AEGIR-Marine Appoints Jaap de Lange Managing Director

AEGIR-Marine, a full service provider for stern tube seals and propulsion systems for the maritime industry, has named Jaap de Lange managing director.

He started his career in the Royal Dutch Navy, and was in consulting for 23 years in a variety of roles. Since 2009 he worked for Damen Shipyards in several senior leadership positions around the globe.

“We are convinced that Jaap de Lange is the right man for the job in the present phase of our companies,” said Ruud Muis, owner of AEGIR-Marine. “His experience working within different cultures around the globe, is another added value within our international company, with colleagues of 15 different nationalities and our six global offices.”

Jaap de Lange will start June 15 and succeeds Peter Zoeteman, who has served as a managing director ad interim since September 2019.

AEGIR-Marine’s headquarters are located in Wijk bij Duurstede, the Netherlands. The company also has offices in Namibia, Singapore, China, Dubai and the USA from where Service Engineers can be dispatched globally.