News & Press
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…
15-10-2021 IRO news, Netherlands Suppliers Catalogue
Interview Pieter van Oord & Sander Vergroesen in Ocean Energy Resources
Energy is something we still need, but the way we produce it is changing fundamentally. The offshore energy sector is in a state of flux, and the Dutch supply chain is on the cusp of…
14-10-2021 Member news
Bakker Sliedrecht develops condition-based maintenance to optimize vessel maintenance cycle
Bakker Sliedrecht is one of the first companies in the maritime industry to switch partly from time-based maintenance to condition-based maintenance. The actual status and condition of electrical drive systems and components are monitored. The…
14-10-2021 Member news
Bureau Veritas en Amsterdam IJmuiden Offshore Ports zoeken samenwerking in ontmantelingsopgave
Onlangs is Bureau Veritas toegetreden tot AYOP, de belangenvereniging en netwerkorganisatie die voluit bekend staat als Amsterdam IJmuiden Offshore Ports. De ruim 100 leden tellende AYOP-organisatie omvat bedrijven, regionale overheden en kennis- en onderwijsinstellingen die…
14-10-2021 IRO news
Steun de KNRM en meld je nu aan voor het Captain of Sales event 2021!
Het is weer bijna zover! Op vrijdag 19 november organiseert de KNRM voor de vijfde keer het bijzondere evenement “Captain of Sales”. Een dag lang strijden teams zij aan zij in een wedstrijd om het…
13-10-2021 Young IRO
Announcement: Myrna Staring new Young IRO board member
We would like to give a warm welcome to Myrna Staring from Fugro as she will be joining the Young IRO board! “Coming from an exploration geophysics background, I joined Fugro in 2020 as a…
13-10-2021 IRO news
Bestel nu het boek over 50 jaar Nederlandse offshore! (alléén voor leden)
Een uniek boek over een oer-Hollandse industrietak, die met veel lef en technisch vernuft opereert. Ter gelegenheid van het 50-jarig bestaan van IRO dit jaar, hebben maritiem historici Joke Korteweg en Frits Loomeijer het jubileumboek…
13-10-2021 IRO news
IRO 50 jaar: Wist je dat…decommissioning
Milieu en de offshore olie- en gasindustrie stonden vaak lijnrecht tegenover elkaar. Een cruciale rol daarin speelde in 1995 de Brent Spar, een drijvend olie- opslag- en oplaadpunt voor tankers in de noordelijke Noordzee. Het…
12-10-2021 IRO news
Netherlands Suppliers Catalogue 2022 – boek uw profieladvertentie vóór 3 december!
De voorbereidingen voor de 2022 editie van de Netherlands Suppliers Catalogue zijn weer in volle gang! Deze editie zal in januari 2022 verschijnen. De catalogus biedt aantrekkelijke deelnamemogelijkheden voor alle IRO leden en zal wereldwijd…
11-10-2021 IRO news, Sustainability
Vineyard Wind selects DEME Offshore US for foundation installation
DEME will work with local labor unions to help train a US based workforce Vineyard Wind, a joint venture between Avangrid Renewables, a subsidiary of AVANGRID, Inc. (NYSE: AGR), and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), announced…
08-10-2021 Member news
Damen’s revolutionary Fast Crew Supplier FCS 7011 completes sea trials and heads to the Netherlands
After five years of market consultation, research, design, engineering and construction, the first of Damen’s ground-breaking Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 7011 class has completed its sea trials off the Turkish coast and is set to…
08-10-2021 IRO news
Final preparations for Europort in full swing
Europort 2021 is getting closer and closer. With only a few weeks to go, all final preparations for Europort are in full swing. Everyone involved is looking forward to the 40th anniversary edition of the…