News & Press
11-01-2021 Young IRO
Announcement: Meike Kolthof new Young IRO board member
New year, new board member. We’d like to give a warm welcome to Meike Kolthof from Heerema Marine Contractors. “With an ambition to create a lasting sustainable impact, I am honored to join the Young…
08-01-2021 IRO news
VNO-NCW webinar Tegemoetkoming Vaste Lasten – 15 januari
Op vrijdag 15 januari a.s. 12.30 – 13.30 uur organiseren VNO-NCW en MKB Nederland het webinar over de TVL (Tegemoetkoming Vaste Lasten). Tijdens het webinar wordt ingegaan op de recente aanpassingen van de regeling die…
07-01-2021 Member news
NIEUW: NOGEPA 2.14 & 2.15 Management of Major Emergencies (MoME)
Met trots kunnen wij mededelen dat we de audit voor de cursussen NOGEPA 2.14A Management of Major Emergencies (MoME), NOGEPA 2.14B Management of Major Emergencies Refresher en…
05-01-2021 IRO news
Brexit: 7 zaken die u absoluut moet weten over het akkoord
Kerstavond was het zover: het akkoord voor een nieuw partnerschap tussen het Verenigd Koninkrijk (VK) en de Europese Unie (EU) werd bekend gemaakt. ‘De deal’ is inmiddels voor iedereen in te zien. De maar…
05-01-2021 Member news
Boskalis bolsters market position in subsea services through acquisition Rever Offshore
Boskalis announces the acquisition of all the shares of Rever Offshore’s subsea services business (‘Rever’). Rever, formally known as Bibby Offshore, offers a broad range of solutions in the area of subsea construction, inspection, repair…
04-01-2021 Member news
DEME Offshore completes Moray East foundation installation
In an important milestone the last jackets for the 950 MW Moray East offshore wind farm in Scotland were all safely installed offshore. DEME Offshore was awarded the full EPCI scope for 100 wind turbine…
04-01-2021 Member news
Jumbo installs Karish FPSO mooring system while breaking its deep-water record in the process
On behalf of TechnipFMC, Jumbo Offshore successfully completed the first phase of work on Energean’s Karish gas field offshore Israel in October. Jumbo’s scope of work included transport and installation of 14 suction piles (part…
21-12-2020 Member news
Safeway clinches its first W2W contract with Heerema Marine Contractors to operate in Taiwan
Safeway, the Dutch specialist in the design and manufacture of offshore transfer equipment, has been awarded a contract by Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) to supply a Safeway Seagull type motion compensated gangway system for installation…
18-12-2020 Member news, Sustainability
Van Oord orders green cable-laying vessel
Van Oord has ordered a next-generation custom-built green cable-laying vessel. The vessel will be delivered from VARD in Norway and equipped with the latest sustainable technologies. The vessel will be fully operational in 2023. This…
18-12-2020 Member news
Kick-off of the HYPORT® Duqm Green Hydrogen Project
DEME Concessions (DEME) and OQ Alternative Energy (OQ) are proud to announce the start of a joint project to develop a world leading, green hydrogen plant in the Special Economic Zone at Duqm, Oman in…
17-12-2020 IRO news
Kerst en Nieuwjaar sluiting IRO kantoor
Het IRO kantoor is i.v.m de feestdagen gesloten van donderdag 24 december t/m vrijdag 1 januari 2021. Vanaf maandag 4 januari zijn wij weer bereikbaar. Wij wensen u fijne feestdagen en tot in het nieuwe…
17-12-2020 IRO news, Sustainability
Verplaatsing Recharge Earth congres van maart naar september 2021
De organisatie van Recharge Earth – Rotterdam Ahoy – heeft in overleg met haar partners besloten om het congres te verplaatsen van 10 en 11 maart naar woensdag 8 en donderdag 9 september 2021. Op…
16-12-2020 Member news
Online Legionella course
In response to client requests and in order to facilitate training options in these times of global restrictions, Hatenboer-Water has created a digital version of the water quality training module about Legionella. As of today,…
15-12-2020 IRO news
Persoonlijke kerstboodschap van het IRO bestuur
Het zal niemand ontgaan zijn dat 2020 een bijzonder heftig jaar is geweest waarbij wij elkaar ook hebben moeten missen op fysieke evenementen. Maar een crisis biedt ook kans op vernieuwing, innovatie en verandering. Laten…
15-12-2020
MO4 Acquires BMO
MO4 and BMO are proud to announce a recently signed acquisition deal that will take effect in January 2021. A strategic acquisition that enables MO4 to become a one-stop-shop for marine…
15-12-2020 Member news
Ulstein awarded design contract for first Jones Act compliant rock installation vessel to serve US Offshore wind
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. LLC (GLDD) contracted Ulstein Design & Solutions BV to design the first U.S.-flagged Jones Act compliant, inclined fallpipe vessel for subsea rock installation. The vessel is considered to be…
14-12-2020 IRO news
Offshore energy in de schijnwerpers op Expo 2020 in Dubai volgend jaar
Nederland neemt deel aan de Dubai Expo 2020. Deze wereldtentoonstelling wordt gehouden van 1 oktober 2021 tot 31 maart 2022. Het is de eerste in de Golfregio. Meer dan 160 landen en organisaties presenteren zich…
10-12-2020 Member news, Sustainability
RWE chooses Van Oord for foundations and array cables at Sofia Offshore Wind Farm
Van Oord has been selected by RWE as the preferred supplier for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of the monopile foundations and array cables for Sofia Offshore Wind Farm, one of the world’s…
10-12-2020 IRO news
Effectieve aanpak IMVO kan alleen op Europees niveau
Wet- en regelgeving met betrekking tot Internationaal Maatschappelijk Verantwoord Ondernemen (IMVO) is alleen effectief op EU-niveau. Met alle lidstaten samen kunnen we een goede collectieve vuist maken in de aanpak van misstanden en mensenrechtenschendingen in…
10-12-2020 Member news
Bakker Sliedrecht elektrificeert kraanschepen Heerema voor gebruik duurzame windenergie
Bakker Sliedrecht gaat de kraanschepen Thialf en Sleipnir van Heerema Marine Contractors elektrificeren zodat ze kunnen worden voorzien van groene walstroom. Deze duurzame energie is afkomstig van windmolens op de kade van het Calandkanaal in…
08-12-2020 Member news
Wagenborg Offshore signs contract for third walk to work vessel on the Southern North Sea
After a tender process, Wagenborg Offshore has signed an agreement for the deployment of a Walk to Work Emergency Response and Rescue Vessel (W2W EERV). This third walk to work vessel in the Wagenborg fleet…
08-12-2020 Member news
Damen signs with Opus Marine for Germany’s first FCS 2710
On 3rd December in Hamburg, Damen Shipyards Group signed a contract with Opus Marine for the delivery of a Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2710, to be named Allegro. The company will operate the vessel in…
08-12-2020 Member news
Fugro wins three site investigation contracts for IJmuiden Ver offshore wind farm zone
Fugro has been awarded three geotechnical investigation contracts for IJmuiden Ver, the largest offshore wind farm (OWF) zone to be developed in the Dutch part of the North Sea. The investigations for IJmuiden Ver are…
04-12-2020 Member news
Hatenboer-Water opens office in Houston today
Hatenboer-Water Americas: Houston, we have lift-off! Times are tough, but so are we. Despite current challenges, we are happy to announce our brand-new Houston branch is fully operational, stocked and open for business. Ready to…
04-12-2020 IRO news
COVID-19 procedures NOGEPA and Den Helder Airport per 3-12-2020
With these procedures, the offshore oil and gas operators, Den Helder Airport and helicopter operators put in place measures to prevent spreading of the SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 to offshore installations as much…
03-12-2020 IRO news
VN bestempelen zeevarenden als cruciale beroepsgroep in nijpende zeevaartmarkt
03-12-2020: De Verenigde Naties (VN) hebben een resolutie aangenomen, die zeevarenden wereldwijd bestempelt als een cruciale beroepsgroep. Hierdoor moet het eenvoudiger worden personeel aan boord van schepen af te lossen, dat al vaak maanden…
03-12-2020 Corona, Member news
Impactrapportage: TO2MORROW TO2-instellingen lanceren jaarlijkse Impactrapportage met speciaal coronakatern
De Toegepast Onderzoek Organisaties (TO2), TNO, WUR, Deltares, NLR en MARIN, publiceren vandaag hun Impactrapportage 2020. Het magazine, dat in nauwe samenwerking met het Ministerie van Economische Zaken en Klimaat tot stand kwam, laat zien…
02-12-2020 IRO news
Lessons learned during the interactive webinar crew changes in corona time
On Tuesday 1 December 2020, experienced experts Annet Koster (KVNR), Wilko Kok (Van Oord) and Pieter Veen (Boskalis) took us on the roller coaster of crew changes in corona time. The setting was the Buccaneer…
01-12-2020 Member news, Sustainability
Turbine installation at Belgium’s largest offshore wind farm crosses the finish line
Construction works at SeaMade, Belgium’s largest offshore wind farm, have crossed the finish line with the last of 58 turbines successfully installed on 30 November. The SeaMade wind farm will provide green energy for 485,000…
30-11-2020 Member news, Sustainability
RWE and DEME Offshore install collars on offshore foundations
RWE-patented technology to be deployed for the first time at the Kaskasi offshore wind farm New monopile foundation collars increase load-bearing capacity Offshore construction works to start in the third quater of 2021; start of…