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Ocea Press Releases

27 May 2011
Ocea announces the purchase of all shares in Haug Aqua Chile.

Ocea has for a number of years held a 40% share in the company – and is now taking over the company 100% in order to further strengthen the full-service drive and ambition.

Haug Aqua Chile is a leading player within mooring and mooring analysis in the Chilean aquaculture industry. “We are very pleased that such an experienced and skilled team of engineers with a strong reputation in the market will be a part of the Ocea the team” says Bjørn Arve Ofstad, the CEO of Ocea Gruppen AS

The purchase is pending on the on-going due diligence.

For further information, please contact:
Bjørn Arve Ofstad, President & CEO – Ocea Gruppen AS Mobile: +47 99550780
Pedro Courard, Managing Director – Ocea Chile Mobile; +56 992193652
Alejandro Herrera, Managing Director – Haug Aqua Chile: +56 998840832

14 March 2011
Ocea announces new Managing Director in Chile

The Norwegian Company Ocea announces that from March 9th, Pedro Courard Délano has assumed the position as new Managing Director of the Chilean subsidiary, Ocea Chile S.A

Please find the press release in full here >>

New managing director Ocea Chile/ Americas - Pedro Courard Délano

13 January 2011
Oslo Havnevesen (Oslo Port Control) goes green!

Aquaculture equipment supplier Ocea AS joins hands with Bjordal & Madsen AS and STT Emtec AB in Sundsvall Sweden to build a safe, rugged catamaran work boat equipped with Volvo Penta engines and cutting edge emission technology from STT Emtec.

Read the press release here >>

14 December 2010
Ocea secures 25 MNOK deal in Chile
The extensive order is made up of a wide range of Ocea equipment including; cages, FeedStation central feeding and various equipment – for delivery in 2011.

- The market in Chile has turned and we expect to exceed 20 million USD in 2010 revenue – says Ocea CEO Bjørn Arve Ofstad. – The Chilean fish farming industry is rising to the challenge, and shows great determination in restoring the industry whilst adhering to stricter industry regulations through state of the art equipment, technology and know-how.

Read the press release here >>

3 December 2010
Global software solution -
Marine Harvest and Ocea Mercatus extend their co-operation

During 2011 Marine Harvest will implement a global standard for the production, planning and financial management of all its sea-based and land-based fish farming operations – using software solutions from Mercatus – as part of a 5-year strategic co-operation agreement.

Marine Harvest has already been using Mercatus software for a number of years, but it will now extend this co-operation globally to include all Marine Harvest locations and divisions. Ocea Mercatus has been given the challenge to provide the best software system in the world for the production, planning and financial management of the world's largest aquaculture company.
Read the press release here >>

Rune Hegrestad, ITC manager, Marine Harvest (to the left) and Steinar Haveland Midtbø, project manager, Ocea Mercatus

18 August 2010
Contract signed: World's first 600-tonne steel barge
Lunda P/F at the Faroe Islands has signed the contract for Ocea to build a steel feedbarge with a capacity of 600 metric tonnes of fishfeed.

The barge will be the largest steel barge ever built for the fishfarming industry – and will be equipped with the Ocea FeedStation 908 central feeding system.

The contract has been negotiated in co-operation with Ocea’s representative in the Faroe Island, MP Teknik.

The barge is to be delivered in April 2011.

Heini Gregersen [right] (managing director, Luna P/f) and Ocea’s Vidar Onarheim (salesmanager South/ West)

For further information, please contact:

Hilde Waage, general manager, Ocea North Sea Mobile: +47 948 57 975

Bjørn Arve Ofstad, CEO Ocea Mobile: +47 995 50 780

11 December 2009
Barges and workboats: the market is starting to move.
Over the last couple of weeks, Ocea has signed contracts worth in the region of NOK 75 million. Read more>>

9 December 2009
The Ocea Group and Backer Entreprenør have entered into an agreement on the joint sales and marketing of Sjøsterk concrete barges.

This agreement will make Ocea by far the largest barge supplier, and Backer will gain access to a national sales and marketing apparatus – with links out into the entire market around the North Sea Basin. Read more>>

8 December 2009
Ocea is extending its co-operation with MP Teknik in the Faroe Islands.
MP Teknik will represent Ocea in the local market and will offer customers Ocea’s entire product portfolio, with a particular focus on workboats, barges and feeding systems. Read more>>

June 2009
Another barge sold
Ocea 400 CRM (controlroomon top) feed barge sold to Jøkelfjord Laks AS in Troms (Northern-Norway). Read more>>

29.04.2009
Major Ocea Contract in the USA

Norway/Chile – April 2009
OCEA strengthens position in the North American Market
The company reports the closing of an important contract with Pacific Seafood Group in the USA:

The order is extensive, comprising of driveable steel cages, cameras, nets, monitors, boats, software and other equipment.

11.07.2008

Ocea Workboats - for fish farming and aquaculture

Ocea AS has purchased the rights and drawings for the Risnes Marine Partner (RMP) workboats. All RMP employees are now employed by Ocea. The boats will largely be produced and fitted at Ocea’s partner-yard in Estonia.

- We are now becoming an even more complete supplier of equipment to the aquaculture business, says Ocea AS managing director Mons-Ove Hauge. The aquaculture facilities are growing larger and the constructions heavier. Lager, more stable workboats supplied with crane has become a necessity in modern fish farming, says Hauge.

Supplying such craft is a natural development for Ocea as a total supplier.

Read more >>

07.07.2008
Ocea company Mercatus signs major contract

HAVdyrkerne SA and Mercatus AS has signed a cooperation contract. Mercatus is to supply production control and guidance software to the fishfarming cooperative HAVdyrkerne. The contract has a duration of 5 years, and includes the Mercatus products AquaFarmer and AquaFuture.

30.06.2008
Prona deal signed

The contract making Ocea Holding the owner of Prona has been signed. Ocea Holding now owns Prona 100%.

Ocea Holding is becoming a major player in the Chilean aquaculture market, owning Arena Chile, Mercatus Chile and Prona. Furthermore Ocea has a 40% stake in Haug Aqua.

- Through this process, Ocea is headed towards becoming a world-leading supplier of aquaculture solutions, says Hans Runshaug - the Ocea Holding CEO.

17.06.2008
Ocea to acquire the largest producer of aquaculture cages in Chile

Ocea Holding to acquire Prona, the largest producer of aquaculture cages in Chile.

- Through this process, Ocea is headed towards becoming a world-leading supplier of aquaculture solutions, says Hans Runshaug - the Ocea Holding CEO.

Chilean company Prona has seen strong growth over the past five years, boasting a marketshare of more than 50% in Chile.

08.05.2008
Changes in Ocea management

Hans Runshaug has assumed the position as managing director of Ocea Holding AS. In this capacity he will have the overall responsibility for all activities in the Ocea Group. Hans has previously been the Chairman of the Board of Ocea Holding AS; a position which now will be held by Gudmund Rønningen.

Mons-Ove Hauge, who earlier also was managing director of Ocea Holding AS, will continue as managing director of Ocea AS and together with Hans be responsible for all Ocea - activities in Norway. In this capacity he will have sales to Norwegian customers as his main responsibility.

Read more >>

25.02.2008
Investment company Borea moves into the aquaculture industry

Borea moves into the aquaculture industry.

Borea Opportunity II AS invests in Ocea Holding AS - a company delivering equipment to the aquaculture industry, with growth ambitions both in Norway and abroad.

- Ocea represents a good starting point to become involved as a supplier to an industry in growth, says partner Harald Troye in Borea. We wish to contribute to consolidate and develop the equipment supplier industry further. The group is looking at some specific expansion opportunities both nationally and internationally. The aquaculture industry and the marked for supplying equipment for fish farming is a business in strong global growth. Increased consolidation and industrial thinking amongst the customers will also strengthen the position to larger and integrated suppliers. We are further looking into new species such as cod, sea bass and sea bream.

Read more >>

25.01.2008
New Ocea Viking/Nordic steel cage contracts

Helland FlexTech LTD AS became a part of the Ocea Group January 1st 2008, and consequently changed its name to Ocea Helland.

Ocea Helland is responsible for sales and service on all steel cage concepts in Ocea, Viking /Nordic and Procean catamaran cages.

Ocea Helland also offers a wide range of products within deadfish-/ensilage systems, various container-systems, netwashers etc.

Press contacts:

Bjørn Arve Ofstad (CEO): bjorn.arve.ofstad@ocea.no/ cell: +47 995 50780

Rolf Mork-Knudsen (group marketing manager): rolf.mork-knudsen@ocea.no/ cell: +47 917 15440