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21-10-2019
Damen partners with Maris to consider seaweed solution
Consortium weighs viability of harvesting, preprocessing and transportation of Sargassum Damen Shipyards Group and Maris Projects have joined forces to tackle the issue of invasive Sargassum seaweed in the Caribbean region – including the Dutch…
17-10-2019
World first for Boskalis by operating a dredging vessel on 100% bio-fuel oil
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) and biofuels supplier GoodFuels are set to take the next key step in the ‘Boskalis on Bio’ program for the testing of sustainable bio-fuel oil. Following earlier successful tests with…
17-10-2019
100 year-old Bakker Sliedrecht still leading in innovation
Over the past hundred years, Bakker Sliedrecht has made a major contribution to the growth and increase in efficiency of the Dutch dredging industry, offshore, maritime and industrial sector. In the coming years, the company…
17-10-2019
Paradigm Group Promotes Product Champion to Manage their World Class Digital Slickline Service.
Paradigm Intervention Technologies based in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, have recently promoted Richie Buchan to Product Champion for their World class digital slickline service, Slick-E-Line®. Richie’s line manager, Arthur Merrick, Manager for Paradigm Intervention Technologies comments, “Richie,…
08-10-2019
Fugro appoints Erik-Jan Bijvank as Group Director Europe and Africa
Fugro’s Board of Management has appointed Erik-Jan Bijvank as Group Director for Europe and Africa. He will start at Fugro on 1 January 2020. Erik-Jan Bijvank worked at Stork, a Fluor company, for over 20…
07-10-2019
Date Navingo Career Event 2020 announced
The date for the fourteenth edition of the Navingo Career Event has been announced. On Thursday the 28th of May 2020, RDM Rotterdam – Onderzeebootloods is once again the location for career and development in…
04-10-2019
Turbine installation completed at Hornsea One offshore wind farm
On 3 October 2019, DEME Offshore’s ‘Sea Challenger’ and crew completed the installation of 174 SWT-7.0 MW turbines at Hornsea One, the world’s largest offshore wind farm. “I am very proud to announce that…
03-10-2019
INVITATION – October 8 – Dutch Energy Solutions Event During Offshore Energy
Join Dutch Energy Solutions and get informed about the main market developments in the energy sector in the Gulf States. Attention will be given to latest project information, general developments, technology trends, sustainability aspects and…
03-10-2019
Royal IHC and Egyptian MOD sign contract for another 10 IHC Beavers®
Royal IHC has secured an order from the Engineering Authority at the Egyptian Ministry of Defence (MOD). The contract builds on the excellent partnership and comprises the construction of 10 IHC Beaver® 45 Cutter Suction…
02-10-2019
iPS Powerful People acquires a controlling interest in the survey specialized personnel services company Nautech Services
iPS Powerful People and Nautech Services have agreed to intensively collaborate. With this agreement iPS Powerful People will strengthen their position in the Survey and Marine markets, and Nautech Services will benefit from an expanded…
26-09-2019
Huisman celebrates its 90th anniversary and reaches milestone of 150.000mt total lifting capacity
Huisman is celebrating its 90th anniversary as a leading designer and manufacturer of innovative and step changing technical solutions, to the world’s leading companies in the renewables, oil & gas, civil and entertainment industries. The…
20-09-2019
Opening new training ship RelyOn Nutec Amsterdam
On the 19th of September 2019 RelyOn Nutec officially opened the new training ship in the harbour of Amsterdam. With this specially designed training ship the safety training provider can offer a wide range of…
18-09-2019
Boskalis associate Smit Lamnalco signs first 10-year terminal services contract in Mozambique
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) announces that Smit Lamnalco, a 50% associated company, has been awarded a substantial 10-year contract with additional extension options by Coral FLNG to provide integrated marine services to the first…
16-09-2019
Invitation opening new training ship RelyOn Nutec Amsterdam – for press
The RelyOn Nutec Amsterdam training centre has been expanded with new training facilities on board of a specially designed training ship. With this expansion we can perform a wide range of fire- and life boat…
12-09-2019
Boskalis awarded EUR 85 million worth of coastal protection contracts in Europe
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has been awarded two contracts aimed at strengthening and protecting a stretch of seafront coastline from erosion in the United Kingdom and Romania. The contracts carry a combined value of…
10-09-2019
Invitation Plate Buckling Webinar 18 September 2019
Plate Buckling check is an important aspect of offshore constructions. Each plate should be checked thoroughly as it influences the strength and stability of the whole construction. SDC Verifier has a useful instrument — Panel…
10-09-2019
Piling installation at Moray East offshore wind farm crosses halfway point
DEME Offshore is making strong progress on the installation of pin piles at the Moray East wind farm in the UK. Having started offshore construction works with the jack-up installation vessel ‘Apollo’ in May 2019,…
09-09-2019
InvaSave proves ready to help vessel owners in time for Ballast Water Management Convention deadline
The InvaSave mobile ballast water treatment system from Damen Green Solutions has demonstrated beyond doubt its capability to help ships meet the incoming D2 standard. All vessels will be required to comply with the standard…
09-09-2019
World record: Heerema’s crane vessel Sleipnir lifts 15,300 tonnes
Heerema’s SSCV Sleipnir, the world’s largest crane vessel, completed a 15,300 tonnes lift this weekend, installing the topsides for Noble Energy’s Leviathan development in the Mediterranean. This sets a world record: lifting a module…
04-09-2019
EnergyPods to support North Sea Platform
Amphibious Energy is proud to announce it secured a contract for the delivery of two EnergyPods for Wood in the UK. These 100% renewable power units will support a decommissioned platform in the Central North…
03-09-2019
Bakker Sliedrecht makes converted trailing suction hopper dredger Schenge energy-efficient
Thanks to Bakker Sliedrecht, the new trailing suction hopper dredger Schenge from the Goes based Faasse Groep will become energy-efficient. The electrical drive specialist supplies and installs a shaft generator on the main engine, which…
03-09-2019
Compressor Systems Holland delivered a skid mounted biogas compressor
Last week Compressor Systems Holland delivered a biogas compressor to a satisfied customer. 320Nm3/h pre-purified biogas is compressed with a 45 kW e-motor driven, 2-stage Corken piston compressor from 10-16 to 40-42 barg, cooled and…
30-08-2019
Aeolus completes turbine installation at Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm
Van Oord’s offshore installation vessel Aeolus has successfully completed the installation of 31 turbines on monopiles at the Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm. As the Balance of Plant contractor, Van Oord was responsible for the…
29-08-2019
DEME and Eiffage awarded EPCI foundation contract for the first offshore wind farm in France
A consortium including DEME and Eiffage Métal has been awarded a major EPCI contract for 80 foundations at the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm in France. The scope includes the design, fabrication and installation of…
27-08-2019
CEO Peter Berdowski verwerft aandelen Boskalis
Koninklijke Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) maakt bekend dat Peter Berdowski, CEO Boskalis vandaag 50.000 aandelen Boskalis heeft aangekocht. De aandelen zijn via een bank verkregen en zijn uit de privémiddelen van de heer Berdowski gefinancierd.
23-08-2019
MPI Resolution started blade repair campaign in offshore wind farm
Offshore installation vessel MPI Resolution recently started its work for the Prinses Amaliawindpark in the Netherlands. MPI Offshore, a subsidiary of Van Oord, has been contracted to repair and upgrade all of the blades for…
22-08-2019
Boskalis half year result 2019 tainted by offshore projects; 2019 EBITDA guidance unchanged
Key Figures First Half Year 2019 • Revenue: EUR 1.3 billion • EBITDA: EUR 135.7 million • Net profit: EUR 1.3 million • Order book: EUR 4.4 billion Outlook 2019…
19-08-2019
Jumbo and GoodFuels Partner to Take Sustainable Bio-Fuel Oil to the Offshore Support Market
Dutch company partnership paves the way for a low carbon energy transition in the offshore support sector. Leading global heavy lift shipping and offshore transportation and installation contractor Jumbo, and the world’s first commercial, sustainable…
14-08-2019
The second Ocean Engineering Summer School has started!
TU Delft and DOB-Academy have organised an Ocean Engineering Summer School for the The Nippon Foundation. Last Sunday we welcomed twelve Japanese students and three young professionals. They will join us for four weeks to…
13-08-2019
Jumbo ships large TP’s for first offshore windfarm in Taiwan!
Jumbo has just completed the shipment of the heaviest, tallest and the largest diameter Transition Pieces (TP’s) we have ever transported! These TP’s were shipped for our client Jan De Nul Group in cooperation with…
12-08-2019
Dutch Energy Association merges into Holland House Mexico
As of June 2019, the Dutch Energy Association is part of Holland House Mexico, the Dutch-Mexican Chamber of Commerce in Mexico. The Netherlands has identified nine top sectors in which the government wants to strengthen…
07-08-2019
New heavy weight record for Jumbo!
Our Jumbo Kinetic has just lifted a giant 1,929 tonne Wash Tower, the heaviest cargo ever lifted by Jumbo! Record Breaking! At Jumbo, we enjoy pioneering solutions, and the team gets very excited when…
01-08-2019
Boskalis and Kotug complete sale of Kotug Smit Towage to Boluda
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis), together with its co-shareholder Kotug International B.V. (Kotug), have completed the sale of Kotug Smit Towage to Boluda Group (Boluda). The intended sale was announced on 4 March 2019. In…
01-08-2019
DEME completes Elia’s Modular Offshore Grid subsea export cable installation well ahead of schedule
DEME successfully completed the installation of 85 km of subsea export cable for Elia’s Modular Offshore Grid, deploying the state-of-the-art cable installation vessel ‘Living Stone’. The cable connects Elia’s Offshore Switch Yard to the shore…
01-08-2019
Royal IHC annual figures 2018
Setbacks on challenging projects led to a net loss of € 80.6 million in 2018. Concrete actions have been taken to restore profitability: o focus applied and transformation intensified o management team strengthened…
31-07-2019 Leidschendam
Fugro HY 2019: Recovery continues, driven by marine business
Seabed Geosolutions classified as ‘held for sale’ ■ After a weak first quarter, the second quarter results of Fugro’s core business improved significantly, resulting in an EBIT margin of 2.9% in the first half year…
30-07-2019
Boskalis awarded Seabed Intervention & Shore Crossing contract for Woodside’s Scarborough export gas pipeline
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has been awarded the contract for the seabed intervention and shore crossing activities for Woodside’s proposed Scarborough export gas pipeline in North West Australia. The contract awarded by Woodside Energy…
24-07-2019
VOS Start completes successful charter for MVOW
Vroon walk-to-work vessel arrives in IJmuiden following Irish Sea operations At the end of last week, our subsea-support walk-to-work unit, VOS Start, arrived in IJmuiden after almost two years engaged in operations for offshore-renewable client…
24-07-2019
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
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
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
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
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…
16-07-2019
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
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
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
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…
05-07-2019
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…
04-07-2019
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…
01-07-2019
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
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…
26-06-2019
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
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…
20-06-2019
CSH – Hydrodiesel Firepak 2400 succesfully commissioned
The containerised Cummins Firepak 2400 of CSH Hydrodiesel is successfully commissioned on board of the Constructor Offshore Supply Vessel (OSV). Compressor Systems Holland, YOUR CHALLENGE, OUR WORK !…
19-06-2019 Leeuwarden
Robots van NHL Stenden Hogeschool gaan de strijd met elkaar aan
Studenten nemen het tegen elkaar op met hun slimste innovaties Hoe maak je een robot zó geavanceerd dat hij eieren kan herkennen, rapen en afleveren zonder een kip omver te rijden? En wat gebeurt er…
14-06-2019
Boskalis appointed as salvor for both damaged tankers in the Gulf of Oman
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has been appointed as the salvor for both tankers that were hit yesterday morning in the Gulf of Oman in a suspected…
13-06-2019 Tokyo
DOB-Academy signed two contracts in Tokyo, Japan
On Monday, 10 June, DOB-Academy signed a contract with NAMICPA (Nagasaki Marine Industry Cluster Promotion Association). Together with consortium partner TU Delft, we also signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nippon Foundation. Both…
11-06-2019
High Speed Transfers places order for fourth Damen Fast Crew Supplier 2710
HST’s second FCS 2710 has just been delivered High Speed Transfers (HST), the recent new entry into the crew transfer sector, has placed its fourth order for a Damen next-generation Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2710,…
11-06-2019
Another acquisition for HYDAC B.V. in Helmond
Large expansion for market leader in hydraulic components and systems through the addition of electric drive & control technology from Elma B.V. Following previous acquisitions by HYDAC of HYCOM B.V. and Hydrodynamics B.V. in 2013,…
06-06-2019
Damen to showcase capabilities for US offshore wind sector
Damen attending US Offshore Wind Confex 2019 highlighting Jones Act compliant, proven vessel solutions Damen Shipyards Group will be present at the fourth annual US Offshore Wind 2019 Conference and Exhibition on 10-11 June 2019…