Mammoet

Mammoet

Type	Public
Industry	Logistics
Headquarters	Schiedam, The Netherlands
Key people	Jan Kleijn (CEO)
Employees	3,200 (2009)
Website	www.mammoet.com

Mammoet is a privately held Dutch company specializing in the hoisting and transporting of heavy objects.

History

Mammoet loading one of its own cars after a job in Utrecht.

Mammoet Office Building in Schiedam ('De Bolder')

Mammoet was founded in 1973, specialised in heavy transport over water and roads. In 2001 it was taken over by Van Seumeren transport. The name Mammoet became the name for the new company. The daughter company Mammoet Shipping was sold to Spliethoff and was renamed BigLift Shipping. It raised the Russian submarine Kursk. The company is experienced in the offshore, petrochemical, and construction industries, the latter of which includes rapid bridge replacement using Self Propelled Modular Transporter vehicles. Mammoet headquarters in Schiedam is located in a distinctive office building named De Bolder (= "The Bollard"). The building was fabricated in a factory and later shipped to the current location. This helped to save time and money. Mammoet has additional offices in North America, South America, South Africa, the Middle East, and Eastern Asia. The Director of Mammoet was Roderik van Seumeren. 75% of the shares are in hands of SHV, the remaining part is still in hands of the van Seumeren family. In 2011 all remaining stocks were sold to SHV, making SHV the sole owner of Mammoet. CEO Roderik van Seumeren left Mammoet right after and was succeeded by Jan Kleijn. Jan Kleijn used to run the American part of the Mammoet business.

Mammoet currently has approximately 3200 employees worldwide, of which approximately 850 are employed in The Netherlands. Mammoet is Dutch for "mammoth". On October 18, 2008, Mammoet sponsored the NASCAR Craftsman Truck, #12 of J.R. Fitzpatrick at Martinsville Speedway.

Company parts

Mammoet consists of the following parts:

• Mammoet Transport, heavy lifting and transport
• Mammoet Maritime, maritime operations in inland and coastal waters
• Mammoet Salvage, maritime operations in open sea and ocean
• Mammoet Merchandise, Mammoet merchandise products
• Mammoet Workwear, Mammoet company clothing
• Mammoet Trading, Mammoet Equipment for sale
• "Mammoet Wind", Logistic, Transport and Installation of Wind Turbines

Confusion

Two other companies use the name Mammoet and a similar logo:

• Mammoet Road Cargo, heavy and special road transport
• Mammoet Ferry Transport, transport company between UK and continental Europe

Mammoet Ferry Transport used to be part of Mammoet until 2000. After a management buy-out it became a fully independed company. Mammoet Road Cargo is another confusing one, also used to be part of the Mammoet holding, but is now only owned for 10% by Mammoet.

See also

• Russian submarine Kursk explosion

External links

• Corporate website
• SHV
• Mammoet's magazine for third parties
• Mammoet Netherlands in action