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Harding opens new

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ife-saving equipment supplier life-saving equipment. By handling our will also be able to provide services to
and service provider Harding has service work ourselves, at our own customers with lifeboats and davits from

opened a new service station inservice station using our own expertise, other manufacturers.

Dubai Maritime City, boasting a 1,000sq we want to provide even better service Norwegian company Harding has
metre workshop which will be equipped to our customers in the Middle East,” also had a sales ofice in Dubai since

for hull repairs, paintwork and lifeboat said Mr Hivand.2011 and this will move to the new
testing in a pool.“This location puts us close to our service station during the year.

“Our goal is to further improve the customers in a very active region. “The Middle East is an important
quality of the services we provide for There are many shipyards engaged in market for the sale of new Harding

our customers in the Middle East,” said newbuilding and ship service provision equipment, and in just a few years we
Regional Director Tommy Hivand.nearby, and we have a strategic location have managed to build a strong position

After using a local partner to in relation to the region’s considerable as one of the region’s leading product
provide services for Harding’s oil and gas-related shipping activity. At suppliers,” said Mr Hivand.
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customers in the region since 2006, the the same time, the new location is very

company has now opened the state-of- favourable in relation to the many ships
the-art facilities.that sail the trade routes between Asia,

“Harding has extensive experience Africa and Europe.”1/ Pictured, from left, are Sachin Thomas Abraham,
and expertise as a product supplier and At irst, the Dubai station will service Service Engineer, Alex Rijksen, Operational Manager
– Middle East, Tommy Hivand, Regional Director –
service provider in the ield of maritimeHarding equipment, but, in time, HardingAMEI and Harish Shastry, Sales Manager.

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