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Boskalis will reduce the consistency of the fleet and will cut job 650 places
Twenty-four ships will be placed in disarmament, sold or demolished
July 11, 2016
In the arc of next the two years the Dutch Royal Boskalis Westminster will place in disarmament, she will sell or demolish 24 ships altogether and she will cut about job 650 places. The company, than work mainly activity of dredging, towing and rescue and services for the offshore industry, has explained that the plan of the reduction of the resources is adopted to light of the deterioration of the conditions of the market and the previewed one to prolonged of the phase of low level of the prices of the energy and the raw materials.
"After some very intense years - it has specified the managing director of the Boskalis, Peter Berdowski - the perspectives of market for Boskalis drastically are changed as consequence of the continuous bending of the prices of the energy and the raw materials. In the market the job volume remarkablly is diminished and this is putting under pressure the rate uses of our ships. Since we preview that these conditions of market will last in the next few years, for us it is essential to adapt the dimension and the composition of our fleet to this new truth".
"We - he has continued Berdowski - are totally aware who this decision we are drastic and that he will have a strong social impact. If, whereby possible, we will try to absorb the reduction of the force job through the natural escape of the staff and a reorganization of the job, unfortunately the resource to lay-offs seems to be unavoidable. A reduction of the number of the ships and the continuous staff is however necessary so that in future Boskalis to being solid".
The plan of Boskalis previews to remove from the fleet dredges, tugs put down-anchors and ships for the exceptional cargo transport, unit of the medium age of beyond 30 years. In Holland the reduction of the staff will be of about 150 units.
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In the arc of next the two years the Dutch Royal Boskalis Westminster will place in disarmament, she will sell or demolish 24 ships altogether and she will cut about job 650 places. The company, than work mainly activity of dredging, towing and rescue and services for the offshore industry, has explained that the plan of the reduction of the resources is adopted to light of the deterioration of the conditions of the market and the previewed one to prolonged of the phase of low level of the prices of the energy and the raw materials.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
