NICO enters into partnership with Turkey’s Dragon Marine

NICO International, a UAE-based marine and industrial engineering company said it entered into a Territorial Partnership Agreement with Dragon Marine Service Company.

The agreement aims to cover Turkey with complete marine & industrial engineering services offered by NICO International.

With the new alliance in place, NICO aims to further strengthen capabilities in the field of the marine and industrial engineering market in the Turkey region with the expertise of Dragon Marine Services Co. who will be representing NICO International for its complete range of marine and industrial engineering services as the local partner.

“Considering the market trends and NICO’s vision of being the best overall marine and industrial solutions provider, this partnership with Dragon Marine Services Co. is a significant step for NICO in becoming an even more attractive market player” said Prakash Kumar – general manager, NICO International.

The company said it enjoyed significant success in 2017, buoyed by continued support from key clients such as Maersk Line, US Navy Vessels, Anglo Eastern Ship Management, MOL Tankship, UAE Coast Guard, Dubai Dry Docks, Zakher Marine, Zamil Offshore, Emirates Steel Industries, DUGAS, DUBAL, Ansaldo, FAPCO, GE etc. among many others.

More than 3,500 individual afloat repair jobs been completed on board various vessels during the course of the year. As many as 150 riding squads were deputed at any given time for various ship owners.

Additionally, NICO successfully completed over 57 drydocking jobs from its operational location in Dubai & Fujairah. Similar trend been observed for the industrial shutdown jobs after completing several major industrial shutdown jobs with notable clients over the past year and several in the pipeline for 2018.

“It is a wide spectrum of activities that we engage in – we do not want to leave any market out of our plans,” Kumar said. “Our focus going forward is to expand more into industrial sector.”