As the VDS Group –with locations in Vlissingen, Rotterdam and Eemshaven– took over the steel activities of Volker Staal en Funderingen (VSF), we would like to welcome the combination of VSF and VDS, operating under the name VDS Rotterdam, to our facility. The mainly civil steel fabrication activities of VSF will thus be continued at the Franklin Offshore Europe site whereas the combination VDS Group–Franklin Offshore Europe sees opportunities for further growth and expansion in the maritime and offshore sector.