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23-08-2019 IRO news
InvestorDay for innovative energy companies
For entrepreneurs in the energy sector who are looking for risk capital, InnovationLink organizes an InvestorDay on 21 November 2019 in Delft. Entrepreneurs can register from 22 august to 15 october. Companies that pass the…
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23-08-2019 Member news
MPI Resolution started blade repair campaign in offshore wind farm
Offshore installation vessel MPI Resolution recently started its work for the Prinses Amaliawindpark in the Netherlands. MPI Offshore, a subsidiary of Van Oord, has been contracted to repair and upgrade all of the blades for…
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22-08-2019 Member news
Boskalis half year result 2019 tainted by offshore projects; 2019 EBITDA guidance unchanged
Key Figures First Half Year 2019 • Revenue: EUR 1.3 billion • EBITDA: EUR 135.7 million • Net profit: EUR 1.3 million • Order book: EUR 4.4 billion Outlook 2019…
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19-08-2019 Member news
Jumbo and GoodFuels Partner to Take Sustainable Bio-Fuel Oil to the Offshore Support Market
Dutch company partnership paves the way for a low carbon energy transition in the offshore support sector. Leading global heavy lift shipping and offshore transportation and installation contractor Jumbo, and the world’s first commercial, sustainable…
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14-08-2019 Member news
The second Ocean Engineering Summer School has started!
TU Delft and DOB-Academy have organised an Ocean Engineering Summer School for the The Nippon Foundation. Last Sunday we welcomed twelve Japanese students and three young professionals. They will join us for four weeks to…
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13-08-2019 Member news
Jumbo ships large TP’s for first offshore windfarm in Taiwan!
Jumbo has just completed the shipment of the heaviest, tallest and the largest diameter Transition Pieces (TP’s) we have ever transported! These TP’s were shipped for our client Jan De Nul Group in cooperation with…
12-08-2019 IRO news
WPC Congress 2020 Houston call for papers
The ‘Call for Papers’ for the 23rd World Petroleum Congress is now open! If you would like to submit an Abstract for Consideration, the process is as follows: Review the list of topics…
12-08-2019 IRO news
Port Development in Malaysia – An introduction to the country’s evolving port landscape
The rapid growth and development of the Malaysian economy over the past decades cannot be seen a part from the country’s location alongside world’s most important trade routes. The Straits of Malacca have been a…
12-08-2019 Member news
Dutch Energy Association merges into Holland House Mexico
As of June 2019, the Dutch Energy Association is part of Holland House Mexico, the Dutch-Mexican Chamber of Commerce in Mexico. The Netherlands has identified nine top sectors in which the government wants to strengthen…
07-08-2019 Member news
New heavy weight record for Jumbo!
Our Jumbo Kinetic has just lifted a giant 1,929 tonne Wash Tower, the heaviest cargo ever lifted by Jumbo! Record Breaking! At Jumbo, we enjoy pioneering solutions, and the team gets very excited when…
01-08-2019 Member news
Boskalis and Kotug complete sale of Kotug Smit Towage to Boluda
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis), together with its co-shareholder Kotug International B.V. (Kotug), have completed the sale of Kotug Smit Towage to Boluda Group (Boluda). The intended sale was announced on 4 March 2019. In…
01-08-2019 Member news
DEME completes Elia’s Modular Offshore Grid subsea export cable installation well ahead of schedule
DEME successfully completed the installation of 85 km of subsea export cable for Elia’s Modular Offshore Grid, deploying the state-of-the-art cable installation vessel ‘Living Stone’. The cable connects Elia’s Offshore Switch Yard to the shore…
01-08-2019 Member news
Royal IHC annual figures 2018
Setbacks on challenging projects led to a net loss of € 80.6 million in 2018. Concrete actions have been taken to restore profitability: o focus applied and transformation intensified o management team strengthened…
31-07-2019 LeidschendamMember news
Fugro HY 2019: Recovery continues, driven by marine business
Seabed Geosolutions classified as ‘held for sale’ ■ After a weak first quarter, the second quarter results of Fugro’s core business improved significantly, resulting in an EBIT margin of 2.9% in the first half year…
30-07-2019 Member news
Boskalis awarded Seabed Intervention & Shore Crossing contract for Woodside’s Scarborough export gas pipeline
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has been awarded the contract for the seabed intervention and shore crossing activities for Woodside’s proposed Scarborough export gas pipeline in North West Australia. The contract awarded by Woodside Energy…
29-07-2019 IRO news
Save the date: Nationaal Export Event 2019
Exporteert u goederen of diensten? Wilt u meer weten over internationaal zakendoen? Kom dan naar hét evenement voor startende en ervaren exporteurs die willen investeren in internationaal succes: het Nationaal Export Event. Het evenement…
25-07-2019 IRO news
IRO is now a member of Ocean Energy Europe
We are happy to annouce that, as of today, we are a member of Ocean Energy Europe! Ocean Energy Europe is the largest network of ocean energy professionals in the world. Over 120 organisations, including…
25-07-2019 PapendrechtMember news
Boskalis awarded EUR 70 million land reclamation project in Bahrain
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has been awarded a contract by the Ministry of Works of Bahrain in relation to the North Manama Causeway. The contract carries a value of approximately EUR 70 million. The…
24-07-2019 Member news
VOS Start completes successful charter for MVOW
Vroon walk-to-work vessel arrives in IJmuiden following Irish Sea operations At the end of last week, our subsea-support walk-to-work unit, VOS Start, arrived in IJmuiden after almost two years engaged in operations for offshore-renewable client…
24-07-2019 Member news
ELA Container Offshore wins EU tender on Accommodation Containers
ELA Container Offshore GmbH is proud to announce that they will continue the cooperation with TenneT. After successfully completing a number of projects together, the grid operator has awarded a framework contract to ELA Container…
23-07-2019 Member news
Pilot vessel Procyon equipped with 3 SMST davit systems
Recently, the Procyon, one of the pilot vessels of Nederlands Loodswezen BV, is equipped with 3 new davit systems for deployment and recovery of their Fast Launch Craft that transfer pilots to and from seagoing…
23-07-2019 Member news
Two more Damen FCS 3307 Patrol vessels delivered to Homeland Integrated Offshore Services Limited of Nigeria
Damen Shipyards Group has delivered two additional Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 3307 vessels configured as patrol boats to leading West African offshore services supplier Homeland Integrated Offshore Services Limited (HIOSL), just five months after the…
22-07-2019 Member news
Bakker Sliedrecht and RH Marine optimize a vessel’s hybrid power plant operational costs including a flywheel
Dutch leading system integrators RH Marine and Bakker Sliedrecht succeeded in incorporating a flywheel on a hybrid power plant. The battery lifetime prediction was previously implemented into the ship’s fuel-saving Energy Management System (EMS). The…
18-07-2019 Member news
Van Oord versterkt MARIN Stakeholders Association
Deze week werd maritieme aannemer Van Oord lid van de MARIN Stakeholders Association (MSA). In Rotterdam tekenden Paul Verheul van Van Oord en MARIN-directeur Bas Buchner de contracten hiervoor in het bijzijn van MARIN Raad…
18-07-2019 Member news
Van Oord completes foundations for offshore wind farm East Anglia ONE
Van Oord installed the last jacket foundation for offshore wind farm East Anglia ONE and delivered it to client ScottishPower Renewables. This achievement marks the marine contractor’s completion of its work for this major UK…
18-07-2019 IRO news
SWOD Symposium – 7 november – Europort
Het College van Deskundigen civiele sector nodigt uit op het SWOD Symposium van 7 november 2019 waarbij de BeheerStichting Werken onder Overdruk – SWOD – u zal informeren over de stand van zaken, interessante items…
18-07-2019 Member news
Expert consortium including DEME explores pioneering high-wave offshore solar technology
A consortium of DEME, Tractebel, Jan De Nul Group, Soltech and Ghent University is proud to announce the launch of an innovative project in the field of marine floating solar technology. The partners strongly believe…
17-07-2019 IRO news
Finalised programme sees Europort 2019 setting industry agenda
Europort 2019 has finalized the most extensive conference and events programme in its history, adding a number of elements that will ensure that this year’s edition of the biennial maritime and offshore gathering in Rotterdam…
17-07-2019 IRO news
UnderWater Works Pavilion at Europort
Europort (5-8 November 2019) welcomes around 30,000 visitors every other year, a quarter of which is from international origins. Europort’s focus is evermore on complex ships as well as their corresponding…
16-07-2019 Member news
First operations Acta Centaurus with SMST equipment in Deutsche Bucht
Acta Marine’s new walk-to-work vessel Acta Centaurus has now been working for 1.5 months in the Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm. During this first charter with MHI Vestas, the new built DP2 Service Operation Vessel…
