THE ECHO - Ferrostaal
THE ECHO - Ferrostaal
THE ECHO - Ferrostaal
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the project. Not least the South-African government and authorities,<br />
who are open to the idea. MAN <strong>Ferrostaal</strong> is currently bringing all<br />
of these partners together.<br />
“Ironically, South Africa had a shipyard that built a large gas<br />
platform 15 years ago. This platform is still in use today in the<br />
Mossel Field Bay on Africa’s east coast. The operator, Mossgas, was<br />
convinced that other gas reserves were to be found outside the<br />
Mossel Field. However, this did not prove to be the case,” says<br />
Weretecki. The shipyard was therefore shut down after the first<br />
platform was built. “Today we are restoring a lost industry to<br />
South Africa.”<br />
MAN <strong>Ferrostaal</strong> is working on two different projects. In Saldanha<br />
Bay on the east coast, we are building a shipyard for the construction<br />
and remodelling of offshore platforms. In Cape Town, meanwhile,<br />
we are constructing a service and repair centre for platform maintenance.<br />
In addition to MAN <strong>Ferrostaal</strong> and the local project developer<br />
Atlantis Marine Projects, national and international companies<br />
are involved in financing these projects, i.e. the Deutsche<br />
Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft (DEG) development<br />
finance institution and the Industrial Development Corporation<br />
of South Africa.<br />
MAN <strong>Ferrostaal</strong>’s role in the projects comprises project management,<br />
overseeing the construction of both shipyards as a general<br />
contractor and then making these available to local industry.<br />
Essentially, this involves bringing together the various companies<br />
that are looking after individual components of the projects and<br />
are based in various parts of the country, so that they can function<br />
as a single operator. The five major technical partners are<br />
Grinaker, DCD Dobyle Engineering, DCD Dorbyle Marine, Globe<br />
Engineering and SA Five Engineering.<br />
MAN <strong>Ferrostaal</strong> and partners are directly and indirectly investing<br />
approximately 1.7 billion South-African rand (160 million euros)