News & Press
30-09-2022 Member news, Offshore wind
KenzFigee & LiftWerx sign contract for delivery of three up-tower cranes
KenzFigee, a well-established lifting and service specialist of high-end equipment for the marine, offshore and wind energy industry, has signed a contract with LiftWerx for delivery of three up-tower cranes at the WindEnergy Conference &…
29-09-2022 Member news, Offshore wind
Huisman awarded contract by Heerema for Motion Compensated Pile Gripper
Huisman has been awarded a contract by Heerema Marine Contractors to deliver a state-of-the-art Motion Compensated Pile Gripper. This will be the third Motion Compensated Pile Gripper to be built by Huisman. This…
29-09-2022 Human capital, Member news
Extension Siemens Gamesa Frame Agreement for Atlas Professionals
Specialist recruitment company Atlas Professionals has successfully renewed a frame agreement for the supply of white collar services in offshore projects with one of the company’s key clients Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (Siemens Gamesa). Siemens…
27-09-2022 Member news, Offshore Wind
GustoMSC introduces the Sjøhest Wind Blade Installation solution
An alternative installation methodology that delivers major time and cost savings GustoMSC and NOV Lifting & Handling have developed the Sjøhest – Norwegian for “seahorse” – to improve offshore wind turbine blade installation efficiency. Blades…
26-09-2022 Member news
IQIP is proud to introduce the Hydrohammer® IQ Series
Introducing the IQ series: the next generation of hydrohammers The future of intelligent pile driving is here. IQIP is proud to introduce the Hydrohammer® IQ Series. Developed in response to the growing size of…
26-09-2022 Member news
KenzFigee launches lift solution for major component exchanges on offshore wind turbines
KenzFigee, a well-established lifting and service specialist of high end equipment for the marine, offshore and wind energy industry, officially launches its first up-tower crane solution for offshore application at the WindEnergy Conference & Exhibition…
22-09-2022 IRO news
Prinsjesdagnieuwsbrief 2022 VNO-NCW en MKB-Nederland
Deze Prinsjesdagnieuwsbrief bevat een eerste overzicht van de plannen voor het komende jaar, lopende zaken en het economisch beeld zoals deze dinsdag 20 september, op Prinsjesdag 2022, door het kabinet bekend zijn gemaakt.
22-09-2022 Member news
Vos Prodect supplies another major Dutch wind farm by the end of 2022
Vos Prodect is pleased to announce a contract awarded by TKF to supply the low Hang-off systems for the Hollandse Kunst Noord (HKN) offshore wind farm. The delivery of the systems is planned for the…
20-09-2022 Member news
The webinar What’s new in SDC Verifier 2022 R2
SDC Verifier team will be hosting the webinar What’s new in SDC Verifier 2022 R2. SDC Verifier’s COO Oleg Ishchuk will talk about many changes, among them: Hot Spot Stress Method in Weld Finder Tool…
20-09-2022 Member news
Damen Shipyards to develop new class to support the oncoming roll-out of floating offshore wind turbines
Damen Shipyards is developing a new class of vessel that will be capable of supporting the next big development in offshore wind; the roll out of large scale, floating offshore wind turbines (FOWT). Forecasts indicate…
16-09-2022 Member news
Allseas founder Edward Heerema steps aside as President
Allseas founder and President Edward Heerema is stepping aside after nearly four decades at the helm. Eldest son Pieter will assume the role of President of the Allseas Group. Edward will remain as Chairman and…
15-09-2022
WindEXT – Advanced maintenance, lifetime extension and repowering of wind farms supported by advanced digital tools
TU Delft are part of an ambitious project to provide digital training materials for professionals and students working in the field of wind farm maintenance. The project is funded through the EU’s Erasmus+ programme and…
13-09-2022 Member news
Van Oord selected as preferred contractor for an offshore wind project in Poland
Van Oord has been selected as preferred contractor for the construction of the Baltic Power offshore wind farm, 23 kilometres north of the Polish coastline. Van Oord will transport and install more than 70 foundations,…
13-09-2022 Member news
Royal IHC delivers one of a kind converted J-lay vessel AMAZON to McDermott International
On Wednesday the 31st of August 2022, Royal IHC handed over the J-lay vessel AMAZON to McDermott International. After an intensive and successful sea trial programme, the conversion project officially comes to an end.
12-09-2022 Fossil energy, Member news
DEME and Van Oord joint venture awarded contract for Darwin Pipeline Duplication Project offshore Northern Australia
Perth, Australia – 12 September 2022 – DEME and Van Oord have been awarded a contract (1) from Allseas in support of the Darwin Pipeline Duplication Project, located offshore Northern Australia. The joint venture…
09-09-2022 IRO news
Successful ONS Stavanger
From August 29th to September 1st, 27 companies were at the Dutch Pavilion at the ONS in Stavanger. Due to the 2020 edition being skipped because of Covid, it was 4 years ago that we…
06-09-2022 Member news
N-Sea successfully completed a pre-emptive repair to Gwynt y Môr ofto subsea export cable 3 (SSEC3)
N-Sea Group have successfully completed a pre-emptive repair to SSEC3. SSEC3 is one of four 132,000 volt export circuits owned and operated by the Gwynt y Môr OFTO, providing the export connection between the Gwynt…
06-09-2022 Member news
MARIN bouwt meest realistische simulatorcentrum voor maritieme operaties
Minister Adriaansens van Economische Zaken en Klimaat startte gisteren met een virtuele druk op de knop de nieuwbouw van MARIN’s Seven Oceans Simulatorcentrum (SOSc). Met deze nieuwe onderzoeksfaciliteit wil MARIN maritieme operaties veiliger en efficiënter…
05-09-2022 Member news
Wagenborg welcomes first floating LNG facility in Eemshaven
On Sunday, September 4, the Floating Storage Regassification Unit (FSRU) ‘Golar Igloo’ arrived in the Eemshaven under the agency of Wagenborg at the end of the afternoon. This floating LNG facility receives port assistance of…
01-09-2022 Member news
Allseas awarded major decommissioning contract by TAQA UK
Engineering, preparation, removal and disposal contract for TAQA UK’s Northern North Sea platforms More than 114,000 tonnes of topsides and jackets to be removed and recycled – the largest single offshore UKCS decommissioning contract scope…
25-08-2022 Member news
DEME Offshore and Havfram sign Memorandum of Understanding to jointly provide offshore wind farm construction services in Norway
DEME Offshore, the leading offshore marine engineering company, and Havfram AS., the international offshore wind and subsea contractor, have concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly offer construction services to the offshore wind farm…
23-08-2022 Member news
Royal IHC to provide new cable lay system for Boskalis
Royal IHC is delighted to announce the award of a significant contract from Boskalis for the delivery of an advanced modular cable lay spread (MCLS). The state-of-the-art cable lay system will be used for installation…
23-08-2022 Member news
DEME successfully performs a ground investigation campaign for Arklow Bank Wind Park Phase 2
SSE Renewables charters DEME’s DP2 offshore installation vessel ‘Neptune’ DEME’s DP2 offshore installation vessel ‘Neptune’ has successfully performed an offshore ground investigation campaign for Arklow Bank Wind Park Phase 2, which is located near Arklow,…
23-08-2022 Member news
Huisman proposes harsh environment semi-sub to provide greenest possible fossil fuel & energy security combination
Facing an energy supply gap due to rapid decline of traditional fossil fuel sources and fast, but not fast enough, growth of renewable energy sources, Huisman has arrived at a solution. The company’s Harsh Environment…
19-08-2022 Member news
Drone delivery for offshore energy a step closer
Drone Delivery flight Den Helder-Texel v.v. successful! The first Drone flight from the mainland to the Isle of Texel and an important milestone in the context of the development and test process of the Long…
18-08-2022 IRO news, Member news
Nieuw lid in de schijnwerpers: Titan Projects BV
IRO heeft recentelijk Titan Projects BV als nieuw lid mogen verwelkomen. In een persoonlijk interview met Alex Bakker, Business Unit Manager, maken wij kennis met Titan Projects BV. Waar blinken jullie in…
18-08-2022 Young IRO
Announcement: Floor Spaargaren new Young IRO board member
We’d like to give a warm welcome to Floor Spaargaren from Maritiem Research Instituut Nederland as she will be joining the forces of the Young IRO board. As an active member of Young IRO since…
18-08-2022 Young IRO
Announcement: Sjoerd Koudijs new Young IRO board member
We’d like to give a warm welcome to Sjoerd Koudijs from TWD as he will be joining the forces of the Young IRO board. “As a fresh member of Young IRO and a newbie in…
18-08-2022 Member news
Heerema removes Kinsale Alpha topside using Thialf
Heerema Marine Contractors successfully removed the Kinsale Alpha topside, in the Kinsale Area gas fields, in the Celtic Sea, approximately 40km to 70km off the south coast of County Cork in Ireland. To this…
18-08-2022 Member news
First manned platform electrification project in the Netherlands
For the Ameland Westgat electrification project Boskalis installed a 4.5-kilometer power cable between the land station on the Dutch island of Ameland and a gas platform which is located a short distance off the coast.