The MV Kea Trader stranded on Durand Reef in New Caledonia in 2018. Photo credit score: Ardent

Houston- based Ardent has actually introduced it will certainly be relocating its head office to the Netherlands and also refocussing its technique far from overseas decommissioning for its core service of aquatic salvage.

Ardent’s brand-new head offices will certainly be found in Ijmuiden, the Netherlands, where Ardent’s brand-new chief executive officer, Oliver Timofei, and also CFO, Jens Jaeger, are based.

Meanwhile, Ardent states it will certainly additionally concentrate its technique in the direction of emergency situation administration and also accident elimination, where it is currently a market leader.

Ardent was created in 2015 with the merging of Svitzer Salvage, a component of the Maersk Group, and also Titan Salvage, under theCrowley Group At the moment, the business had actually intended to expand its solutions from typical salvage to “a full range of emergency management services, project related work, offshore decommissioning and subsea services.”

“These moves will continue the positive momentum experienced in emergency management (emergency preparedness & emergency response) and wreck removal over the last 4 years and make Ardent more customer centric. Ardent will continue to provide its Global Preparedness Cover offerings as well as its OPA90 SMFF services for the USA,” Ardent stated of its brand-new technique.

The refocussing of Ardent’s technique and also its step adheres to information from September that Ardent’s leading administration had actually obtained moneying to acquistion the business from Svitzer and also Crowley, leading to Ardent’s elderly administration coming to be the major investors in the business.

The business’s 4 significant functional centers in the Netherlands, United States, Singapore and also Australia, along with its policemans in Korea, Brazil, South Africa and also the UK will certainly be untouched by the step.
“Ardent is well positioned to build its position as one of the global, market leading emergency management and wreck removal companies,” stated Oliver Timofei, that before chief executive officer formerly acted as Vice President–Emergency Management “We have over the last two years successfully executed on average over 25 major cases per year. These have received praise from our key clients and recognition from the industry overall. This demonstrates Ardent’s strong capability in these areas. We will continue to build our expertise and services within this space to effectively serve our clients within the maritime world, as well as develop new relationships in the oil and gas sector. Ardent is committed to successfully execute all current decommissioning projects in implementation and going forward will focus selectively on subsea and decom projects that fit with Ardent’s core business.”