NOREQ wins prestigious contract in Dubai!

Satellite image/illustration of Dubai Maritime City

- for the supply of complete lifesaving equipment to the most modern training centre in UAE.

Noreq AS has been selected as supplier of a complete lifesaving package to one of the world’s most modern safety schools, located in Dubai Maritime City - the new world-leading, iconic, multi-purpose maritime centre.

Lifeboats, rescue boats and davits

Norwegian-based Noreq AS has been awarded this milestone contract by Dubai Maritime City and will supply the new safety training centre with a complete package of lifeboats, rescue boats and davit systems. The equipment will be delivered in October 2009.

Safety for the future

Managing Director Styrk Bekkenes in Noreq says: ‘Our targeting of and presence in the UAE has proved profitable. The market in this part of the world clearly prefers equipment solutions developed to meet the safety requirements of the future. We are also experiencing a great deal of interest in our new davit concept, whereby functional failures and maintenance costs are largely eliminated.’ The new Noreq Compact Davit system to which Mr. Bekkenes refers is the first in the world in which all functional components are built in and completely protected from the wind and the weather.‘This is really a milestone for our Middle East business and will give us an important showroom in the region’,

concludes Mr. Bekkenes.

Statement from Dubai Maritime City

Capt. Abdulla Al Hayyas, Senior Manager, Dubai Maritime City Campus & Emirates International Maritime Academy says: ‘Emirates International Maritime Academy is a created with a vision to provide world class training related to the Marine Industry, focusing on the marine safety. This is situated in the Dubai Maritime City, which is the world’s only purpose built Maritime city. Our curriculum provide an in-depth scope of study in the marine related topics and our training centres will be equipped with the equipments meet the quality standards and we choose Noreq to supply our marine safety equipments like lifeboats, rescue boats, Davits and systems for our training centre’.

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