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Says Carran, “We have experienced an increase in the number of major projects undertaken in 2019 and we’re expecting this strong demand to continue for the rest of the year.” She believes the business growth is thanks to three reasons: aligning recruitment and project growth to be able to increase the breadth of service; repeat customers for annual servicing refits, guardianage and modifications and because the company does not restrict its services to Oyster Yachts. “As that becomes more widely known clients who do not own an Oyster are choosing to use Oyster Palma for their major projects as they know that they’ll receive Oyster quality of craftsmanship,” says Carran.
As the company continues to take on more skilled craftsmen, it is able to take on larger, more technical service work. Says Carran, “Awareness is growing outside of the Oyster fleet that we deliver high quality work, at industry benchmarked prices. We enjoy strong working relationships with captains, owners and managers and they’ve become our biggest advocates – drawing more projects to the Oyster Palma team. Even those who do not own an Oyster can experience the 5* service that Oyster owners enjoy.”
Plans for 2020 are more of the same: expand the team and the resultant additional service that can be delivered. “We certainly have plenty of ideas and plans that we will be bring to fruition in the coming year.”
Navantia is the Spanish state-owned shipbuilding company, which offers its services to both the military and civil sector. It is the fifth-largest shipbuilder in Europe, and the ninth-largest in the world with shipyards around the globe.
Antonio José Sánchez García is Sales Manager at the Repairs Centre at Cartagena. 2019 was a good year for
WE EXPECT AN INCREASE IN BOTH THE NUMBER OF YACHTS AND IN TURNOVER WHICH IN TURN WILL ALLOW US TO IMPROVE FACILITIES TO MEET DEMAND
Navantia Repairs Cartagena, continuing a trend that began in 2018 with not only the number of yachts increasing but also the complexity of the projects undertaken. Sánchez García puts this down to the strength of the Navantia reputation. For the coming year ahead he says, “We expect an increase in both the number of yachts and in turnover which in turn will allow us to improve facilities to meet the demands of larger and more demanding yachts. For instance we have increased the power supply to 1.200 amps.”
He reports that these days Navantia Cartagena takes on much more complex refits as well as extension projects,
engineering reports and engine and
generator replacements to comply with the current much more strict environmental regulation. Says Sánchez García, “We are in the process of increasing our workforce to provide better services to our clients. In a few months we will start improvement works in our dry-dock and we are also updating our syncrolift in order to increase its lifting capacity.”
ONE STOP SHOP Duncan Sykes is MD of Absolute Boat Care (ABC), based at STP,
The company carries out paintwork, varnishing, antifouling, polishing and gelcoat repairs...’any job’, says the blurb, ‘any size’.
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