Albwardy Investment - Albwardy Marine Engineering

Albwardy Damen

Albwardy Damen is a joint venture between Albwardy Investment, Dubai and the Damen Shipyards Group, Holland. Both family owned companies with a long history. Providing shipbuilding and ship repair services to the marine and oil and gas related industries in the Middle East, founded in 1978, we celebrated our 40th anniversary in 2018.

Our services include new building of steel and aluminum vessels and repair and servicing of marine, as well as O&G assets. Our services are offered in all major UAE ports and anchorages, as well as in Oman (the Ports of Sohar and Salalah). In addition we offer offshore and afloat repair services to clients worldwide. Our diving division offers their services out of Fujairah including underwater hull cleaning.

We have a total workforce of around 1,100 people comprising 26 different nationalities in our three UAE locations: Dubai, Sharjah and Fujairah. With all key competences in-house, including an extensive engineering division, we repair and build vessels to the highest technical and environmental standards. We are certified by LRQA to ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001 as well as API Q1.

Key Facts

200+ Dry Dockings per year
3 Locations in UAE
Over 1100 Employees
ISO 9000-14000-45001 and API Q1 Certification
Established in 1978
Staff from 26 different Nationalities

Links

Albwardy Damen Website

Corporate Video

Our Management Team

Head Of Business

Lars Seistrup - Managing Director
A marine engineer and degree in engineering by background, the ALBWARDY DAMEN Managing Director has had a varied career including spells working for shipping lines, at power plants. Clearly as happy in coveralls and a hard hat as he is in a tailored suit. The Dane took over the helm at ALBWARDY DAMEN Dubai in 2013.
Management Team

Lars Seistrup - Managing Director
Willem Moelker - Sales & Marketing Director
Shihabudeen (Shibu) - Commercial Director
Pradip Saudagar - HR & Finance Director
Marcel van de Kreke - Operations Director Sharjah
Mark Pearson - Operations Director Dubai & Fujairah
Marius Ghinea - New Building Director