting forward a new strategy along with its new name, in order to meet the rising challenges that have come about from the economic crisis.
The company, previously Götaverken Cityvarvet, is putting a greater focus on environmental initiatives, investments and new jobs and is to buy up both floating docks it has been using as well as refurbishing and making new investments at its facility in the Port of Gothenburg.
Jos Goris of DSGö explained, “The global economic crisis has hit shipping and the shipbuilding industry hard in Scandinavia. Combined with high fuel prices, this has meant that shipowners have been holding back on repairs and maintenance. The effect for us has been stiffer competition for customers. This makes it especially important that we now invest strategically in order to meet customers’ needs as effectively as possible.”
However, the picture is not an even one as DSGö expects to see increased revenues from the Norwegian and Scottish offshore industry over the next two or three years.
The company has been part of Damen Shipyards Group since 2000. Eight of its 35 facilities are dedicated to repairs, conversion and maintenance and Götaverken is the third largest of those eight.
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