News & Press
15-11-2021 Member news, Sustainability
Boskalis receives EUR 450 million offshore wind project
Boskalis has been awarded a contract for the transportation and installation of the monopile foundations and substations for an offshore wind farm development with a value of approximately EUR 450 million. Boskalis’ successful track record…
15-11-2021 IRO news
Belangrijke mededeling: verplaatsing IRO jubileum
N.a.v. de persconferentie van afgelopen vrijdag 12 november met de aankondiging van aangescherpte coronamaatregelen, zien wij ons genoodzaakt het Jubileum van vrijdag 26 november te verplaatsen naar 2022. Wij willen onze gasten een bijzonder…
12-11-2021 Member news
MARIN ontvangt Erepenning Maritieme Techniek (KIVI)
Het Koninklijk Instituut van Ingenieurs (KIVI) kende gisteren de Erepenning Maritieme Techniek toe aan Maritiem Research Instituut Nederland (MARIN). Bas Buchner, algemeen directeur MARIN, ontving de erepenning uit handen van Thecla Bodewes, boegbeeld van de…
10-11-2021 Member news, Sustainability
Boskalis acquires inter-array cabling contract for Borkum Riffgrund 3 and Gode Wind 3 offshore wind farms
Boskalis announces that it has been awarded an inter-array cable installation contract by Ørsted for the German Borkum Riffgrund 3 and Gode Wind 3 offshore wind farms. The contract includes the transport, installation and burial…
10-11-2021 Member news
Bakker Sliedrecht delivers electrical system integration of largest diamond recovery vessel in the world
Two years after shipbuilder Damen and electrical system integrator Bakker Sliedrecht signed a partnership agreement for the construction of De Beers Marine Namibia’s new vessel, the ship has been delivered. Bakker Sliedrecht has done the…
10-11-2021 Member news, Sustainability
11 maanden Catchy: bijna 500 kilo afval afgevangen én veel inzichten rijker
Catchy heeft 462 kilo zwerfafval uit de Nieuwe Maas gehaald Allseas gaat door met Catchy in de Vijfsluizerhaven Allseas en Rijkswaterstaat hebben met Catchy, een innovatief opvangsysteem voor macro- en grote micro-plastics, tijdens een pilot…
08-11-2021 IRO news
TKI evenement ‘Maritiem Masterplan’
Zet dinsdag, 16 november, 12:00 tot 18:00 uur in uw agenda, want op die datum organiseert Topconsortium Kennis en Innovatie (TKI) Maritiem in samenwerking met Nederland Maritiem Land weer een live evenement in HAL 4…
05-11-2021 Member news
DEME Offshore Lands Dominion Energy Group’s +$1.1 Billion Balance of Plant (BoP) Project for Construction of Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Farm (CVOW)
Largest U.S. Offshore Wind Farm to supply energy to 660,000 households DEME Offshore US LLC (“DEME Offshore” or “the Company”), the world’s leading offshore wind farm contractor, today announced that it has secured…
04-11-2021 Member news
GustoMSC: Velesto Drilling orders first cost-effective Chela Twins cranes
Understanding the needs for offshore operations leads to advanced technology Velesto Drilling awarded GustoMSC the first two orders for the new and cost-competitive version of the Chela crane — the Chela Twins. Two cranes are…
04-11-2021 IRO news, Young IRO
IRO Chairman Pieter van Oord: important task for IRO members to work on a future proof sector
Full house on Tuesday 2 November during the fortunately physical IRO Annual General Meeting at Van Oord in Rotterdam! The year 2021 will once again be remembered as a year with many challenges for the IRO…
03-11-2021 Member news
Huisman to deliver largest Leg Encircling Crane for Van Oord’s new offshore installation vessel
Huisman, the worldwide provider of step changing technical solutions, has been awarded a contract from Van Oord for the delivery of a Leg Encircling Crane (LEC) for its new offshore installation vessel. This crane will…
03-11-2021 Member news
Nieuwe lichting techneuten elektrische energietechniek
Unieke mbo-4 opleiding Technicus Engineering IVWV LS/HS start in januari 2022 Op 10 januari 2022 gaat een nieuwe lichting, van maximaal 12 techneuten, bij Quercus Technical Services van start met de unieke mbo-4 opleiding Technicus…
03-11-2021 Member news
DEME Offshore and Penta-Ocean Construction establish new Joint Venture Company, Japan Offshore Marine
DEME Offshore and Penta-Ocean Construction Co., Ltd., Japan’s leading marine contractor, have formally established a new Joint Venture Company, named Japan Offshore Marine (JOM). The formation of a joint company marks the formalisation of the…
02-11-2021
Innovatieve schepen, technieken en werkwijzen zetten de toon tijdens Maritime Awards
Nederlandse scheepsbouwers, leveranciers en onderzoekers ontwikkelen groot aantal praktisch en commercieel haalbare producten en methoden Met 15 genomineerden voor 5 Maritime Awards bewijst de maritieme sector nog lang niet te zijn uit-ontwikkeld en nog steeds…
01-11-2021 Member news
New release of SDC Verifier 2021 R2 Eurocode 3 Plate Buckling and Connection checks, ASME Code for Pressure Piping, B31
The new SDC Verifier 2021 R2, an all-in-one code checking software, release supports in beta three new standards: Eurocode 3 Plate Buckling (EN 1993-1-5, 2006), Eurocode 3 Connections (EN 1993-1-8, 2005) for RHS connections, ASME…
29-10-2021 Member news
Bakker Sliedrecht connects Europe’s largest sailing sand production plant on sustainable shore power
Bakker Sliedrecht has provided one of Europe’s largest floating sand plants of Dekker Group with a sustainable shore power connection. The system integrator has carried out the delivery and installation of the high-voltage facilities at…
29-10-2021 Member news
Navingo Career Event benadrukt belang personeel in energietransitie
Klimaatverandering heeft impact op alle generaties en met een baan in de energie sector kun je het verschil maken. Dit was de conclusie van jong professionals en studenten op 26 en 27 oktober tijdens het…
29-10-2021 IRO news
Maritime Week 2021: een divers en aantrekkelijk programma
Morgen (zaterdag 30 oktober) gaat de jaarlijkse Maritime Week van start. Traditiegetrouw zet de maritieme wereld – verenigd in Nederland Maritiem Land – de schijnwerpers een week lang op alle facetten van de sector. Met…
28-10-2021 IRO news
Buzzing days at OEEC 2021
After two days of doing business, networking, celebrating innovation, and making new connections and collaborations, the 14th edition of Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2021 (OEEC) can look back at a fruitful and inspiring event.
27-10-2021 Member news
Offshore partnership DecomMissionBlue committed to cleaner North Sea
DecomMissionBlue, a partnership between various parties from the offshore sector, has been launched at the Offshore Energy 2021 exhibition in Amsterdam. The participants in this joint venture have a shared ambition to realise the efficient,…
27-10-2021 Member news, Sustainability
DEME Offshore installs final foundation at Hornsea Two offshore wind farm
DEME Offshore has successfully installed the final and 165th monopile foundation at Ørsted’s Hornsea Two wind farm, which is currently the largest offshore wind farm in the world. The timely completion of this installation project…
26-10-2021
Networking on the exhibition floor
Fortunately, as from October we were able to meet again physically during a number of exhibitions. What a relief! We were present at Offshore Energy in Amsterdam with the IRO booth, followed by Europort in…
25-10-2021 IRO news
Nieuwe ronde MIIP subsidieregeling, dien uw projectvoorstel in!
In 2022 organiseert de Innovation Council van Nederland Maritiem Land (NML) wederom de Maritieme Innovatie Impuls Projecten (MIIP). De MIIP’s worden gesubsidieerd door het Ministerie van Economische Zaken en Klimaat (EZK). Door middel van…
25-10-2021 Member news
KenzFigee inks contract to deliver crane for Sofia Offshore Wind Farm
KenzFigee, a well-established lifting, handling and service specialist of tailor-made equipment for the marine, offshore and wind energy industry, signed a contract with Iv-Offshore & Energy to deliver an electric hydraulic Ram Luffing offshore crane…
22-10-2021 IRO news
International Business Research 2022 Malaysia & Thailand
International Business Research (IBR) is a research project that aims to discover the emerging markets Malaysia and Thailand through desk research and five weeks of local field research. Our 24 student consultants aim to deliver…
22-10-2021 Member news
History made by Heerema with offshore testing campaign
Heerema Marine Contractors has tested its novel Rotor Nacelle Assembly (RNA) installation method offshore for the first time. Heerema performed the demonstration project in collaboration with DOT and the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)…
21-10-2021 Member news
AYOP PRESENTS: Three ladies and a gentleman in a conversation about A sustainable offshore sector. Sprint or relay run?
If one topic is constantly in the media it’s climate change, and with the recent floods it’s a topic that’s coming worryingly close to home. Achieving the climate goals for 2030 may well require a…
21-10-2021 Member news
Seagrass to reinforce Romanian coastline
Seagrass beds form a biotope that is of major importance for marine ecology. Climate change, disease, coastal redevelopment and pollution are causing a global decline in seagrass. This is a worrying development because these small…
20-10-2021 IRO news
Masterclass: Greenify the North Sea tijdens Europort
Tijdens de Europort in Ahoy Rotterdam zal op woensdag 3 november een masterclass: ‘Greenify The North Sea’ gehouden worden. Dit is een vervolg van eerdere bijeenkomsten over de vergroening van de Noordzee. De onderwerpen zijn…
19-10-2021 IRO news
Full house at member meeting ROG
After more than one year, we were finally able to organise a physical IRO Members Meet Members meeting at IRO member Rotterdam Offshore & ROG Ship Repair in Rotterdam. All eighty participants enjoyed the meeting…