Denmark’s DESMI Ro-Clean A/S and Finland’s SeaHow, both key players in the global oil spill solutions and oil spill response vessels market, have announced a new strategic partnership.
The partnership will combine DESMI Ro-Clean’s expertise in designing and producing extensive range of systems to recover oil and chemicals from the marine and inland environment with SeaHow’s unique efficiencies especially for near shore and coastal areas.
Together DESMI Ro-Clean A/S and SeaHow bring many years of experience in operating worldwide within oil and HNS (hazardous and noxious substances) prevention, protection, preparedness and response.
DESMI is a global company, founded in 1834, based in Denmark, specialising in the development and manufacturing of pump solutions for marine, industry, oil spill combating, defence & fuel and utility both locally and globally.
Within the oil spill response division, DESMI’s equipment is one of the leading brands with strong foothold across the globe. The equipment from DESMI Ro-Clean A/S has been used in most major oil spill response operations around the world.
SeaHow is a brand of Meritaito, the leading Finnish marine survey service and infrastructure management company; a 100 % Finnish state-owned company. The company has decades of experience in a comprehensive range of services in maintenance of waterways, use and maintenance of canals, hydrographic surveying services, oil spill response, hydraulic engineering, waterways design and manufacturing of aids to navigation.
Based on a long experience in oil spill response operations, and after an intensive product development period of six years, Meritaito Ltd has completed a versatile set of oil spill recovery products and systems with patented innovations. Meritaito Ltd supports oil spill response in Finnish offshore waters by providing nine multipurpose vessels which are in 24/7 preparedness.
By Jake Frith
