On June 26^th an opening ceremony was held at HMD for the new site office of Norwegian ship owner Westfal Larsen. Representatives from Westfal Larsen, HMD, and classification societies attended the ceremony. Mr. Dakers is expected to be the chief supervisor of the site office, which will begin operations in May of 2012.

Westfal Larsen, one of HMD’s major clients, currently has eight 46,000-dwt Product Tankers in HMD’s backlog. On June 10^th a steel-cutting ceremony was held for Hull No. 2061, the first of the eight vessels to be built.