WIND news item

Ferry transport for Strategic Marine

01-02-2018

Strategic Marine calls on WIND for door-to-door transport service

Strategic Marine shipyard has contracted WIND to coordinate the transport of two newbuild
catamaran ferries from their yard in Vungtau, Vietnam to Harlingen in the Netherlands.

The scope of the contract is all-inclusive; including the selection and chartering of a semi-submersible
transport vessel for ocean carriage as well as local towage arrangements.

Commenting on this first contract between the two companies, WIND director Erik Thomas says:
“We are very pleased to be working with Strategic Marine. After looking carefully at their
requirements, we have arranged semi-submersible transport for these two new ferries with shipping
company Pan Ocean, who will be mobilising one of their specialist heavy-lift vessels for the task.”

Loading of the two vessels will take place in April 2018 from Strategic Marine’s yard in Vungtau,
Vietnam.

Although WIND is most well-known for its subsea cable transport, storage and logistics services, it is
also an established shipping company: owning, managing and operating four general cargo and cable
recovery vessels. In addition, WIND has an extensive track record for vessel chartering and cargo
brokerage.

“This is a real door-to-door solution – we will be taking care of every aspect of the vessel shipment
with overall project management that includes all the necessary permits.”

The vessel transport is scheduled to arrive in the Netherlands in June 2018.