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AKER FINNYARDS: Aker Yards opens new ship service office in Florida
Wednesday 15 March 2006 16:58 EET Kauppalehti Online
PRESS RELEASE 15.3.2006
Aker Yards opens new ship service office in Florida
Aker Yards Lifecycle Services (LCS) specialises in ship conversion and
refurbishment projects, one of the most challenging being the lengthening
of RCCL`s cruise vessel "Enchantment of the Seas" last year.
Aker Yards offers a full range of services: Conversion, Passenger Area and
Ship System Services, including consulting, project development, project
management, turn-key projects, maintenance and spare parts. Based on the
knowhow and long experience of our ship building group in the newbuilding
sector, we are able to offer our existing and new customers excellent
service.
In order to support LCS`s sales and project execution in North America and
the Caribbean, a sales and consulting agency called Aker Yards Ship
Service has been established in Florida, USA.
We deliver modular service packages to meet the customers requirements,
with special concern as to high quality and exact deliveries. Day-to-day
contacts with operators as well as continuous onboard inspections are
important activities of the Fort Lauderdale office, headed by Jarmo
Seppälä, the newly appointed President of Aker Yards Ship Service Inc.
Mr. Seppälä has 27 years of experience in the international marine
industry, including both cruise ship design and construction in European
and Asian shipyards, as well as of executive level product and service
sales.
The conversion of the Enchantment of the Seas included lengthening of the
ship by building a 22,2 metre midbody, cutting, inserting and joining of
that plus final outfitting, powering up and re-commissioning of the
vessel.
This year s deliveries include two ferry refurbishments for the Finnish
Silja as well as retrofitting of two passenger-car ferries for the German
TT-Line. At present under work in Helsinki are two ferry retrofits for TT-
Line and a modernization of a cruise vessel for Louis Cruise Lines.
We continue offering comprehensive and cost efficient services to cruise
and passenger ship operators, now strengthened with a new Ship Service
agency at your service!
For further information, please contact:
Aker Yards ASA
Tore Langballe, SVP Communications and IR, tel. +47 90 777 841
Aker Yards Lifecycle Services
Vesa Marttinen, VP tel. +358 40 8222910
Aker Yards Ship Service Inc.
Jarmo Seppälä, President, tel. +1 954 336 1469 or +358 40 5116 216
Aker Yards ASA is an international shipbuilding group focusing on
sophisticated vessels. The product range includes cruise vessels &
ferries, merchant vessels, offshore & specialized vessels. Aker Yards,
with an annual turnover of euro 2 bn, comprises 13 yards in Norway,
Finland, Germany, Romania and Brazil and has approximately 13,000
employees. www.akeryards.com
Aker Yards is part of the Aker Group (www.akerasa.com), a leading multi-
industry powerhouse with more than 40,000 employees and EUR 7.5 billion
revenues. Aker owns 55.6 per cent of Aker Yards, and the group is also a
significant participant in the oil & gas business as well as the fisheries
industry.
Wednesday 15 March 2006 16:58 EET Kauppalehti Online
PRESS RELEASE 15.3.2006
Aker Yards opens new ship service office in Florida
Aker Yards Lifecycle Services (LCS) specialises in ship conversion and
refurbishment projects, one of the most challenging being the lengthening
of RCCL`s cruise vessel "Enchantment of the Seas" last year.
Aker Yards offers a full range of services: Conversion, Passenger Area and
Ship System Services, including consulting, project development, project
management, turn-key projects, maintenance and spare parts. Based on the
knowhow and long experience of our ship building group in the newbuilding
sector, we are able to offer our existing and new customers excellent
service.
In order to support LCS`s sales and project execution in North America and
the Caribbean, a sales and consulting agency called Aker Yards Ship
Service has been established in Florida, USA.
We deliver modular service packages to meet the customers requirements,
with special concern as to high quality and exact deliveries. Day-to-day
contacts with operators as well as continuous onboard inspections are
important activities of the Fort Lauderdale office, headed by Jarmo
Seppälä, the newly appointed President of Aker Yards Ship Service Inc.
Mr. Seppälä has 27 years of experience in the international marine
industry, including both cruise ship design and construction in European
and Asian shipyards, as well as of executive level product and service
sales.
The conversion of the Enchantment of the Seas included lengthening of the
ship by building a 22,2 metre midbody, cutting, inserting and joining of
that plus final outfitting, powering up and re-commissioning of the
vessel.
This year s deliveries include two ferry refurbishments for the Finnish
Silja as well as retrofitting of two passenger-car ferries for the German
TT-Line. At present under work in Helsinki are two ferry retrofits for TT-
Line and a modernization of a cruise vessel for Louis Cruise Lines.
We continue offering comprehensive and cost efficient services to cruise
and passenger ship operators, now strengthened with a new Ship Service
agency at your service!
For further information, please contact:
Aker Yards ASA
Tore Langballe, SVP Communications and IR, tel. +47 90 777 841
Aker Yards Lifecycle Services
Vesa Marttinen, VP tel. +358 40 8222910
Aker Yards Ship Service Inc.
Jarmo Seppälä, President, tel. +1 954 336 1469 or +358 40 5116 216
Aker Yards ASA is an international shipbuilding group focusing on
sophisticated vessels. The product range includes cruise vessels &
ferries, merchant vessels, offshore & specialized vessels. Aker Yards,
with an annual turnover of euro 2 bn, comprises 13 yards in Norway,
Finland, Germany, Romania and Brazil and has approximately 13,000
employees. www.akeryards.com
Aker Yards is part of the Aker Group (www.akerasa.com), a leading multi-
industry powerhouse with more than 40,000 employees and EUR 7.5 billion
revenues. Aker owns 55.6 per cent of Aker Yards, and the group is also a
significant participant in the oil & gas business as well as the fisheries
industry.