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IN BRIEF<br />
MaK Middle East expands UAE footprint with<br />
Fujairah branch and Sharjah registrations<br />
As a progressive step to enhance its<br />
reach and exposure to customers<br />
with factory direct service solutions<br />
MaK Middle East LLC recently<br />
opened a new branch in Fujairah as<br />
part of its expanded service reach<br />
within the UAE to serve a wider<br />
range of customers. In addition, the<br />
company is now also officially registered<br />
in the Sharjah Ports of Hamriyah<br />
Freezone, Al Khalid and Khor<br />
Fakkan, enabling service delivery in<br />
those facilities.<br />
In response to positive, early customer<br />
demand, MaK Middle East has<br />
continued to increase the resident<br />
service engineer team in the UAE<br />
with transfers of Caterpillar employees<br />
from UK and Singapore operations<br />
into the UAE hub. Specialist<br />
factory trained service engineers<br />
covering MaK, EMD and the Napier<br />
and KBB turbocharger brands are<br />
now resident with MaK Middle East<br />
LLC.<br />
Access to Fujairah Port in the United<br />
Arab Emirates, is already proving<br />
its value, not only to local MaK<br />
powered vessel owners but also to<br />
European cargo customers transiting<br />
through the Middle East and using<br />
the Fujairah anchorage. The newly<br />
expanded EMD service team in Dubai<br />
is well experienced in providing EMD<br />
factory direct service work on rigs<br />
and vessels in the Middle East including<br />
Dubai, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia<br />
and the addition of the Sharjah ports<br />
will expand the service delivery reach<br />
of this relocated service team.<br />
Comprehensive range of distinctive<br />
services<br />
In all of these new locations, MAK<br />
Middle East can offer a comprehensive<br />
range of turbocharger maintenance,<br />
overhaul, repair, upgrading &<br />
modification service options. Turbocharger<br />
service engineers and technicians<br />
are trained and certified at the<br />
Napier factory in Lincoln in the UK<br />
and the KBB factory in Bannewitz,<br />
Germany.Alan Naisby, Managing Director<br />
of MaK Middle East and MaK<br />
Asia clarified, “We have successfully<br />
identified a high volume of MaK<br />
powered vessels docking in Fujairah<br />
in previous years. That’s why we<br />
want to be closer to our customers<br />
to ensure we can provide high quality<br />
factory engine service where the<br />
customer needs it in an efficient, effective<br />
and timely way. The expansion<br />
of the MaK and EMD portfolio<br />
of products and services in the Middle<br />
East region and the UAE in particular<br />
corresponds to our steadfast<br />
commitment at Caterpillar to be a<br />
one-stop parts and service provider<br />
for marine, oil & gas and powerplant<br />
customers.”<br />
Naisby explained, “The UAE has<br />
developed into an international business<br />
hub that attracts major players<br />
to invest especially in the maritime<br />
sector. Accordingly, our new locations<br />
will no doubt offer immense<br />
advantages, which will help grow our<br />
business and aid in networking with<br />
the best in the maritime business.”.<br />
20 SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 2018
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