News & Press
23-12-2021 Member news
Safeway secures rental contract extension Seagull gangway for campaign offshore Taiwan
Safeway, the Dutch specialist in the design and manufacture of offshore transfer equipment has secured an extension of an existing rental contract supply the Safeway Seagull type motion-compensated gangway system on board the subsea construction…
22-12-2021 Member news
Van Oord partners with two PortXL start-ups
Van Oord has signed partnership agreements with LexX and Heliorec, two start-ups scouted through the innovation platform PortXL. The signing ceremony took place during the shakedown event on 2 December marking the end of this…
20-12-2021 Member news, Sustainability
Bakker Sliedrecht enables research vessel Nuyina to sail silently and hybrid through Antarctic ice
Five years after Damen Shipyards Group began construction, the new Antarctic Supply & Research Vessel (ASRV) Nuyina for the Australian government has arrived at its home port of Hobart in Tasmania. Bakker Sliedrecht supplied the…
20-12-2021 Member news
Inmarsat gives a gift of free connectivity to seafarers
Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, is giving free connectivity to maritime crews around the globe that use its Fleet Hotspot service. Given the critical role connectivity plays in crew welfare, Inmarsat…
20-12-2021 IRO news
Christmas & New Year closure IRO office
Due to the festive holidays, the IRO office is closed from 27 December till 4 January 2022. We wish you Happy Holidays and a healthy 2022!…
16-12-2021 Member news
DEME Offshore secures sizable inter-array cable contract for Dogger Bank C wind farm in the UK
Earlier today, DEME Offshore, subsidiary of the DEME Group, announced it has been awarded a sizable (1) EPCI contract for the inter-array cables at the Dogger Bank C wind farm in the UK. Dogger Bank…
16-12-2021 Member news
Strategic Alliance for Paradigm Drilling Services and ProGroup in Middle East
Paradigm Drilling Services, part of the Paradigm Group headquartered in Rotterdam, Holland, have announced their strategic alliance with UAE oil service company ProGroup MENA to manage sales and rentals across the Middle East. The agreement…
15-12-2021
Online Offshore Café
On Friday December 15, we were able to make no fewer than 379 matches during speed dating in the largest Online Offshore Café in the Netherlands! A good opportunity to end the year in a…
15-12-2021 Member news, Sustainability
Boskalis takes delivery of largest bio-fuel consignment to date
Boskalis has taken delivery of its largest-ever consignment of drop-in biofuel which will be used to power two hopper dredgers on upcoming projects in northwestern Europe. The use of bio-fuel will result in a CO2…
14-12-2021 Member news
Boskalis commissions large-scale electric vehicle charging facility at its head office
Boskalis has recently commissioned a large-scale charging facility at its headquarters in Papendrecht, marking a significant investment in charging capacity for electric vehicles (EVs). The new facility with 252 charging points is one of the…
13-12-2021 Sustainability
Marine energy in the Dutch North Sea – Potential benefits to the Dutch energy system
Marine energy has been gaining attention as a potential contributor to the diversification of the Dutch renewable portfolio and to sustainable energy generation in the North Sea. In July of this year, three motions were…
13-12-2021 Member news
Royal IHC appoints new CEO with extensive experience in maritime sector
Jan Pieter Klaver will start as CEO of Royal IHC on 1 January 2022. He thus takes over from Gerben Eggink, who fulfilled the role of CEO on an interim basis for more than a…
09-12-2021 Member news
Atlas Professionals sign multi-year global frame-agreement with Boskalis
Proving reliable to its clients yet again – international recruitment company Atlas Professionals has renewed its multi-year framework agreement with Boskalis On December 1, 2021, Boris Kasteel, CEO, Atlas Professionals signed the framework agreement…
09-12-2021 Young IRO
And the winner of the Best Mentor Award 2021 is…
Giuseppe Petrina, Programme Manager VO:X Data within Van Oord! “Everyone is a talent. Mentorship is all about enabling people in discovering their natural talent and unlocking their ability to succeed.” It was a close call…
09-12-2021 Member news
Bakker Sliedrecht’s digitization strategy can save shipbuilders and owners a lot of time and costs
The digital recording and documentation of all data of a vessel during its entire life cycle – from construction to decommission – can save builders and owners a lot of time and costs. Bakker Sliedrecht…
09-12-2021 IRO news
Save the new date: IRO 50-jarig jubileum
Beste leden en relaties, De nieuwe datum voor de viering van het 50-jarig IRO jubileum is bekend! Houd donderdag 23 juni 2022 vrij in de agenda voor een fantastisch feest in de Fokker Terminal in…
08-12-2021 Member news
Book published by Boskalis about the salvage of the Ever Given
In March this year Boskalis was at the center of worldwide media attention on the salvage of the stranded mega container ship Ever Given in the Suez Canal. In collaboration with the Suez Canal Authority…
06-12-2021 Member news, Sustainability
Boskalis consortium secures EUR 24 million research grant to advance emission-free shipping
A broader maritime consortium in which Boskalis is participant has been awarded a EUR 24 million grant to conduct research into accelerating the use of methanol as a low-carbon fuel within the shipping industry. Methanol…
01-12-2021 Member news
Huisman to deliver two >2,000mt Leg Encircling Cranes for Cadeler X-class vessels
Today, Huisman, the worldwide provider of step changing technical solutions, announces that it has been awarded a contract from COSCO Shipping (Qidong) Offshore Co., Ltd. for the design and construction of two >2,000mt Leg Encircling…
01-12-2021 IRO news
IRO 50 years: Book ‘Won from the Waves’ officially launched!
On the occasion of IRO’s 50th anniversary maritime historians Joke Korteweg and Frits Loomeijer wrote the anniversary book about 50 years of Dutch Offshore, entitled (Dutch and English): Wagen en Winnen De Nederlandse offshore-industrie…
30-11-2021 Member news, Sustainability
Boskalis signs partnership agreement with CIP for the development of the world’s first energy island project
Boskalis has signed a partnership agreement with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), a leading global fund manager focused on renewable energy investments, together with three internationally renowned companies, to bid for the development of the energy…
29-11-2021 IRO news
Ministerie EZK investeert 52,9 miljoen in maritieme R&D
Rotterdam, 29 november 2021 | Vandaag werd bekend dat 3 consortia van maritieme bedrijven en kennisinstellingen in totaal 52,9 miljoen toekend hebben gekregen vanuit de RDM-subsidieregeling van het ministerie van EZK. De regeling is bedoeld…
29-11-2021 Member news
Van Oord to install scour protection at Seagreen offshore wind farm
Seaway 7, the main Seagreen contractor, have contracted Van Oord to install scour protection around the 114 wind turbine foundations at the Seagreen offshore wind farm. This wind farm is located 27 kilometres off the…
26-11-2021 IRO news
Book ‘Won from the Waves’ takes a traditional Dutch industry out of the shadows for the first time
On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the association IRO, which represents the interests of Dutch suppliers in the Offshore Energy Industry, a book will be published on 1 December: ‘Won from the Waves.
25-11-2021 Member news
Wagenborg Offshore signs contract for fourth Walk to Work vessel on the Southern North Sea
Wagenborg Offshore has signed an agreement for the deployment of a walk to work emergency response and rescue vessel (W2W ERRV). This fourth walk to work vessel in the Wagenborg fleet will be operated by…
25-11-2021 Member news, Sustainability
Seaway 7 celebrates build milestone for Wind Turbine Installation Vessel and announces vessel name
Seaway 7 is pleased to announce that today the steel cutting ceremony took place for its next generation Wind Turbine Installation Vessel (WTIV) at the China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) facility in Jiangsu, China. The…
25-11-2021 Member news, Sustainability
Tot 2030 heeft de offshore wind industrie 123.000 extra professionals nodig
Er zijn vakkundige mensen nodig om de energietransitie te realiseren. Wat doet de offshore energie sector hier zelf aan? Tijdens een van de talkshows op Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC) kwamen o.a. de onderwerpen…
24-11-2021 Member news
Ulstein designed subsea rock installation vessel will be America’s first – GLDD orders Jones-Act compliant rock installation vessel to serve U.S. Offshore Wind
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. LLC (GLDD), U.S. leading dredging company, has ordered the first U.S.-flagged and Jones Act compliant subsea rock installation vessel, an ULSTEIN S211 design. Designed by Rotterdam based Ulstein Design…
18-11-2021 Member news
The World’s first walk to work ice breaker successfully launched
Last weekend yard number 862 was launched successfully at shipyard Royal Niestern Sander. The world’s first ice breaking walk to work vessel is one step closer to delivery and operations in harsh weather conditions in…
18-11-2021 Member news
Inmarsat secures fleetwide installation agreement with Maersk Supply Service for Fleet Xpress digital portfolio
Digital IoT services from Inmarsat will enable new phase in Maersk Supply Service strategy for enhanced performance, efficiency and sustainability across 30 offshore vessels, enabling fast, precise and automated data on emissions & fuel consumption…