News & Press
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…
16-07-2019 Member news
Koen Stephan benoemd tot nieuwe voorzitter CvB van SOMA College en Bedrijfsopleidingen
De Raad van Toezicht is verheugd aan te kunnen kondigen dat Koen Stephan zal worden benoemd als nieuwe bestuurder van SOMA College en SOMA Bedrijfsopleidingen. Hij volgt Anke van Bodegom op, zij neemt per 1…
16-07-2019 Member news
Unique sighting with Carnival cruise ship on top of the BOKA Vanguard in Freeport, Bahamas
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) successfully loaded cruise ship Carnival Vista on its semi-submersible heavy lift vessel BOKA Vanguard and transported it to a shipyard facility in Freeport, Bahamas for a unique dry docking operation.
09-07-2019 Member news
Allseas targets renewables with acquisition of OTEC specialist Bluerise
Bluerise is a specialist developer of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) technology Allseas will contribute engineering resources and know-how to bring OTEC concepts to market Allseas has acquired Bluerise, a specialist developer of Ocean…
09-07-2019 IRO news
Commerciële kansen voor marine renewable energy oplossingen
Op dinsdag 2 juli organiseerde IRO in samenwerking met Dutch Marine Energy Centre (DMEC) een bijeenkomst over veelbelovende ontwikkelingen op het gebied van marine renewable energies, zoals getijdenenergie, golfenergie, OTEC en energie uit het verschil…
08-07-2019 IRO news
IADC Drilling HSE&T Europe 2019 Conference & Exhibition
Get ready for another interactive, high quality IADC Drilling HSE&T Europe 2019 Conference & Exhibition! Following up on the 2018 conference, we continue with dynamic and valuable sessions, that will provide attendees with insights into…
05-07-2019
Re-use & decommissioning rapport 2019 gepresenteerd
Op donderdag 4 juli heeft Nexstep het tweede Re-use & decommissioning rapport aangeboden aan directeur-generaal Klimaat en Energie Sandor Gaastra. Wederom zijn er stappen gemaakt. Een primeur ook nog: in 2020…
05-07-2019 Member news
Vydraulics Group acquires VREMAC Cylinders from Royal IHC
In the summer of 2018, VREMAC Cylinders defined its long-term vision to focus more on becoming a partner for the design and production of high-quality cylinders in the region. It also declared its intention to…
05-07-2019
Looking back at Energy trade mission to Mexico
The opening of the Mexican oil and gas industry has placed the country in the international spotlight. The opening of the Mexican market brings new opportunities for the offshore industry. From 16-22 June a trade…
04-07-2019 Member news
A1 Offshore Solutions ApS and Kenz Figee teamed up
to offer a safe and reliable ready to use Walk-to-Work (W2W) offshore solution A1 Offshore Solutions ApS in Denmark, a renowned provider of offshore service vessels and KenzFigee, world’s leading supplier of innovative lifting- and…
04-07-2019 IRO news
Diving into the deep at the IRO member meeting with our host DCN Diving
Thursday 27 June we dived into the deep at DCN Diving. The IRO team and its members received a warm welcome from the DCN staff. The afternoon started with pitches of…
02-07-2019
Boskalis to dry dock Carnival cruise ship on the BOKA Vanguard
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has been awarded a contract by Carnival Cruise Line to lift cruise ship Carnival Vista out of the water onto the BOKA Vanguard and transport it to a shipyard facility…
01-07-2019 IRO news
Jaarverslag 2018 van het kernteam Internationaal van Topsector Water & Maritiem
Nederland is in Water & Maritiem nog steeds een wereldspeler met een ijzersterke reputatie. De Watersector Exportindex (WEX) laat dan ook een positieve trend zien: 2018 en 2019: flinke groei van export van wateractiviteiten, optimisme…
01-07-2019 IRO news
Internationale Matchmaking tijdens HUSUM Wind 2019
Internationale matchmaking tijdens HUSUM Wind 2019 Bent u opzoek naar potentiele (internationale) samenwerkingspartners op het gebied van wind op zee of wind op land? Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) organiseert op woensdag 11 september 2019 een…
01-07-2019 Member news
EL HAMRA PROJECT COMPLETION – Jumbo successfully installs another mooring system in Egypt!
The Fairplayer and her team have successfully completed the pre-installation and tensioning of a shallow water CALM buoy mooring system at a depth of 26 metres for the Mersa El-Hamra terminal offshore Egypt. SCOPE OF…
28-06-2019 Member news
MARIN test door kinderen bedacht ‘schip van de toekomst’
Zeilvis als containerschip, met netten om containers op te vangen Vier winnende schoolklassen waren vandaag bij de prijsuitreiking van de wedstrijd ‘Ontwerp jouw schip van de toekomst’ van MARIN (Maritiem Research Instituut Nederland). Het winnende…
27-06-2019
Heerema’s Sleipnir Passes Sea Trials with Flying Colors
Sleipnir, Heerema Marine Contractor’s newest state-of-the-art semi-submersible crane vessel and the world’s first LNG powered Construction Vessel, has successfully completed her sea trials and crane load tests. During Sleipnir’s sea trials all major systems…
27-06-2019 IRO news
IRO office closed on 27-28 June due to relocation
We’re busy moving to a new office space. Therefore, we can’t be reached on June 27th from 15.00 hrs and the entire day on the 28th. Monday July 1st we are available again from our…
26-06-2019 Member news
Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam completes major maintenance programme on OSV Deep Arctic
Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam has bid farewell to the Diving Support Vessel Deep Arctic following a significant maintenance stopover, a substantial proportion of which was spent in dry dock. It was an exceptionally complex project with…
24-06-2019 Member news
Keel laid for the first of Damen’s revolutionary new FCS 7011 Crew Change
Two and a half years on from the genesis of the FCS 7011 concept in response to extensive feedback from the offshore energy sector, the build of the first of this revolutionary design has begun…