Operators' willingness to invest in upgrades or renovations "has decreased due to the low oil price," according to Ro Van Straten, Bakker Sliedrecht's repair and renovation sales manager. "We see many dredgers, for example, without projects. As a result, renovation/upgrade investments are only being made if essential, for example, when the reliability of an installation is at risk or if a ship has to be modified to work on a project. "That said, several large dredging contractors are investing in building new dredgers because they're confident about the future," Van Straten noted. It is a view echoed by Boskalis CEO Peter Berdowski in the contractor's recently published 2016 annual report. At the end of 2016 Boskalis won many new dredging projects, and, "At the start of 2017 a letter of intent was signed for the very sizeable Duqm Port development in Oman," Berdowski noted, "a great project for our new mega cutter Helios."
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机译：Bakker Sliedrecht维修和翻新销售经理Ro Van Straten表示，运营商投资升级或翻新的意愿“由于低油价而降低了”。 “例如，我们看到许多挖泥船，但没有任何项目。结果，仅在必要时才进行翻新/升级投资，例如，当安装的可靠性受到威胁或必须改装船舶以进行维修时范·斯特拉滕指出：“也就是说，几家大型挖泥承包商正在投资建造新的挖泥船，因为他们对未来充满信心。” Boskalis首席执行官彼得·贝尔多夫斯基（Peter Berdowski）在承包商最近发布的2016年年度报告中对此表示赞同。在2016年底，Boskalis赢得了许多新的疏ging项目，并且“在2017年初，阿曼的Duqm港口开发项目签署了意向书，” Berdowski指出，“对于我们的新型大型切割机Helios来说，这是一个伟大的项目。”
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