Mega-ships open door to new market for ship designer
Carriers' demands for mega vessels has opened a new market for Danish ship design firm Knud E. Hansen. The company announces its best results in years and looks set to hire more employees in 2016.
BY JOHANNES HARTKOPF-MIKKELSEN
Ice-breaker 'Antarctica', which has been ordered by the Australian authorities, adorns a poster in the meeting room of ship design firm Knud E. Hansen, whose offices are located north of Copenhagen. The ice-breaker, which will be delivered in 2019, is important to Knud E. Hansen because, as a specialized vessel, it demanded a lot of work and thus represents a good business case.
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