VIKING boosts owned service operations with acquisition

VIKING Life-Saving Equipment is expanding its network of owned service stations in Norway by acquiring the safety department of Tromsø-based company Lindrup Martinsen AS.

The move will ensure it can deliver “even better service to customers in northern Norway, as it expands its business in the region”.

Lindrup Martinsen, which has been a service partner for VIKING for 15 years, has agreed VIKING will take over its safety department, including 16 employees and will operate out of the existing Lindrup Martinsen facilities in Tromsø city centre and Alta.

VIKING has several owned service stations in Norway – in Arendal, Bergen, Oslo, Haugesund, and Aalesund – and 14 service partners across the country. The new station in Tromsø gives VIKING a permanent operation in northern Norway, facilitating further growth in a region where demand for maritime life-saving equipment and safety systems is expected to increase, especially within fish farming and ferry operations.

VIKING will offer services within all product groups in Tromsø, including life rafts, lifeboats and davits, marine evacuation systems, personal protective equipment and marine fire systems.

VIKING Norway managing director Dag Songedal commented, “We’re pleased to now operate our own service facilities in northern Norway. With the move, we have acquired good facilities and an excellent and experienced team – and will be able to improve our service offering to both existing and new customers in the region.”