Fred Olsen Ocean has opened an office in Taipei on the island of Taiwan to support the growing offshore wind business in the Asia-Pacific region.
The new office is located in the centre of city and will be the base for Hans Hansen, newly appointed regional manager for APAC.
Hansen has been with Fred Olsen since 2013.
He said: “Taiwan and the Asia-Pacific region holds many opportunities for our business, and we believe Taipei is the ideal location from which we can easily reach our clients in very short time.
“We want to leverage the experience and competence we have in our companies and teams onshore and offshore to bring our industry forward and to build value locally where we operate.
“We are especially focused on the interesting future projects in Taiwan.”
The companies represented by the new office are Fred Olsen Windcarrier, Global Wind Service and Universal Foundation
Fred Olsen Windcarrier will mobilise one of its purpose-built jack-up vessels in the spring for work on WPD’s 640MW Yunlin offshore wind farm, which is the former company’s first Taiwanese transportation and installation project and its first project in Asia.
The client is Siemens Gamesa.