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Reliable offshore
competence
Future with healthy
dose of tension
Revolutionary lifting
equipment ‘Made in Holland’
Growing confidence
in ‘Oleg Strashnov’
DP platform
installation/
decommissioning
and pipelay vessel
‘Pieter Schelte’
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4 | More to follow
With the introduction of the ‘Balder’ and ‘Hermod’,
Pieter Schelte Heerema succeeded in pushing the
boundaries of the offshore installation market. History
will repeat itself when his son Edward P. Heerema puts
a single-lift vessel into operation. And if it is up to the
founder and CEO of Allseas, there is more to follow.
Offshore Holland is a high-quality magazine
with the objective to promote the interests and
export opportunities of the Dutch supply- and
service companies in the upstream oil and gas
industry. Moreover technological developments
will be highlighted in order to contribute to
a positive representation and positioning of
the Netherlands as innovative and ingenious
partner country.
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MC Class Module Carriers is set to be launched.
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Initiators
Lift-Tex Industrie is a ground-breaking business specialising in the production and development of textile-based
heavy-lift lifting materials. One immensely-strong
innovation, is the Extreema range of slings and protective
sleeves produced in Dyneema manmade fibres.
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44 | Growing confidence
In 2011 the monohull crane vessel ‘Oleg Strashnov’ was
handed over to Seaway Heavy Lifting. Since that time,
the innovative vessel has more than proven its considerable
value in the offshore wind energy sector. However, also
in the offshore oil and gas industry, the crane vessel is
carrying out a growing number of special projects.
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Welcome to the IRO Holland Pavilion
Highly
innovative
attitude
As Managing Director of IRO - The Association
of Dutch Suppliers in the Oil and Gas Industry,
I am proud to present you the latest edition of
Offshore Holland!
According to the latest forecasts oil
will remain the single largest energy
source until 2040. Natural gas will
replace coal as the second largest
source of energy by 2040; and
renewables are forecasted to become
increasingly important in 2040.
In general the opinion is that the
global primary energy demand is
set to increase due to population
growth and larger middle income
groups, this despite of the effect of
increasing efficiency and less fuel
consumption in the western world.
The Dutch oil and gas supply industry
plays an important role in providing
innovative solutions for large complex
oil and gas projects all around the
world. Although a small country,
the Netherlands is recognised all
over the world for its international
orientation. The Dutch upstream oil
and gas supply industry belongs to
the top 5 of the world, together with
US, UK, Norway and France. Export
is very important for the Dutch oil &
gas supply industry, 75% of our
turnover is export related.
Therefore, investments in new
technology and innovations that
extend the life of operational fields
in the North Sea, deep water
development, arctic areas, GTL
and offshore renewable energy
will continue and are of great
importance for our industry.
In order to promote the interests
of the Dutch suppliers abroad, IRO
participates in trade missions in
cooperation with embassies and
organises Dutch pavilions at all major
international oil and gas exhibitions.
The highly innovative attitude of
the Dutch, also demonstrated in
advanced safety and environmental
standards, is outstanding and at
the same time the driving force
behind the success of the Dutch
suppliers’ industry.
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Upcoming exhibitions where you
can meet the Dutch suppliers
displaying their products and
services, are Offshore Northern
Seas in Stavanger (25-28 August
2014), Rio Oil & Gas in Rio de
Janeiro (15-18 September 2014)
and Offshore Energy in Amsterdam
(28-29 October 2014).
In this edition of Offshore Holland
you can read all about the products,
expertise and high profile technological
developments of leading IRO member
companies such as Allseas, IHC, BigLift
Shipping, Damen, Keppel Verolme,
Breman Offshore and Bluestream.
You can also have a look at the
Netherlands Oil & Gas Catalogue if
you want to know more about the
Dutch suppliers. The catalogue is
distributed at the Holland Pavilions
at (international) exhibitions, trade
missions and seminars and can also
be found online at www.iro-noc.nl.
For up-to-date information on
where and when to meet the Dutch
suppliers at export promotional
events, have a look at www.iro.nl.
I wish you all a pleasant reading
of Offshore Holland and lots of
good experiences with the Dutch
suppliers in this dynamic industry!
Yours sincerely,
Sander Vergroesen, Managing Director
IRO - The Association of Dutch
Suppliers in the Oil and Gas Industry
IRO Exhibitions and Export programme
2014/2015
DateActivity
City/Country
2014
25-28 August
Offshore Northern Seas
Stavanger, Norway
15-18 September
Rio Oil & Gas
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
10-13 November
ADIPEC
Abu Dhabi, UAE
2-5 December
OSEA
Singapore
10-13 March 2015
Australasian Oil & Gas Exhibition
Perth, Australia
4-7 May 2015
Offshore Technology Conference
Houston, USA
2-4 June 2015
Oil & Gas Asia
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
17-19 August 2015
ONS Norway (To be confirmed)
Stavanger, Norway
8-11 September 2015
Offshore Europe
Aberdeen, Scotland
27-29 October 2015
OTC Brasil
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
November 2015
ADIPEC
Abu Dhabi, UAE
2015
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DP platform installation/decommissioning and pipelay vessel ‘Pieter Schelte’
First project
removal of
Yme platform
In 1978, with the introduction
of the semi-submersible
crane vessels ‘Balder’ and
‘Hermod’, his father Pieter
Schelte Heerema succeeded
in a single action in
considerably pushing the
boundaries of the offshore
installation market. History
will repeat itself when his
son Edward P. Heerema puts
a supersized, highly-innovative,
single-lift vessel into operation,
which just like the Balder
and Hermod of their day,
is unique in the world.
And if it is up to the founder
and CEO of Allseas,
there is more to follow.
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This father and son can certainly
be described as offshore pioneers.
With the monohull crane vessels
‘Challenger’ (1969), ‘Champion’ (1972),
‘Thor’ (1974) and ‘Odin’ (1976), Pieter
Schelte Heerema had already
succeeded in pushing the boundaries
of the offshore installation market
ever further. Lifting record after lifting
record was established by these
vessels, in particular in the North Sea
region, where oil and gas fields were
put into production in a never ending
series. Subsequently, he was the first
to make the daring move of operating
semi-submersible crane vessels.
To make this possible, the ‘Balder’ and
‘Hermod’ were fabricated between 1977
and 1979 at the Japanese Mitsui yard.
The stinger for pipe laying will be
suspended in the slot between the
bow sections (illustration: Allseas).
Each ship was equipped with two
large cranes which in tandem could
lift loads up of to 5,000 tonnes.
Later, that lifting capacity was
increased to 8,000 tonnes. Such
character traits as daring, an urge to
innovate and excellent entrepreneurial
spirit are undeniably deeply ingrained
in the genes of his son Edward,
who with his company Allseas has
now demonstrated in the pipelaying
market that a pioneering approach
also pays. Here, with his fleet of
advanced monohull pipeplayers,
he too is constantly breaking new
ground. Furthermore, from just
one year following the company’s
foundation in 1985, he has been hard
at work thinking about the design
of a single-lift vessel capable of
installing topsides and jackets of
platforms offshore, with weights
that far exceed the capacity of the
semi-submersible crane vessels.
In honour of his father, Edward
has named this vessel ‘Pieter Schelte’.
Initial concept
During a press conference held in
London on 3 June 1987, Edward
Heerema presented his plan for
massively pushing the boundaries
of the offshore installation market,
with the ‘Pieter Schelte’, by linking
together two super tankers (VLCCs)
and installing a lifting system
between the bow sections capable
of the offshore installation of topsides
weighing up to 55,000 tonnes.
This news spread like wildfire
throughout the offshore sector,
and the response was both amazed
and sceptical. Looking back on that
period, the originator of the concept
commented: “They were very exciting
times for us all. We were all young,
enthusiastic people, and having just
established Allseas, we were keen to
realise what we all thought was a
super idea. At the time, however, in
every possible respect we were still
too small for the task, also in terms
of financing. The concept at the time
was also not good enough to build
the installation vessel in that form.
We still had a long way to go before
we could perfect the design, and raise
our organisation to a level at which
we could tackle such a challenge.
In other words, we had misjudged
our abilities, although we were
convinced that our plans could be
put into practice. That fact was a
huge stimulus to carry on.”
Multifunctional deployment
In the years that followed, no stone
was left unturned in improving the
initial concept, and further
expanding the organisation.
Artist’s impression of the ‘Pieter Schelte’ (right) with on the left-hand side
the enlarged version due to be launched in 2020 (illustration: Allseas).
Market developments were also
closely monitored. Heerema continued:
“The installation market was certainly
a factor that gave us sufficient
confidence in the late nineteen
eighties and early nineteen nineties
to believe that a large vessel of this
kind would be necessary. In the first
instance, the ship was only intended
to be used for installation work. It was
only some six years later that we also
started thinking about what became
known as removals. Given the reversal
of the same principle (in other words
reversed installation), a vessel of this
kind would be relatively easily
capable of removing large platform
parts from the sea. After a number
of years, we also realised that if we
wanted to keep a vessel like the
‘Pieter Schelte’ operational for say
nine months a year, the ship would
also have to be capable of pipelay
operations, as well as the installation
and removal of platform parts.
The ship had a number of specific
characteristics that made it suitable
for all of these tasks, including the
vessel’s considerable length, the
dynamic positioning system that we
had introduced by that time, and the
deck space available for the storage
of pipes, and the possibility of
suspending the stinger in the slot
between the bow sections. This led us
to decide that we would also make the
vessel a very heavy pipelayer. In the
MARIN institute, extensive model
tests were carried out in order to
better understand the movement
behaviour of the ship, and to determine
her sailing speed. We also wanted
to determine whether it was possible
to further perfect the concept.”
Start of construction
In June 2010, Allseas announced that
the construction of the ‘Pieter Schelte’,
the largest platform installation/
decommissioning and pipelay vessel
in the world, was actually going
ahead. The outcome would be a
super-large catamaran with a length
of 382 metres and a width of 124
metres. “We had decided to award
the contract for building the ‘Pieter
Schelte’ to the Daewoo yard in South
Korea,” continued Edward Heerema.
“At that moment, the concept for the
‘Pieter Schelte’ had been determined
for quite some time. In deciding on
the width of the slot between the bow
sections, at the time we had to make
do with fairly generic information
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With clamps mounted on the lifting
beams, a topside is lifted from a
jacket (illustration: Allseas).
provided by the oil companies about
the dimensions of their existing
platforms. We decided to make the
slot 52 metres wide. However, when
we undertook a series of detail studies
for the oil companies about four years
later, the actual figure emerged, and
we repeatedly came up against the
fact that the slot would probably be
too narrow. This was very frustrating
for us, because by then we had
designed a vessel that with the
exception of the opening between
the bow sections was fabulous, in
every respect. We therefore asked
the yard to make the slot seven metres
wider. Initially they refused, but when
it turned out that they needed more
time to complete the construction
process anyway, and asked us
permission, we were able to arrive
at a settlement on the widening of the
slot, too.” The eventual outcome was
that the ‘Pieter Schelte’ would be
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completed six months later than
planned. The slot is now 122 metres
long and 59 metres wide.
Lifting beams
For the installation and decommissioning of topsides weighing up to
a maximum of 48,000 tonnes, eight
sets of two horizontal lifting beams
will be deployed, all of them equipped
with hydraulic clamps or grabs. The
lifting beams are being fabricated in
Italy. “The clamps will be suspended
in a system of arms that are able to
move up and down thanks to the
active motion compensation system,
in addition to which the beams can
move both sideways and be rolled
in and out. As a result, active control
means that movements can be
compensated for in three directions.
If you wish to employ the so-called
fast-lift method, the system of arms
is extended using a number of very
large cylinders, whereby the entire
topsides is lifted several metres.”
If it is necessary to lift highlypositioned topsides from a gravitybased structure (GBS), the draft of
the vessel is reduced, and special
yokes are installed in the clamps,
which can be forced against the
underside of the topside unit, to
raise it. This same method is to be
employed for the Brent contract for
Shell, the first contract Allseas was
awarded for the deployment of the
‘Pieter Schelte’. “Three of the four
topsides of the Brent complex are in
fact the superstructure section of a
GBS. For this project, it will indeed
be necessary to cover considerable
heights. Studies have also been
undertaken regarding the removal
of the topsides from a high concrete
substructure in the Norwegian sector
of the North Sea.” Also as part of the
Brent contract, a large steel jacket will
have to be removed. “The lifting
system for jackets on the stern of
the ‘Pieter Schelte’ is only to be
installed on board in two years time.
The winches required for the system
have already been built into the ship,
and the necessary high-quality steel
has been purchased. The final details
for the engineering are currently
being concluded, so that a start
can be made on the fabrication
of the system in the near future.
The Brent jacket is not due to be
removed until 2019, so we still
have sufficient time available.”
When a jacket is raised from the
seabed, it is drawn up against the
lifting or tilting yoke. The yoke
and jacket are subsequently tilted
backwards, and the jacket is placed
horizontally on the deck of the
‘Pieter Schelte’, for further transport.
The maximum lifting capacity for
jacket removal is 25,000 tonnes.
First project
Edward Heerema recognised the
special nature of the fact that oil
company Shell had contracted
the ‘Pieter Schelte’ for the Brent
decommissioning project, even
before the vessel had sailed a single
metre. The Brent field is in the British
sector of the North Sea, 186 kilometres
northeast of Lerwick in Scotland.
The local water depth is 140 metres.
The field comprises four large
production platforms. Of these,
the Brent Alpha consists of a steel
jacket and a steel superstructure,
while the Brent Bravo, Brent Charlie
and Brent Delta consist of a concrete
GBS with a steel superstructure.
The weights of the topsides are
between 16,000 and 30,000 tonnes.
First of all, during the period 20152016, the ‘Pieter Schelte’ is due to
remove the topside from the Brent
Delta. The other topsides will follow
in subsequent years. According to
current expectations, however, the
‘Pieter Schelte’ will first see service
in the Norwegian sector of the North
Sea. “Our first project will be the
removal of the Yme platform operated
by Talisman. Following installation
in the Yme field, this platform proved
unstable, and as a consequence has
never actually worked. Because
this instability represents a risk,
the platform has to be removed.
We expect to be able to complete this
job during the course of next May.”
To bring the topsides removed from
the sea ashore, Allseas has built a
special transport barge, that can
be manoeuvred between the bow
sections. “The topside is then
transferred in sheltered and
sufficiently-deep water.
Once at the yard, the topside can be
This aerial photograph of the ‘Pieter
Schelte’ was taken at the Daewood
yard in December 2013 (photograph:
Allseas).
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The ‘Pieter Schelte’ is the largest
platform installation/decommissioning
and pipelay vessel in the world
(illustration: Allseas).
slid from the barge onto the quayside. For a new-built topside, the
process is repeated, but in reverse.
The barge will be 200 metres long
and 57 metres wide. For the Brent
contract, we are also responsible
for transporting the platform
sections and the safe delivery
of the topsides to the quayside
at the Able yard in Hartlepool,
where the dismantling process
will be undertaken. For the
dismantling itself, Shell has signed
a separate contract with Able.
There are however oil companies
that wish to include the total onshore
dismantling, in the overall contract.
This makes it necessary for us to
subcontract a dismantling yard.”
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Pipelaying
The first pipelay contract for ‘Pieter
Schelte’ will be South Stream; a 890
km long, 32-inchpipeline in water
depths up to 2,200 m in the Black Sea.
The stinger is currently under
construction at Iemants in Belgium
and being assembled in Vlissingen.
Including the transition frame to be
suspended between the hull and the
stinger, the unit will be 210 metres
long. The firing line with six welding
stations for so-called double joints
will run below deck, over the entire
length of the vessel. The firing line
will also include an NDT station
for inspecting the weld seams, and
six coating stations. The use of a
transition frame of this kind means
that the stinger is already positioned
at the ideal angle for guiding the
pipeline into the sea. To keep the
pipeline taut, 2,000 tonnes of
tensioning capacity is available.”
As well as crew accommodation,
the deck offers storage space for
27,000 tonnes of pipes. Double-joint
stations will be installed below the
accommodation unit. At each of
these stations, two 12-metre pipe
joints will be welded together
simultaneously into double joints
with a length of 24 metres, before
being fed into the firing line. In the
future, the ‘Pieter Schelte’ will be
capable of laying pipes with a
maximum diameter of 68 inches in
water depths of up to 3,000 metres.
Edward Heerema expects the ‘Pieter
Schelte’ to leave the Daewoo yard in
October of this year, before making
the crossing to Western Europe.
In the meantime Allseas has decided
to install the topsides lifting beams
at the Maasvlakte 2 in Rotterdam.
This work will have to be carried out
during the coming winter period.
“That will enable us to undertake
the Yme project in May.”
The ‘Pieter Schelte’ is expected to
achieve a maximum speed of 14 knots.
The beating heart of the vessel consists
of eight MAN diesel generators,
together delivering an output of 95
MW. They will also supply the power
for the twelve thruster units each with
an output of 6,050 kW, to be installed
in the bottom of the vessel. These
units are not only responsible for
propulsion, but are also linked to a
class 3 dynamic positioning system.
Even bigger
The fact that even the ‘Pieter Schelte’
has far from reached the maximum
limits of the offshore installation
and removal market is reflected by
the fact that an even larger version
of this already impressive vessel is
in the pipeline. Allseas announced
its plans for this larger vessel last
November. “It may seem a little
strange that even before the first
ship has been launched we have
come up with plans for an even larger
version, but we have been aware for
many years that the ‘Pieter Schelte’ is
not large enough for the very largest
platforms. When we realised just how
much interest there was in the ‘Pieter
Schelte’, last year, we were upset
that we would be unable to handle
the very largest platforms. We have
now become convinced that singlelifting becomes financially even more
attractive as topsides grow in size,
as the relative advantages increase
proportionally. With that in mind,
some 2.5 years ago, we started
designing a vessel with a lifting
capacity for topsides with a weight
of up to 72,000 tonnes, in other words
fifty per cent more than the lifting
capacity of the ‘Pieter Schelte’.
This vessel will be 400 metres long
and 160 metres wide, with an even
deeper and wider slot between the
bow sections, and twelve sets of
two lifting beams. We tested
the design with a number of oil
companies, including Norway’s
Statoil, last year. These companies
responded very enthusiastically.
The result was a decision that
this vessel must also be built.”
According to expectations, the bigger
sister of the ‘Pieter Schelte’ should be
operational by 2020. In other words,
history continues to repeat itself.
Superior Anchors
and mooring technology to match
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2014
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Transport and installation of a complete platform
SPT Offshore sets
up suction piles
for Wintershall
SPT Offshore successfully installed the 3 suction piles forming the foundation
of SPT’ s tripod substructure and minimum facilities concept utilized for the
Wintershall L6-B field development. The suction piles were simultaneously
installed in a record time of 3 hours. Similarly, the verticality achieved was
0.01 degree out of vertical, which is near perfect.
Wintershall Noordzee B.V. had
contracted Scaldis Marine Contractors
NV for the installation of the L6-B
platform, in the Dutch sector of the
North Sea, in block L6. The water
depth on the development location
is 35 metres. The location of the
platform is situated 25 nM North West
of Terschelling, the Netherlands.
Scaldis had subcontracted Suction
Pile Technology to execute the
actual suction operations.
capacity of 3,300 tonnes. A special tool
had been developed in cooperation
with Innovative Input, based in
Ridderkerk. The 4,000 tonnes spreader
enclosed the platform mast, via
hydraulic opening doors.
Thereafter rigging would be connected
via hydraulic shackles to the bottom
part of the foundation, the suction
piles. The structure was then be lifted
from the quayside and transported,
in the hooks of the HLV Rambiz,
to the installation site.
New
In a joint effort between Wintershall
and Scaldis a methodology was
developed with a prime focus
of minimizing the duration of
the offshore activities. After all,
a reduction of the duration of the
offshore activities automatically
leads to a reduction of risk and
overall costs. The newly developed
methodology consists of the transport
and installation of a complete
platform to site. The complete
platform was picked up from a
quayside in Rotterdam using the
heavy lift vessel Rambiz with a
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One piece
Scaldis heavy lift vessel Rambiz
transported and installed the tripod
and minimal facilities topsides as one
piece (which is a novelty in itself)
in a record time of only 3 days
including sailing to the field,
installation and demobilization
to port. Upon arrival on site,
the Rambiz moored in the correct
position and orientation.
The complete platform was then
lowered until the suction piles
reached the seabed. By reducing
the pressure in the voids inside the
suction piles, the suction piles
penetrated into the seabed until
they had reached the target depth
of 10 metres below seabed. This
methodology is fast, efficient and
environmentally friendly operation.
Upon completion of the suction
operation the platform inclination
was verified. Thereafter the rigging
connection was disconnected, the
hydraulic spreader bar door opened
and released from the structure.
Scaldis Marine Contractors
Scaldis Marine Contractors is a fast
growing, dynamic and innovative
marine offshore contractor based in
Antwerp, Belgium. Scaldis is specialized
in offshore transport and heavy lift
installation activities offshore. Scaldis
has earned a reputation as being a
reputable and reliable partner for both
Contractors as well as Clients. Scaldis
delivers cost effective solutions for the
execution of projects using her multipurpose heavy lift vessel Rambiz.
SPT Offshore
SPT Offshore is an independent
offshore contractor specialised in
suction pile foundations and Self
Installing Platforms for the
development of marginal and
medium sized oil and gas fields.
For the development of offshore
wind farms, SPT has developed a
one piece self installing wind turbine
concept, which allows transport
and installation of a wind turbine
foundation complete with preassembled tower and optionally
the wind turbine. The SIWT concept
offers flexibility in scheduling and a
low-cost and noise-free installation.
Furthermore, SPT Offshore provides
suction piles, Suction Pile Clusters
and Suction Embedded Anchors for
the mooring of floating units (FPSOs,
MOPUs, buoys, FSUs, etc), subsea
structures and subsea pipelines.
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Aeolus in port of IJmuiden
Installation of monopile
gripper frame completed
It was an impressive sight, the brand new
transport and installation vessel Aeolus of
Van Oord, the Dutch family-owned business
offering marine solutions, berthed in the port
of IJmuiden. The innovative and advanced
transport and installation vessel has a length
of 139 m, 38 m in the beam, a design draught
of 5.7 m and a crane that can lift more than
900 tonnes.
The vessel’s first project will be the
construction of the Luchterduinen
offshore wind project, which is an
Eneco energy company and Mitsubishi
Corporation assignment. This project
will be built 23 km off the Dutch
coast near Noordwijk and Zandvoort.
The wind farm will consist of 43
wind turbines.
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In the port of IJmuiden a so-called
monopile gripper frame, produced
by Breman Offshore, was installed
on board of the Aeolus. The gripper
is designed to keep the monopiles in
the correct position and inclination,
while counteracting the wave, wind,
and current loads on the pile during
wind turbine installations.
A
PARTNERSHIP
FOR THE
FUTURE
Allard Europe is a reliable steel and
iron foundry making large castings to
customer specifications. All product
castings can be machined in-house.
The machine shop is equipped with
CNC milling and turning machines
with a capacity up to 10m diameter.
CAD/CAM software (Unigraphics) adds
up to the flexibility of the company.
In recent years Allard-Europe has
experienced a dynamic growth based
on the implementation of the highest
quality standards, flexibility and
reliable delivery times. Continuous
investments in new technology,
production equipment and people will
ensure further growth.
www.allard-europe.com
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Optimum interaction with client of key importance
BigRoll Shipping looks
to future with a healthy
dose of tension
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2014
At BigRoll Shipping in Amsterdam, the new innovative provider
of long-distance marine transportation solutions, they are
looking to the future with a healthy dose of tension.
As a subsidiary of BigLift Shipping and RollDock Shipping,
this new Dutch operator is looking forward to October 2015
when the first of two MC Class Module Carriers currently under
construction for the transportation of ultra large and heavy
modular cargo is set to be launched. Offshore Holland spoke
to Johan Boer (49), Commercial Director, and Bauke van Gent
(30), Commercial Manager. Together with colleague Paul
Meester of the Rotterdam office of BigRoll, the pair are
currently travelling the world to introduce their unique DP2
equipped vessels to the large EPCs, and to deliver technical
presentations. The overwhelming interest is a reflection of their
potential success. “Despite the fact that we are not yet able to
show any track record, the confidence in the vessels and our
complete service is already great,” revealed an enthusiastic
Johan Boer. “And as things look at present, we should be able
to announce our first contracts to the world, before the ONS
event in Stavanger.”
In mid-June of this year, BigRoll
Shipping announced that the first
steel for the ‘BigRoll Barentsz’ had
been cut at the Cosco Dalian Shipyard
in China. The ‘Barentsz ‘is scheduled
for delivery in October 2015. Sister
vessel BigRoll Bering will follow
in December 2015. Both vessels
have been designed with a focus on
high-ballasting capacity in order to
reduce loading and discharge times
while ensuring low fuel consumption,
high service speed and great sea-keeping
behaviour, with the resultant lower
acceleration forces on the valuable
cargo. The remarkable hull design
and propulsion configuration ensure
reliable and fast transit times.
The BigRoll MC Class vessels have
been specifically designed to deliver
modules and equipment for large
projects, and are highly suited for
travel to remote areas such as the
Arctic, as well as destinations
immediately offshore. For this reason,
the vessels enjoy Finnish Swedish 1A
Ice Class notations. “The third and
fourth vessel we hope to order will
be named ‘BigRoll Baffin’ and ‘BigRoll
Beaufort’,” explained Johan Boer.
“All the names come from famous
Arctic explorers and researchers, and
were inspired by the vessels’ suitability
for shipping to Arctic waters.”
Engineering
The combination of the expertise of
BigLift and RollDock, who share the
same core values in QHSE and service
reliability and who have over 50 years
of combined experience behind them,
will give BigRoll a head start as a first
class solution provider in the modular
cargo market. “The qualities and
experience of the parent companies
perfectly complement one another
within BigRoll. The focus of BigLift
is on the transportation of heavy lift
and project cargo, while RollDock
is famous for its unique approach
to roll-on/roll-off, float-in/float-out
loading modes. In addition, both
companies operate a very high
quality and very experienced
engineering department,“ explained
Bauke van Gent. “That professional
knowledge and those skills have
been brought together in BigRoll.
We are concentrating our marketing
and acquisition activities on the
offshore and onshore oil and gas
and renewables markets, power
generation, container cranes and
shipyard industries. In terms of
onshore, the primary cargos will
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In terms of onshore, the primary cargos
will be LNG modules and modules
for large-volume Gas to
Liquid projects.
be LNG modules and modules for
large-volume Gas to Liquid projects.
Based on the cost advantages, these
modules are often built in Asia, and
subsequently shipped to the project
location elsewhere in the world.
Specifically this niche market most
appreciates the technical characteristics
of our new vessels.” Backed up by
the BigLift and RollDock fleet, BigRoll
has become a complete player on the
market. One positive consequence is
that now, at a much earlier stage than
normal, BigRoll can sit at the table
with leading international EPC
contractors, to talk about major
projects and to discuss the challenges
with a view to managing the entire
logistic process. As expressed by
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Johan Boer, that interaction has
proven extremely effective. “Our
clients demand far more from us than
simply supplying a ship. We can offer
a complete service package from
engineering and project management
services through to QHSE. All are
fields in which BigRoll is a solid
player. We contribute ideas to our
customers, and take away their
concerns. Although we have only
been presenting our vessels to the
market for a few months, they are
already viewed as strategic assets.
The market has indeed very clearly
expressed the need for vessels capable
of achieving a guaranteed service
speed, while remaining extremely
cargo-friendly. In addition to
efficiency of use, the market is calling
for reliable arrival times on which
they can anticipate targets and further
planning. Safety and security are the
key words that continuously recur in
the discussions with our potential
clients. With the combination of
state-of-the-art vessels and our
complete service package, we can
guarantee the sense of comfort our
clients demand. Agreed schedules can
be hit, guaranteed. We do what we
promise, and that is a firm undertaking.”
Decisive
In relation to existing vessels,
the BigRoll units currently under
construction will have a relatively
extended bow. As Bauke van Gent
explained: “In particular that eyecatching bow in combination with
the entire interplay of lines has an
extremely positive effect in rough
seas. Extensive model tests in
special tanks at MARIN, the Maritime
Research Institute for the Netherlands
in Wageningen, have demonstrated
that the movement characteristics
of our ship design are excellent.
The vessel cuts through the waves
better, suffers less hard blows and
as a consequence is able to continue
sailing longer and faster in poor
weather than other vessel types.
This extended capability is reflected
by the fact that even in high waves
and swell, the vessels are extremely
friendly in terms of the costly cargo.
In addition, all BigRoll ships are to
be equipped with innovative software
applications that enable us here at the
office to monitor the forces acting on
the vessel and the cargo during poor
weather conditions, enabling us to
select the most optimum routing, in
consultation with our client. In other
words, it is not immediately necessary
to reduce speed, a fact which delivers
attractive savings in terms of energy
consumption, and ensures reliable
arrival times. Both are decisive
characteristics highly appreciated
by the market. Finally, the designed
ballast capacity for the vessels is so
large that considerable time savings
can be achieved during loading and
unloading operations, thereby further
reducing the risks. Another key
element is that the deck is completely
free of manholes and airheads. It can
be used over the full length and beam
for loading, discharging and stowage.
If you look at the USPs of these
vessels, I am willing to make the
claim that we can come very close to
meeting even the most extreme wishes
of our customers. On top of that, we
are a thoroughbred Dutch business
with exclusively Dutch officers on
board all our vessels. For the maritime
market, the Netherlands as a seagoing
nation is a quality label in itself.
We have a rock-solid image, and
that gives us a clear advantage over
other countries.” Will the BigRoll
vessels also have a role to play in the
construction of offshore wind farms?
Commercial Director Boer suggests
they will. “What we are talking about
are state-of-the-art DP2 units. Honesty
compels me to say that for the time
being our focus will be on the
transportation of large modules,
but wind energy is certainly a
market that is worthy of our serious
consideration. Initial contacts with
potential clients from that market
have already been established.”
MAIN CHARACTERISTICS
Overall length
173 m
Beam
42 m
Depth
12 m
Design draught 5.5 m
Deadweight
22,500 mt
CARGO DECK
Length
Width
Area
Strength
100% flush main
125 m
42 m
5250 m2
20 t/m2
deck
LOADING AND DISCHARGE
Stern load maximum 10,000 mt
Side load maximum 15,000 mt
Ballast capacity 12,000 m3/h
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Willem Steenge new CEO
IHC sells subsidiary
IHC Sealing Solutions
IHC has reached an
agreement to sell 100%
of its shares in its subsidiary
IHC Sealing Solutions.
The new owners are Willem
Steenge, who as CEO is
partly responsible for the
strong growth of IHCSealing
Solutions in recent years,
and Rabo Participaties (RaPar).
The sale enables IHC to strengthen
its focus on its core business: offering
integrated innovative vessels,
advanced equipment and life-cycle
support to the dredging, wet mining
and offshore construction industries.
Bram Roelse, CEO of IHC, said: “IHC
Sealing Solutions is a very stable and
healthy company that deals with great
projects and strong patents. However,
its activities are not directly related
to IHC’s business strategy. IHC Sealing
Solutions has been operating
independently since 1979 and its
target markets are mostly external
to IHC’s activities.”
Further growth
IHC Sealing Solutions is continuing
under the leadership of CEO Willem
Steenge, who in the past 14 years
has guaranteed strong growth and
development for the company. With
RaPar as financial partner, a dedicated
team has been assembled to serve the
market with services that focus on
quality, commitment and reliability.
“On behalf of the management of
IHC Sealing Solutions, I can
confirm that we are very pleased
with this acquisition,” said Steenge.
“Together with our colleagues,
and supported by RaPar, we have
a positive outlook for the future.
We will make every effort to continue
and improve the service and growth
of the company in recent years.”
Willem Steenge in front of one of the
automized robot production cells.
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IJPOS is putting IJmuiden on the offshore map
‘Collaboration makes
us much stronger’
Offshore activities in
the port of IJmuiden.
The business cluster IJPOS, established in 2013, can offer a
whole raft of offshore and maritime disciplines and quality,
for every square kilometre. The acronym stands for IJmuiden
Ports & Offshore Services, and the members stand for sobriety,
simplicity and short communication lines. In other words,
typical IJmuiden; no bells and whistles, but instead clean lines
and clear thinking. The aim is to collectively win major offshore
and maritime projects with a single main contractor, to bring
on board the specialist services and to ensure that customers
receive the assistance they need at a level of quality that
matches their requirements, and with all suitable haste,
24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Offshore Holland spoke
to chairman John Apeldoorn and treasurer Sjoerd Wesselius
about pride, shared ideas, the one-stop shop formula and
the challenges facing this newly-established cluster.
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In the perception of the entrepreneurial
pair, for years, the port of IJmuiden
has undersold itself as a service port
– a shortcoming that can be attributed
to both the municipal and port
authorities, and the local businesses.
“In that respect, we as business
owners are ready to accept
responsibility,” suggested Wesselius,
in all honesty. One of the first
successes achieved by the combined
businesses in the IJmuiden port area
(fishery and service companies)
was the cancellation of the port
regulations, a draft version of
which was already completed.
These regulations had suggested that
in order to protect the environment,
a number of activities could no longer
be undertaken in the port of IJmuiden.
Ships, a work platform or an offshore
structure would only be permitted
to remain in port for three days to
carry out maintenance, repairs or to
implement modifications. After that
time, an alternative mooring would
have to be sought. “Fortunately, a
number of leading businesses took
action aimed at bringing an end to
the new regulations. It was during
one of those meetings that the
term ‘service port’ was first used,”
remembered Wesselius, as if it
were yesterday. Because that is
what IJmuiden has become today;
a service port!
Brain position
“One thing that clearly emerged at
the time was the lack of pride among
local businesses,” added Apeldoorn.
“There was no single-mindedness.
We all knew one another, but no-one
sought inspiration from others.
It was a matter of every man for
himself. On the other hand, IJmuiden
is a unique port, ideally suited for
carrying out major repair and
modification projects. Nonetheless,
there was a lack of understanding
among the majority of businesses
that the only way of establishing
a solid position was to join forces,
and that a combined approach was
the fundamental basis for a huge
economic boost.”
With that in mid, Apeldoorn and
Wesselius at the time summoned all
the port-related businesses, and as
the initiators presented their vision
before calling upon their fellow
entrepreneurs to join them.
The call turned out to be a real
eye-opener. The decision was taken
to move forward side by side,
shoulder to shoulder, in order to
continue to play a meaningful role
for the international oil and gas
industry and for the builders of
offshore wind farms. Within a short
time, IJPOS was formally established.
ROV SHACKLES
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Van Beest B.V., manufacturer of Green Pin® shackles, Excel® hooks and
wire rope and chain accessories, introduces a new item to the Green Pin® range:
The Green Pin® ROV Release Polar shackle.
What makes this shackle unique:
1. Shackle body painted white for excellent visibility under water
2. Groove for wire rope in pin head to attach pin to shackle body
3. No thread in pin, screwing is not required; pin can rotate freely
4. This ROV shackle is the only release shackle available in the
market that guarantees an MBL for both inline and side loading.
For side loads the same reduction factors apply as for
Green Pin® standard shackles
5. Supplied without wires; design your own wiring plan
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Van Beest B.V. has branches in The Netherlands, Germany, France
and USA and stock holding distributors in over 80 countries worldwide.
Visit us at Offshore Energy in Amsterdam! Booth 11.069
Also manufacturer of:
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Overview of IJmuiden with in
the foreground the Noble Regina
Allen in the IJmondhaven
(photograph: Henk Honing).
“Our aim for the immediate future
is for more ships, dredging units,
jack-ups, work rigs and offshore
service vessels to visit the port of
IJmuiden for maintenance and
modification work. More ships in
the harbour means more employment
opportunities, and that is our overall
objective. IJmuiden is a unique
seaport, where local businesses
have joined forces in a cluster to
offer optimum customer service in
terms of maintenance, repair and
modification work. To communicate
that fact, IJPOS above all needs to
present itself as a pure PR machine.
Together we must as quickly as
possible establish a brain position
among our potential target group,
that causes them to immediately
decide to sail for IJmuiden, in the
event of a calamity or whenever they
decide to carry out a maintenance or
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modification project. Practically every
discipline is available in the port area
from hydraulic systems through to
tugboats, from waste processing
through to underwater contractors,
from the fabrication of generators
through to the supply of modern
communication equipment and from
the construction of remarkable steel
work pieces through to the provision
of total solutions in the field of
maritime and industrial electrical
engineering. And what is not
immediately available can be
insourced via our joint network,”
clarified Apeldoorn.
Ambition
According to a summary on the IJPOS
website, the cluster currently has 21
members. New members are welcome,
but they must be businesses with a
suitable profile. The core business
of every new member must be
complementary to the range of
services already on offer from IJPOS.
Every IJPOS member must as it were
take on the role of presenter and
ambassador for the business cluster,”
suggested Wesselius. “The members
must be enthusiastic and convinced
when explaining the strength of our
cooperation to the outside world.
Only in that way will we be a credible
force. Offshore contractors must view
‘entrepreneurial’ IJmuiden as one
major supplier. They will do business
with a single local main contractor,
calm in the knowledge that that
contractor is backed up by twenty
other companies. That perception
ties in seamlessly with our ambition,
namely the provision of a combined
set of services to offshore, wind
energy and port-related customers,
each based on our own skills set.”
Extreme precision
Great challenges need sophisticated solutions. This is the work of
specialists. Machines which produce components with exceptional
proportions and extreme accuracy. Welcome to Breman Machinery
B.V. We are situated in Genemuiden (the Netherlands), beside
open water, which means we have a direct connection to the
international ports, including Rotterdam, Amsterdam and Antwerp.
For over 150 years, we have offered customized solutions
for our relations all around the world. We build components
which weigh tens or even hundreds of tonnes, yet are
within a tolerance of a few hundredth of a millimeter. The
extreme precision you are looking for. Let’s meet in person!
Call +31 (0)38 385 53 73 or go to www.breman-machinery.nl.
Breman Machinery B.V., The Netherlands, T +31 (0)38 - 385 53 73, [email protected], www.breman-machinery.nl
Van Dam Pneumatic Operated Fire & Blast Rated Doors
Fully NORSOK proof!
Pneumatic operated fire rated door.
Control box belonging to pneumatic door.
The offshore industry regulations, requirements and standards for both safety and comfort of
personnel and equipment are getting higher and more demanding. In order to meet the high
requirements in the industry it is essential that companies in the Oil & Gas industry have
a focus on development and innovation of its products. Van Dam, based in Heijningen,
has anticipated the ever increasing requirements by developing a complete range of
tested and certified pneumatic operated fire rated blast doors.
Van Dam is aware of the continuous
increase of requirements, rules and
regulations. This, in combination with
the technical development of products
and equipment has led to the result
that a number of years ago, Van Dam
decided to develop a complete range
of fire rated blast doors which meet
the NORSOK standards. Van Dam
has done a thorough study into the
Norwegian offshore rules and
regulations and the NORSOK standards.
Based on these results, Van Dam
designed a complete new range of
NORSOK compliant fire rated blast
doors, wall systems and windows.
NORSOK standards
The requirements for automatic
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operated doors is driven by the
stringent NORSOK standards.
In order to improve the safety and
working conditions offshore, the
NORSOK standards specify that the
opening force (initial force required
to open a door) shall not exceed
certain values. As a result of this
standard, external, and some internal
doors, depending on size and weight,
need to be equipped with an
automatic door opening system.
Pneumatic door drive system
Van Dam has developed pneumatic
operated doors which are being
delivered as complete factory installed
units which are ready for installation
onto the platform, vessel or ship.
The first step is the design and
engineering of the doors and
pneumatic systems. This involves the
engineering of general arrangement
drawings, P&ID schedules, wiring
diagrams, etc. which need to be
approved by the client. After approval,
fabrication of the door and pneumatic
system starts. This implies that after
fabrication of the door, the complete
pneumatic system is installed onto the
door. This means that the cylinder will
be connected to the door, the control
box will be installed on a base plate
and all tubing is factory installed.
Before transportation of the doors
to the yard, the pneumatic operated
doors are subject to an extensive
factory acceptance test (FAT).
Fire rated windows.
The pneumatic system is fully tested
and certified and all materials are
made from full stainless steel.
Tubing, couplings and other
pneumatic components can also
be supplied in alternative materials
such as super duplex and 6 Molly.
When space is limited on the platform
or vessel, Van Dam can also supply
the system in loose components
which can be installed on-site.
Van Dam supplies complete
installation manuals with the materials
but can also supervise the installation
by the yard or do the complete
installation on-site.
Unique
There is a close relation between
NORSOK standards and the NMA/
NMD regulations and a number of
DNV standards for weather tightness.
These requirements have all been
incorporated in the NORSOK proof
door range which puts Van Dam in
a unique position in the world as a
supplier of fire and blast rated doors.
Light weight fire rated blast wall.
Extreme requirements
As the NORSOK standards are a
leading standard in the industry,
Van Dam sees these standards being
used in more and more countries
outside of Norway. As an example,
the Dutch company is currently
involved with the supply of more
than 200 pneumatic operated fire
rated blast doors which will be
installed on the Central Processing
Platform and FPSO for the INPEX
Ichthys Project which will be
operating in Western Australia.
This project is a combination of
extreme requirements. The doors
located on the FPSO need to operate
under the extreme condition of 25
degrees heel and 4 degrees trim, while
still meeting the NORSOK requirements.
This means that the doors need to be
able to open and close at least 4 times
after power failure. There are extreme
oversized doors which have a weight
of more than 1.000 kg which results
in a large quantity of air bottles which
provides enough air supply in order to
open and close the extreme size doors.
The company has supplied pneumatic
operated door systems for more than
10 projects in the last 2 years, to all
major shipyards in the world.
Electrical system
Beside the pneumatic operated fire
rated blast doors, Van Dam also
supplies electrical operated fire rated
blast doors. These doors are suitable
for both internal and external application.
Similar to the pneumatic operated
doors, the electrical system is also
fully integrated onto the door
before delivery to the yard.
Van Dam has also developed a
complete range of fire and blast
rated walls, heat and wind shield
cladding, winterizing walls and fire
rated blast windows fully compliant
to the NORSOK standards.
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DHTC,
the trainer
in safety
DHTC offers a wide variety of training courses for:
• Oil & Gas industry (on/offshore) • Offshore wind sector • Shipping industry
• Private enterprises • Fire brigades • Governmental organizations
DHTC BV, P.O. Box 137, 1780 AC Den Helder,
The Netherlands
Phone: +31(0)223 62 50 70 • Fax: +31(0)223 61 65 20
E-mail: [email protected] • Internet: www.dhtc.nl
Joost Mulders, project leader Service & Repair, is the
connecting link within Hydrauvision. Joost will closely
monitor the process and make sure that deliveries take
place according to what's been ordered. 'An engineer
may prefer to design a super sport scar, but clients
may demand an energy-efficient vehicle. My duty is
to make sure a client is not burdened by unexpected
additional costs,' Joost smiled.
Hydraulic solutions
'This is where technology happens! An example is the
sub-sea trencher. We feel up to such projects, because
they are complex as well as innovative. We are driven
by highly educated and experienced engineers with a
passion for hydraulics. You can feel this throughout the
organisation. We don't think in standard ways, but
develop customised solutions. Hydrauvision is small
enough to be flexible, yet large enough to handle major, innovative projects. There aren't many who can say
this! We can.'
One name says it all:
Hydrauvision.com
The Happy S vessels of BigLift Shipping
More flexibility for
large and high cargoes
Based in Amsterdam, BigLift
Shipping is one of the world’s
leading heavy lift shipping
companies, specialized in
worldwide ocean transportation
of heavy lift and project
cargoes. In 2013 the first
new-building vessel of the
Happy S-type, called ‘Happy
Sky’ entered the fleet. Sister
vessel ‘Happy Star’ will begin
her first voyage in August 2014.
The ‘Happy Sky’ is the latest addition to the BigLift fleet.
These flagships have a lifting capacity
of two times 900 mt, combinable to
1,800 mt. The length of the vessels
and the forward position of the
superstructure offer a single, large
cargo hold and an extremely wide,
open deck area. To make sure BigLift
could meet the latest requirements
of the market the specifications of
both vessels were changed during
the design and construction period.
The most important changes to the
design were the increase in the crane
lifting height and outreach and the
decision to operate both vessels
without a stability pontoon. It has
been widely acknowledged that the
use of pontoons for vessels of this
size is a large safety risk during
loading and unloading operations.
Happy Sky
‘Happy Sky’ is the latest addition to
the fleet of heavy lift vessels BigLift
manages. With her two Huisman built
900 mt heavy lift mast cranes she
will be the new flag ship. In a response
to market demands, the crane pedestals
are now 4 metres higher than in the
original plans, giving the vessel a
lifting height unmatched in the world
fleet of heavy lift vessels. ‘Happy Sky’
is 155 metres long and has 18.680 dwt.
The vessel’s length and the forward
position of her superstructure offer
a single, large cargo hold and a wide,
open deck area. She has folding hatch
covers, a large poop deck and cargo
rails which make the vessel’s full deck
area available for cargo stowage.
‘Happy Sky’s’ tween deck is adjustable
in height and she is allowed to sail
with open weather deck hatches at
a draught of up to 7.5 metres.
Furthermore, she has Finnish/Swedish
1A Ice Class notation. The ‘Happy Sky’
achieves a service speed of 17 kn.
Happy Star
With its features, Happy Star offers
unique lifting capabilities for the
heavy lift and project cargo market.
Her lifting curve ranges from 1,800
mt at 25 metres, 1,600 mt at 28
metres to 1,000 mt at 41 metres,
with a lifting height of nearly
47 metres above the main deck.
With the weather deck extending
over the full width of the vessel,
her load space can used to the utmost.
The weather deck hatch covers are
pontoon type and bear 15 t/m2.
The tweendeck is adjustable in height
and ‘Happy Star’ can sail with open
weather deck hatches on a draught
of up to 8 metres. The vessel will
also have Finnish/Swedish 1A
Ice Class notation.
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Major expansion of ROV fleet
Bluestream recently went into
service with the brand-new
‘Stril Server’ as dive support vessel
(photo: Bluestream/Flying Focus).
Bluestream seeks role
as service contractor
With a series of new investments in state-of-the-art ROVs, special tools and diving spreads,
Bluestream has taken an impressive step towards meeting the needs of its clients in the oil and gas
industry and offshore wind energy sector, as a service contractor. However, to be able to continue
to play this role in the future, even more will be needed, for example the in-house development of
special tools, the adaptation of further optimisation of insourced systems and of course encouraging
the company staff to contribute ideas on how to tackle various issues more smartly and more safely.
All these elements combine to form the key to the success and rapid growth achieved over the past
few years by the Dutch offshore company based in Den Helder.
To gain a clear impression of how
Bluestream aims to fulfil this role,
shareholders Rolf de Vries and Caspar
Domstorff talked about their activities.
Rolf de Vries explained: “We have
signed a number of long-term IRM
contracts with GDF SUEZ E&P
Nederland, Total E&P Nederland,
Chevron Exploration & Production
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Netherlands and Dana Petroleum.
In addition, we recently successfully
concluded a long-term service
contract for RWE. We are also
responsible for carrying out a series
of project-related tasks for various
clients including Chevron, Total, GDF
SUEZ and Dana. To be able to carry
out this work, we generally charter
the necessary vessels ourselves,
whereby we precisely select which
ship best matches the project to be
carried out. For example, we aim to
deploy the ‘Seamar Splendid’ and
‘VOS Shelter’ for IRM work in the
Dutch sector of the North Sea. The
‘VOS Shine’ was first deployed for
UXO work in the German Bight,
Testing a new Cougar ROV (photo: PAS Publicaties).
before transferring to other work on
behalf of Chevron. The position of the
‘VOS Shine’ has now been taken up by
the ‘Stril Explorer’, a vessel currently
deployed for intervention work on
behalf of Total. We also recently
chartered the brand-new ‘Stril Server’
for installation and IRM work for
Dana, and the Ram is currently
deployed for UXO work in the German
Bight.” In the course of last winter,
Bluestream also successfully deployed
the Stril Explorer for pipeline contractor
Cecon, a company that laid three
pipelines in the Dutch Sector of the
North Sea, on behalf of GDF SUEZ
E&P. “The variety, availability and
flexibility we achieve in terms of
vessels and equipment means we
can offer tailor-made services to
our clients. They are guaranteed
the perfect tool for every operation,
without us having to offer a less
suitable vessel simply because we
own it, or have taken out a long-term
charter for its use. Such vessels are
often either over or under qualified
for the type of work in question,
a fact that has a direct influence on
the (cost) efficiency and execution,”
continued Caspar Domstorff.
New ROVs
The Bluestream fleet was recently
expanded with the addition of two
Panther XT plus ROVs and five
Tiger ROVs, bringing the ROV fleet
to a total of sixteen units. The ROV
systems are not only deployed for
the installation market but also the
drilling market. As Rolf de Vries went
on: “With the so-called free-flying
Tiger ROVs, we serve almost the entire
Dutch drilling market. We operate a
fleet of ten units, of which eight are
of the free-flyer type.” With these
units, Bluestream works on behalf
of almost all oil and gas operators
on board the drilling rigs owned for
example by Noble Drilling, Maersk
Drilling and Swift Drilling. Free-flyers
are also deployed from semisubmersible
vessels and platforms operated by
Seajacks International and Workfox.
More complex support
The successful deployment of ROVs
ties in with the company’s own
development and purchase of stateof-the-art tooling and diving units.
In the words of Rolf de Vries:
“Because our clients are carrying
out ever more complex operations
worldwide, they are increasingly on
the lookout for more complex support.
We have responded to this need by
investing heavily in new ROVs and
tooling for systems for such tasks as
remote subsea intervention. We then
adapt these systems and develop the
smartest possible tools in order to be
able to carry out very specialist jobs.
We also recently acquired a very
large basin not only to allow us to
independently carry out extensive
system testing but also so that we
can simulate the circumstances and
setup.” Caspar Domstorff added:
“Our ROVs are deployed in the lighter
work class segment. We have upgraded
our fleet to include larger ROVs, but
they are still all compact units with
plenty of power and extremely smart
tooling. Our Panther Plus and Cougar
ROVs, for example, enable us to offer
optimum service to our clients, even
in areas with very strong currents.”
When it comes to adapting diving
systems, the development of smart
tools and the construction of diving
Rolf de Vries and Caspar Domstorff in front of
the new ROV test basin (photo: PAS Publicaties).
containers, a great deal of time
and energy are spent on safety and
ergonomics. “We also encourage both
our clients and staff to think about
ways in which new improvements
can be made to make the systems
even safer and more widely deployable.”
New diving systems
Bluestream’s latest round of investments
involves the purchase of two state-ofthe-art diving spreads. Diving spreads
are systems made up of a decompression
chamber and dive control equipment.
Rolf de Vries explained: “The special
feature of these systems is the underlying technology, most recently
employed in the Medusa diving
simulator of the Royal Netherlands
Navy, in collaboration with IHC
Hytech. IHC went on to further
develop the technology, which has
now been integrated in the two
systems we have purchased. Both
will be deployed by us for dive work
in water depths of up to 50 metres,
whereby in the deep water segment
(between 30 and 50 metres), we
will also make use of mixed gas.
We describe this service as demand
diving. Using this system means
that we no longer need to deploy
a complex saturation or enclosed
bell system for our type of work,
and the diving spread proves very
(cost) effective once the seabed time
is analysed. We expect the two new
systems to be operational by August
of this year. In total, we will then
have seven full dive spreads at our
disposal.” Bluestream is also highly
active in the use of the rope access
method for numerous offshore
projects, including a series of
recent dismantling projects.
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DHTC in Den Helder
New helicopter simulator
In August of this year, the old helicopter simulator at DHTC in Den Helder is to be replaced by
a brand-new SEFtec 6XC dunker. The new facility will be used to provide the compulsory HUET
training programmes for people who are transported to and from offshore platforms by helicopter.
DHTC was the first training institute
in the Netherlands to offer a realistic
course with a so-called Helicopter
Underwater Escape Trainer (HUET)
or helicopter simulator, in 1990.
Since that time, practically all oil
companies and related service
companies have put their offshore
personnel through HUET training
in Den Helder. At the same time, the
helicopter operators themselves make
intensive use of this unique facility,
for training their own crews. The
Royal Netherlands Navy and the
Defence Helicopter Command also
used the facilities at DHTC for a
period of more than seven years, for
training their Lynx helicopter crews.
The interior of the new SEFtec
6XC helicopter simulator
As the simulator used for these training
courses is approaching the end of its
useful life, it will be replaced by a
modern SEFtec 6XC unit, with a
length of 4.7 metres, a width of 2.3
metres and a height of 2.5 metres.
The simulator, from a manufacturer
in Ireland, weighs 1,700 kg and has
seating for eight and six exit bays
with removable panels, for configuration
changes. Personnel who fly with
helicopters of the types AW139, EC135
and S92 can use this simulator to learn
how to quickly and safely exit from
the aircraft in question, in the event
of an emergency landing in the sea.
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recently purchased by DHTC
(photograph: DHTC).
The purchase of the new helicopter
simulator is part of a multiyear
investment programme at DHTC
which in turn is part of a large-scale
renewal and improvement project
for all exercise objects and training
facilities in Den Helder. A fire training
helicopter of the type AW139 was
also recently purchased. Using this
9 metre-long, 3.30 metre-high
helicopter simulator, realistic exercises
can be organised for fighting cockpit
fires, cabin fires and luggage fires,
or a fire that occurs during refuelling.
HUET training is one of the many
safety courses offered by DHTC,
the Dutch training institute for
the offshore oil and gas industry,
the offshore wind energy sector,
the shipping sector and fire
brigades and offshore companies.
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Near Market, Near Customer strategy
Noble Drilling brings two
rigs to Keppel Verolme
With 20 yards worldwide, the
success of Keppel Offshore
& Marine’s (Keppel O&M)
Near Market, Near Customer
strategy to cater to its
customer’s needs and
contribute to local content
has been exemplified by
Keppel Verolme.
With one of the largest dry-docks in
Europe and ideally located in Rotterdam,
close to the oil and gas fields of
The Netherlands, UK and Norway,
with direct access to the North Sea,
Keppel Verolme has been the choice
yard for seagoing vessels and floating
offshore units in the region.
The yard’s repeat customer, Noble
Drilling, recently sent two jackup
rigs for modification works at
Keppel Verolme.
In May 2014, the jack-up rig
‘Noble Lynda Bossler’ arrived for
a complete renewal of her jacking
system. During a four-week
window between the rig’s busy
drilling schedule, Noble Drilling
took the opportunity to dry-dock
the rig at Keppel Verolme for
routine maintenance work and
underwater inspections.
The rig’s hull, main deck and several
working and storage areas were
blasted and painted, including
the cantilever deck and drill floor.
The ‘Noble Al White’ in drydock
for an intensive two month
maintenance period.
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The ‘Noble Lynda Bossler’
in drydock.
In addition, the hydraulic system under
the drill floor was completely renewed
and the top part of the derrick (water
table) was removed for maintenance
and some renewals and later replaced.
Subsequently, a successful inclination
test on the rig was carried out at
Keppel Verolme’s quay and it
departed the yard on 23 June 2014.
In mid-June, another Noble drilling
jack-up rig ‘Noble Al White’ arrived
in Keppel Verolme. She was docked
in the yard’s 405 metre long and 90
metre wide drydock for an intensive
two month maintenance period.
The yard’s work scope for this project
includes structural modifications
to the rig’s spud cans. A significant
portion of the work is the conservation
works to the legs of the rig which
will be staged with scaffolding and
wrapped completely in order for the
painting and work to be done in the
most environmentally friendly way.
The yard will also install a temporary
elevator for easy access to the rig’s
legs. Other scheduled activities
includes hull blasting and painting,
maintenance work in several areas,
steel renewals and conservation work
in preload tanks and storage areas.
Due to the large size of the rig and the
deep draught for dry-docking a special
guide frame has been designed and built
in order to manoeuvre the rig safely and
unobtrusively into the dry-dock.
In addition to the above work,
the yard was also contracted for
the installation of a new main
crane on board of the rig as well as
fabrication and installation of the
supporting structure and boom rest.
New name
Noble Drilling is currently in the
process of spinning off its standard
specification drilling units. These
drilling units will from third quarter
2014 be managed by a new, independent
company called Paragon Offshore.
The two drilling units mentioned
above will become part of the Paragon
Offshore fleet and will be renamed
to ‘Paragon C461’ (‘Noble Lynda
Bossler’) and ‘Paragon C20051’ (‘Noble
Al White’). Paragon Offshore will manage
a fleet of 42 mobile drilling units
worldwide. In the North Sea Paragon
Offshore will manage 7 jack-ups and
1 semi-submersible drilling unit.
Various projects
Keppel Verolme carried out work for
several other customers recently. In
early 2014, the accommodation jackup
rig ‘Seafox 1’ stayed for a short period
in Keppel Verolme’s dry dock no. 7
together with the semisubmersible
accommodation platform ‘Regalia’.
In the same period, crane vessel
‘Saipem 3000’ stayed in dry-dock
no 6 for modification work and the
pipelay vessel ‘Castoro Sei’ spent some
time alongside Keppel Verolme’s quay
for mobilisation to her new location
in the North Sea.
In the second quarter, jack-up rig
‘ENSCO 121’, which was built by
Keppel FELS in Singapore, stayed
in the yard for mobilisation and
crew familiarization purposes for
a period of two months.
With a longstanding tradition of high
quality execution and delivery, Keppel
Verolme continues to strive to meet
customer needs and deliver projects
safely, on time and within budget.
Leveraging its parent company’s,
Keppel Offshore & Marine, strengths
in technology and project execution,
Keppel Verolme is poised for continued
growth into the future, offering
innovative and cost-effective
solutions for the offshore industry.
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Many offshore projects for Damen shiprepair yards
Rowan contracts
Damen for ‘Rowan
Viking’ conversion
The Damen Shipyards Group is proving increasingly successful in attracting work from the offshore
sector for its ship repair yards in the Netherlands. The yard in Flushing, for example, recently started
modification work on the jack-up drilling rig ‘Rowan Viking’, while the yard in Rotterdam has successfully
completed a major lifetime extension project for the monohull cane vessel ‘Stanislav Yudin’.
At present, the shipyards group
comprises more than fifty yards
and related businesses, and enjoys
an excellent reputation for the design
and fabrication of a wide variety of
vessel types. However, the group is
also acquiring a growing reputation
when it comes to carrying out
complex conversion and ship
repair projects. Around fifteen of
the group’s shipyards are regularly
employed carrying out ship repair
and conversion work. Above all, the
ship repair yards in the Netherlands
are proving highly successful in the
offshore sector. More than most, the
Damen Scheldepoort Repair Yard in
Flushing has attracted much attention.
The most recent project for this yard
involves alterations to the jack-up
drilling rig ‘Rowan Viking’ operated by
the American drilling operator Rowan
Companies. The rig of the type Keppel
FELS N-class, one of the largest active
on the North Sea, is soon due to carry
out more drilling work in Norwegian
waters. As well as completing a special
survey, a number of modifications to
the rig will first be necessary. One of
the most important is the extension
of the three legs with ten metre-long
sections, each weighing 120 tonnes.
This will raise the total length of the
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legs to 180 metres. The equipment
needed to carry out this modification
includes the Jack-Up Maintenance
Platform (JUMP) from Palfinger
Systems and one of Mammoet’s
largest PTC cranes. The crane, with
a height of more than 200 metres,
will be used to install the leg section.
The work on the ‘Rowan Viking’ is
set to take 130 days in total.
project was carried out at the yard
in Flushing, on the ‘Transocean Shelf
Explorer’. Also over a six-month
period, this rig was converted into
an accommodation platform and
rechristened the ‘Atlantic Amsterdam’.
A number of smaller projects were
carried out in the meantime, on
cablelay and pipelay vessels.
Lifetime-extending maintenance
Major conversions
For Damen Scheldepoort Repair Yard,
the ‘Rowan Viking’ is the third large
drilling rig that the yard has handled,
in a row. Over a period of six months
in 2011, the drilling rig ‘GSF Labrador’
was converted into an accommodation
platform. The entire drilling
installation was removed from the
rig, a new 400-tonne accommodation
block was installed and the existing
accommodation renovated. Additional
floaters were attached to the hull to
improve stability, and three platforms
were installed on-board, from which
new lifeboats have been suspended.
The helicopter deck was also
strengthened. Following completion
of this work, the rig was rechristened
the ‘Atlantic Labrador’, and towed into
the North Sea to carry out drilling
work. In 2012, a similar conversion
At Damen Shipyard Repair Rotterdam,
two large and complex lifetime
extension projects were carried out,
in quick succession. One project, that
lasted more than a year, involved the
repair of extensive storm damage and
lifetime extension work on Maersk
Oil’s massive ‘Gryphon FPSO’. In total,
more than 600 tonnes of steel were
replaced on this FPSO, at the yard’s
dock. The thruster units were also
overhauled, and the accommodation
renovated, the electrical installation
overhauled and modernised, and the
process installation on deck was
upgraded. For the final element
of the work, pipelines, drums and
platforms as well as various other
items were replaced. Work was also
carried out on the flare tower, the
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Lift-Tex Industrie B.V., a leading manufacturer of heavy lift products made from synthetic fibers has
recently developed a new round sling in their Extreema® program using HMPE fibers produced by DSM
Dyneema B.V. under their brand name Dyneema®.
The achieved Breaking Load tests which were performed resulted in a Working Load Limit (WLL) of 350
tons with a safety factor (SF) of 1:7 or an amazing WLL of 500 ton with a SF of 1:5.
The Dutch based heavy lift specialist is one of the first to have reached an MBL this high with a round
sling made with parallel laid fibers.
The jack-up drilling rig ‘Rowan Viking’
at the shipyard in Flushing during
modification work prior to carrying
out drilling work in Norwegian
waters (photograph: PAS Publicaties/
maritimephoto.com).
The ‘Gryphon A FPSO’ recently
underwent complex lifetime extension
work in Rotterdam (photograph: Damen).
After all this work, the entire FPSO
was grit-blasted and repainted, before
being returned to service, as good as
new. The next major project was the
lifetime extension of the monohull
crane vessel ‘Stanislav Yudin’ operated
by Seaway Heavy Lifting. This project
was initiated last November, and
was due to take more than 4.5
months. Key elements of the project
were the complete renovation of
the accommodation unit, the
modernisation of the engine rooms
and implementation of a variety
of repair and conversion activities.
In April of this year, the ‘Stanislav
Yudin’ was once again ready for
offshore deployment. Alongside
major orders of this kind, the yard
also regularly carries out repair work
on wind turbine installation vessels,
fallpipe vessels, seismic survey boats
and diving support vessels. The most
recent project involves special service
and modernisation of the offshore
support vessel ‘Relume’ operated
by MENAS Marine Services.
The work required on this ship will
be completed this year, in two phases.
Other projects
Before heading off for Brazil, the ‘World
Emerald’ and ‘World Opal’ underwent
modification work in Den Helder
(photograph: PAS Publicaties).
At Damen Shipdock in Amsterdam,
the seismic survey vessel ‘Polarcus
Naila’ was a hive of activity, at the
start of this year. Not only was a
special survey carried out, but in
addition the entire propulsion
system was modernised and a series
of modifications carried out. Finally,
at the Damen yards in Den Helder
and Harlingen, four platform supply
vessels were modified prior to
deployment in Brazilian waters on
behalf of Petrobras. The vessels in
question were the ‘World Emerald’,
‘World Opal’, ‘World Peridot’ and
‘World Sapphire’, all of the type Damen
PSV3300 CD. The four ships had all
previously been handed over to World
Wide Supply from Fosnavaag in Norway,
by the Damen yard in Rumania.
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Spectacular transport through the streets
Giant tanks from
Belgium to Denmark
Early June this year, Wagenborg Nedlift started the transportation of 8 impressive LPG tanks,
so called bullets, from the manufacturers’ location in Willebroek, Belgium to Denmark. Each tank
had a transport dimension of 8.68 metres wide, 13.62 metres high and a length of 38.54 metres.
The weight including supports was around 330 tonnes. Destination: the Shell oil terminal in Fredericia,
Denmark. These transports were an important step of the expansion project of the crude oil terminal,
which will receive large volumes of oil and gas from the Hejre field in a few years.
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For Wagenborg, this project was a
perfect opportunity to show their
expertise in Factory to Foundation
projects. Their scope of work involved
the transportation of all eight bullets
from Willebroek until installed onto
foundation at the oil terminal in
Fredericia.
Transshipment
in Rotterdam.
By sea
At the manufacturers’ site in Willebroek, the tanks were loaded onto
barges by RoRo (Roll on Roll off)
operation. From here the transport
was headed towards Rotterdam where
the tanks were loaded onto our SPMTs
by the Matador 3 floating sheerleg
and temporarily stored onto steel
supports. Transport to Fredericia was
carried out by a heavy lifting ship. In
the Fredericia harbor the bullets were
again discharged onto our SPMTs and
temporarily stored, waiting for their
final transport and installation
at the oil terminal.
Transport
through the
streets of
Fredericia.
Fredericia
Spectacular it would be and spectacular
it was! For four days, every evening,
two tanks were transported from the
city harbor to the oil terminal, a 6.5
kilometer route. On Saturday the 28th
of June, the first transport through
the streets of Fredericia was planned.
After intensive preparations, including
route surveys, placing steel plates and
removing all kinds of obstacles (trees,
traffic lights, signs and street lights),
the 16 axle lines, double configured
SMPTs started rolling towards the
first corner.
Hundreds of spectators gathered to
witness this remarkable event in the
normally quiet and peaceful looking
town. The route had a few tight corners
through the towns’ center which made
an impressive scene. The final phase of
the transport was a 10% ramp, specially
constructed for this project leading
towards the LPG bullet area on site.
Lifting of the tanks on
their final position to the
millimeter precise in
pre-shaped sand beds.
Installation at the oil terminal
At the Oil terminal, the 400 tonnes LR
1400 and the 350 tonnes CC2200
crawler cranes were put into action,
both in superlift and main boom
configuration. The tanks were lifted
directly from the SPMT’s by the two
crawlers. In a slow movement, both
cranes crawled to the foundation and
lifted the tanks on their final position
to the millimeter precise in pre-shaped
sand beds.
The whole project was executed to
full satisfaction of their client and
without any delays. Again a project
where Wagenborg Nedlift has proved
their quality performance!
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Lift-Tex Industrie stands for ‘Made in Holland’
Revolutionary
lifting equipment for
heavy-lift applications
Lift-Tex Industrie B.V. based in Tolbert in the
province of Groningen is a ground-breaking
and forward looking business specialising in
the production and development of textilebased heavy-lift lifting materials. The current
product range consists of hoisting straps,
polyester heavy-lift slings up to WLL 200T in
a circumference of 100 metres, lashing gear,
protective sleeves and corner protectors.
A number of these products have been widely
used for almost twenty-five years in a whole
raft of lifting projects, both onshore and
offshore. One immensely-strong innovation,
developed entirely in-house, is the Extreema
range of slings and protective sleeves produced
in Dyneema manmade fibres. The combination
of the light weight and unmatched strength
of this fibre offers huge potential for the
international lifting world, in particular when it
comes to lifting heavy and large volume loads.
The innovative product range has been
marketed by Lift-Tex under the registered
trade name Extreema, for the past two years.
Your first reaction may well be:
Lift-Tex, never heard of them.
And you would be right! Because
in principle the company does not
supply direct to offshore (sub)contractors
or operators. Instead, the company
operates an international dealer
network in no less than 18 countries.
“We are not a full service provider,
and against that background there
was never reason for us to tell end
users about the top quality
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professional lifting material we
produce, in eye-catching advertising
campaigns. It has nothing to do with
false modesty but everything to
do with the fact that it is up to
the dealers to sell our products,”
explained Jeroen Boersma,
managing director of Lift-Tex.
Specialisation
“However, over the past few years, we
have experienced technical difficulties
in the area of sales,“ he picked up his
story. “Here in Groningen we produce
anything you can suspend from a
hook, including traditional standard
straps and sleeves for loads of between
1 and 10 tonnes, and all Made in
Holland! Within this portfolio,
dealers and manufacturers have over
the last few years been importing
ever growing volumes of products
from China. Although these products
are attractively priced, they offer
lower quality. As a consequence, our
turnover in the traditional markets has
begun to shrink. On the other hand,
we have seen growing interest in our
products from the offshore market,
both the oil and gas industry and the
wind energy sector, partly thanks to
the trend towards installing completely
equipped modules and mini production
platforms rather than separate
components. Siemens Wind Systems,
Areva, Ahlstom and Vestas are for
example regular customers for our
slings, as are General Electrics and
Enercon. Our response was to go in
search of a more effective and
cost-saving alternative for steel cables
and the polyester traditionally used
for carrying out lifting projects.
Within that framework, we began to
focus our attention on the use of a
manmade fibre and the production of
slings in special tonnages and lengths,
in other words, tailor-made solutions.
With our new Extreema slings
produced from Dyneema, we are on
the eve of a challenging commercial
period within a niche market that
we have successfully very precisely
defined. Nonetheless, in terms of
marketing, the introduction of this
relatively revolutionary product
requires a carefully considered
adaptation of our communication
with that market. Exactly which route
we intend to follow is currently the
subject of discussion with our partners
located worldwide. In each country
it will be they who establish direct
contacts with the end user.”
Numerous advantages
Together with CEO Luuk Calboo
and sales manager Bert Snel, Jeroen
Boersma has set himself the target
of establishing a position for Lift-Tex
as a reliable market leader in the field
of the rapid customised production
and delivery of high quality slings
produced from super-strong Dyneema
manmade fibre based on UHMWPE
(ultra high molecular weight
polyethylene), within a reasonable
time frame. Boersma continued:
“We have succeeded in developing
an innovative product line using these
fibres, with as its current highpoint
a sling with a safe working load of
500 tonnes and a breaking load (mbl)
of 2500 tonnes. As far as we are
aware, this makes Lift-Tex unique
in the world. The sling is produced
up to a working length of 50 metres
and a circumference of 100 metres.
Following close collaboration with
DSM Dyneema, we were awarded a
definitive licence in October 2012 that
allowed us to make use of the fibres
patented by DSM. We then started to
harmonise our production process
for the manufacture of these unique
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Dyneema offers numerous advantages
in comparison with steel and polyester.
Thanks to its extreme tensile strength
(15 times stronger than steel by
weight) and wear resistance, it is
possible to lift heavy to very heavy
loads with a relatively light weight
and ergonomic sling. Unlike steel
slings, where a whole raft of costly
handling tools is needed, the compact
nature of the material results in a
remarkably low own weight making
the slings very easy to handle.
As well as guaranteeing cost savings,
the low weight also ensures a safer
work situation.
Test
Sales manager Bert Snel explained:
“Our goal for the Extreema sling that
we have now produced with a breaking
load of 2,500 tonnes was to allow
us to determine just how far our
knowledge and technology can take
us, at Lift-Tex. In response, we
decided to manufacture the largest
possible sling using the production
equipment available to us. Theoretical
figures suggested that the sling could
achieve a working load of 500 tonnes,
but to test whether such a fabulous
capacity could be achieved in practice,
our CEO Luuk Calboo travelled to
DNV Norway last September, where
they have the largest tensile strength
tester in Europe, to put our sling to
the test. As the tensile testing diagram
accompanying this article shows,
the tests were successful. On four
occasions, the sling was first brought
to a pretension of 500 tonnes, and
then, without breaking, further
drawing pressure was applied to the
point that the DNV tensile testing
machine automatically switched to
secure mode.”
Decisive
The ideal situation for Lift-Tex would
be to have an opportunity to talk to
the engineer from the responsible firm
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at the earliest possible stage of a
lifting project, to iron out the precise
wishes and specifications. “We have
not yet reached that stage,” recognised
Boersma, “but we are hard at work
together with our dealers, who receive
constant support in the form of
product training courses. Last year,
for example, via our dealer in France,
we supplied a number of 300 and
400-tonne Extreema slings for a
lifting project off the coast of Brazil.
These slings were certified both by
Lloyds Register and Bureau Veritas.
We are now hard at work convincing
the international market of the
numerous decisive advantages of a
sling produced from manmade fibres.
Those advantages include improved
safety, reliability and durability. We
will also need to be able to demonstrate
where considerable cost savings can
be achieved by using Extreema slings,
which at first glance are more expensive
to buy than steel or polyester. The real
key is Total Cost of Ownership, in
addition to which customers can
always rely on rapid, efficient and
on-time delivery of their sling because
our production department is geared
to provide precisely that service.”
Finally, Lift-Tex is the only manufacturer
in the world that has built a number
of inspection moments into the
production process, thereby ensuring
at a very early stage that the sling
will comply with the strict quality
demands imposed by the company.
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Growing confidence in ‘Oleg Strashnov’
More work from
oil and gas industry
More than three years ago, in 2011, IHC Merwede handed over
the brand-new monohull crane vessel ‘Oleg Strashnov’ to Seaway
Heavy Lifting from Zoetermeer. Since that time, the innovative
vessel has more than proven its considerable value in the offshore
wind energy sector. However, also in the offshore oil and gas
industry, the crane vessel that thanks to her unique hull shape
and impressive transit speed of 14 knots is capable of very rapid
transfers, is carrying out a growing number of special projects.
Business Acquisition Manager
Americas & Africa, Hans van Gaalen
and Project Manager Bas Zoon, both
employed by Seaway Heavy Lifting
are full of praise for the ‘Oleg
Strashnov’, a 183 metre-long and
47 metre-wide monohull crane
vessel, equipped with a 5,000-tonne
crane and offering a load-carrying
capacity of 8,500 tonnes. In the
words of Hans van Gaalen: “The
‘Oleg Strashnov’ was built at a
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quality Dutch shipyard, using the
very best materials. This vessel has
what is known as a dual hull design.
At the top of the hull, on both sides,
sponsons have been installed, each
around 4.5 metres wide. During
lifting work, the vessel is ballasted.
When ballast is taken on board,
the sponsons come into contact with
the surface of the water, and the
vessel is suddenly 9 metres wider,
increasing overall stability.
When it is time to relocate, the
ballast is simply discharged from
the ‘Oleg Strashnov’. The sponsons
rise above the water level, and the
hull is so slim-lined that we can
achieve very high sailing speeds.”
Bas Zoon added: “We can even
reach a top speed of 14 knots, a
unique achievement for a vessel
fitted with such a heavy crane.”
Another remarkable feature is that
the A-frame on top of the crane can
be folded down to allow the ‘Oleg
Strashnov’ to pass through the
Suez Canal, eradicating the need
to sail all the way around Africa.
Other elements that broaden the
deployment capability of the vessel
include the trolley block that is able
to travel very quickly up the crane
boom, and the speed of the ballast
system. Both elements massively
accelerate the speed with which
the vessel can be made operational.
Plenty of work
Since her delivery, the ‘Oleg Strashnov’
has had continuous employment.
Bas Zoon explained: “During her first
twenty days, the vessel was commissioned and mobilised. Then, between
April and August, we were employed
off the coast of England to carry out
installation work for a wind farm. We
also installed two topsides on
the related transformer platforms.
Just a short time later, we received
our first installation order from
the oil and gas sector involving
the placement of a 2,200 tonne deck
for the RWE Clipper South platform
operated by Shell in the British
sector of the North Sea.”
More and more orders from the
oil and gas sector soon followed,
as Zoon went on: “One special
installation job was completed at
the start of 2012 in Indian waters
where a total of 40,000 tonnes of
installation work was carried out
on bridges, modules, etc. as part
of the Mumbai North project.
The ‘Oleg Strashnov’ also broke a
heavy lift record for Seaway Heavy
Lifting, by installing a 4,000-tonne
topsides unit. This very critical lift
was carried out using the dp system,
Since her
delivery,
the ‘Oleg Strashnov’
has had
continuous
employment.
in a sea area subject to considerable
swell. Our desire to get the job
completed before the monsoon
season arrived meant that all this
installation work was carried out
at a remarkably rapid pace.”
The installation of
a 4,000-tonne topside in
Indian waters meant the
‘Oleg Strashnov’ broke
the lifting record for
Seaway Heavy Lifting
(photo: SHL).
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Three wellhead decks were
installed in quick succession
off the coast of Qatar, by the
‘Oleg Strashnov’ (photo: SHL).
Highpoints
Once again in 2013, the ‘Oleg
Strashnov’ achieved a major
highpoint. “During this period,
we were tasked with installing three
wellhead decks and a living quarters
for the Rasgas project, off the coast
of Qatar. The decks, each weighing
around 3,000 tonnes, were delivered
by a heavy lifter operated by COSCO.
During the entire transfer to the
installation location, over a distance
of 28 kilometres, each of the decks
remained suspended in our crane.
To make it possible to install the
decks, they had to be held in a
precisely horizontal position.
Given that the decks had to be lifted
over a series of very long piles at
locations with gas wells, the task was
certainly a complex one. The entire
project was carried out under dp
conditions. It is worth mentioning
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that the project was preceded by
a great deal of engineering work,”
explained Bas Zoon. His colleague
Hans van Gaalen continued:
“We also have a fabulous
engineering department in
Zoetermeer that currently employs
around 130 specialists. That number
represents about half of the total
company staff.” Also in 2013, three
jackets with topsides were installed
on behalf of GDF SUEZ E&P
Nederland in the Dutch sector of
the North Sea. Later this year and
next year, the ‘Oleg Strashnov’ will
be joining the Stanislav Yudin in
completing a range of installation
tasks as part of the Cygnus project
for GDF SUEZ E&P UK in the British
sector of the North Sea.
Gulf of Mexico
At the start of this year, the ‘Oleg
Strashnov’ was deployed in the
Gulf of Mexico for the first time.
In the words of Hans van Gaalen:
“We had signed a contract with
Permaducto, who had been instructed
to install eight jackets and eight
topsides for the Kuzuma/Cantarell
project in the Gulf of Mexico, on
behalf of Pemex. We received the
order from Permaducto to install
the three heaviest topside units,
weighing between 3,100 and 3,500
tonnes, together with a heavy jacket.
The work took a total of 42 days.”
Refurbishment
A remarkable project was also
recently completed on behalf of
Maersk Oil in the Tyra field in the
Danish sector of the North Sea.
As explained by Van Gaalen:
“This was a refurbishment project
that had to be carried out precisely
on a specified date. The flaring
tower and a large bridge had to
be removed, and a new tower and
bridge installed. Alongside the
transport and installation, we also
had to carry out the construction
work. For the transport of the bridge,
we attached an outrigger frame
to the side of the ‘Oleg Strashnov’.”
Another major lift operation in April
of this year involved the installation
of the 3,300-tonne topside of the
Meerwind transformer platform in
the German Bight, an order from
the offshore wind energy sector.
Bas Zoon explained: “At present,
the ‘Oleg Strashnov’ is employed for
60 per cent of her time carrying out
work in the renewables sector, and
40 per cent in the oil and gas industry.
We have however seen growing
confidence in the ‘Oleg Strashnov’
from the oil and gas industry.
We expect in the near future that the
work of the vessel will be divided 60
percent for the oil and gas sector and
40 percent for the renewables sector.
Thanks to the arrival of the ‘Oleg
Strashnov’, we were able to sign a
global framework contract with Shell,
last year, according to which our
crane vessel has opened the door to
the deep water installation market.”
Preparation work is already being
carried out for a deep water installation project, for Subsea 7. Within
that project, a 500-tonne wet gas
compressor station and a 300-tonne
protection structure are due to be
installed at a water depth of 140
metres, for the Statoil Gullfaks project.
FPSO
As well as carrying out deep water
installation work, Hans van Gaalen
also sees opportunities for the ‘Oleg
Strashnov’ in the FPSO market.
“With its crane and dp system, the
vessel is ideally suited for exchanging
offshore modules from FPSOs. The
crane has a 5,000-tonne main hoist
and a maximum lifting height of 102
metres, with an auxiliary hoist of 800
tonnes with a lifting height of 132
metres, both ideal for carrying out
installation work on large FPSOs.
I also foresee an excellent future when
it comes to the installation of TLPs and
SPAR buoys in deep water. Not only
do we have the perfect vessels, but
also the specialists in house, capable
of thoroughly preparing and efficiently
completing the necessary work.”
The ‘Oleg Strashnov’ was handed
over to Seaway Heavy Lifting in
April 2011 (photo: SHL).
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Close cooperation between GustoMSC and Formaco
Mega orders for
high-quality forged
products for drilling rigs
Above all in the nineteen seventies
and early nineteen eighties, numerous
drilling rigs were fabricated. Clearly,
after some 35 years, many of these
are ready for replacement. Since that
time the world demand for energy has
grown explosively, and in response,
new drilling rigs are also required.
Added to that, drilling for oil and gas
is today being undertaken in ever
more extreme areas. Given the huge
demand on this market, supply
companies in the sector are
performing very well. One of those
companies is the design and
engineering firm GustoMSC based
in Schiedam. As well as undertaking
design projects, GustoMSC subcontracts
products for the associated equipment
to other supply companies including
Formaco Forgings & Castings. Offshore
Holland interviewed Theo Badenberg,
Manager Equipment at GustoMSC.
Example of a jack-up designed by GustoMSC Schiedam.
Extreme demands
“The demands currently placed on our
products are indeed extreme. On the
other hand, that is what helps us stand
out from the market. We above all
excel in designing jack-ups for deeper
water of up to 175 metres. Designs like
these have to be viewed and calculated
like an aircraft: as light as possible
while remaining sufficiently strong.
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We also supply a range of associated
equipment including jacking, skidding
and fixation systems. The jacking
systems for example include pinions
that travel up and down sets of racks
to raise and lower the drilling rig.
The fixation systems are used to
hold the drilling rig definitively in its
location. As far as possible, we make
use of the best still-weldable steel,
in other words steel with a minimum
yield point of 690 N/mm2. For cast
pinions, even better material is
required. This fact imposes severe
demands on the forges needed to
manufacture high-quality products of
this kind. Such products must be 100%
reliable. Only suppliers capable of
meeting our severe demands are even
considered,” explained Theo Badenberg.
Theo Badenberg, Manager
Equipment at GustoMSC Schiedam.
Formaco
One of those suppliers is Formaco
Forgings & Castings, a company with
which GustoMSC started working last
year with an order for several hundred
pinions, generating turnover worth
several tens of millions of euros.
According to Theo Badenberg, an
intermediary and supply broker for
high-quality forced and cast parts,
in particular for the offshore and
maritime sector, Formaco has
Pinions supplied by Formaco
for GustoMSC jacking systems
on drilling rigs.
demonstrated its capability as a sound
partner for GustoMSC. “However,
the process was carefully planned.
Following a thorough preparation
and quotation stage, we issued our
first order in 2013 for 108 pinions for
2 drilling rigs. Formaco contacted the
Italian forger Metalcam, and provided
full documentation and supervision
of the forging process at the Italian
company, as well as all the subsequent
production stages such as post-finishing
and heat-treatment at two other
Italian suppliers. Formaco has
demonstrated that it is an expert
partner, easily capable of tackling major
projects of this kind. As a consequence,
we decided to also place a series of
subsequent orders with Formaco.”
GustoMSC
With a track record of almost 200
built designs for mobile offshore
platforms for oil and gas production
and for the production of offshore
wind energy, the independent design
and engineering firm GustoMSC,
in Schiedam, is one of the leading
players in the world. As Theo
Badenberg explained: “We sell our
designs for these units worldwide to
large shipyards. To complete the work,
at our own offices we have some 150
permanent and 50 insourced engineers
and designers, on the books. We have
no own production department.
In other words, we outsource everything, by which we mean all the
equipment belonging to the jack-ups
we design. We believe that with
Formaco we have found an excellent
partner that will help us grow further.
Because we certainly are growing;
we are currently even considering
transferring to new, larger premises,”
concluded a satisfied Theo Badenberg.
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Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference, 28 & 29 October 2014, Amsterdam
Offshore energy on the
North Sea and beyond
A recent issue of The Economist reported on the Scottish referendum on
September 18th, when Scotland will vote on independence. One of the major
questions concerning the referendum is the fate of Britain´s North Sea oilfields,
most of which are located on the Scottish area of the Crown Estate and
serviced from Aberdeen. At Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference on
28 and 29 October 2014 in Amsterdam, exploration and production in the
North Sea area is a prominent session theme.
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The technical session on North Sea
exploration and production this year
focuses on the changing playing field.
As ‘big oil’ is retreating from the
North Sea, more room is becoming
available for smaller, independent
E&P companies. This session hosts
experts like Alexander Kemp, professor
in petroleum economics at University
of Aberdeen Business School, who is
seen as one of the top influencers in
the UK North Sea oil and gas industry
and Simon Lunn, technical director
of Hansa Hydrocarbons, an important
new player in the North Sea playing
field. These and other speakers will
discuss what is being spent this
year on drilling, how new players
expect to deliver value and what
governments of countries bordering
the North Sea do to establish an
attractive E&P climate.
Maintenance, well plugging
and abandonment
Relevant to both the North Sea and
other offshore producing regions are
the sessions on offshore maintenance
services and on well plugging and
abandonment. Many offshore platforms
in use today are exceeding their
intended lifespan, leading to
challenges for operators to keep
the equipment running. In this session
John Alkemade, Director EMEA at
Asset Performance Networks, specialist
in offshore turnaround practices, will
shine a light on the drivers of offshore
turnaround performance and on
the benchmarks of best offshore
turnaround practices. Johan Ferket,
Stork Technical Services, Harm-Jan
Smit, Stork Technical Services
representing AJS and Tobias
Rosenbaum, DNV GL Oil & Gas will,
among other things, discuss asset
related risks management, asset
performance improvement and asset
life extension and cover changes in
regulations, in particular related to
the offshore safety directive.
When the productive life of a field has
definitely come to an end, a different
process kicks in. Governments and
regulatory agencies are informing
the offshore oil and gas industry
that unproductive wells must be
adequately sealed to prevent potential
environmental threats. In the North
Sea area alone over 1,000 wells have
to be abandoned. The session
‘well plugging and abandonment’,
organized in cooperation with the
Netherlands Oil and Gas Exploration
and Production Association (NOGEPA)
and joined by specialists from
Schlumberger and Total E&P
Netherlands, looks at the regulatory
framework for abandonment as well
as at cost effective technical solutions.
Offshore Vessels
Together with the Royal Association
of Netherlands Shipowners, Offshore
Energy will feature a session on the
rules and regulations for offshore
service vessels carrying more than
12 passengers. Offshore Energy again
offers a recurring session on new
offshore vessels, this year
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in cooperation with the Port of
Rotterdam. Roland van Assche,
Director Bulk Cargo & Shipping will
chair the session, which presents the
latest in offshore ship concepts, design
and construction. Among the speakers
are Edward Heerema, founder of
Allseas, who will present an update
on the Pieter Schelte. Maurizio
Collu, lecturer at Cranfield University,
will present a new concept of AAMVs
or aerodynamically alleviated
marine vehicles.
Internationalization
The Offshore Energy Exhibition is
living up to its ambitions and continues
to grow. More than 10,000 visitors
and 500 exhibitors will come together
at Amsterdam RAI in October 2014.
Another ambition is internationalization.
Every year the percentage of
international visitors has been
growing faster than the relative
growth of the exhibition which means
that the majority of the new visitors
comes from outside the Netherlands
which is in line with the objectives.
Last year a Chinese pavilion made
its entry as the first country pavilion
in Offshore Energy’s history. Czech
Republic will be second starting in
2014. On top of these pavilions and
many other international companies
exhibiting individually, international
companies freed space in their agenda
to visit the show. The French trade
organization GEP-AFTP will
participate with at stand and UK
Trade & Investment visits the show
as part of a trade mission. In total
more than 100 companies from
outside the Netherlands will be
part of the show as an exhibitor.
With companies such as Fugro,
Palfinger, Bluewater Energy Services,
Technip-EPG, Van Oord, Keppel
Verolme, Boskalis, Ulstein, Parker
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Program Offshore Energy 2014
28 & 29 October 2014 | Amsterdam RAI | The Netherlands
Tuesday 28 October 2014
Wednesday 29 October 2014
9:30 – 18:00
Exhibition opening hours
9:30 – 18:00
Exhibition opening hours
9:45 - 10:00
Official Opening
Offshore Energy 2014
10:00 - 11:30
Developments in wave
and tidal energy
10:00 - 12:00
Master Class 1
10:00 - 11:30
Subsea processing
10:00 - 11:30
Extending asset life:
Offshore maintenance services
10:00 - 12:00
Master Class 3
10:15 - 12:00
Industry Panel
12:00 - 13:30
Regulations for ‘industrial personnel’
on board offshore service vessels
12:00 - 13:30
Well plugging and abandonment
14:00 - 16:00
Master Class 4
14:00 - 16:00
Master Class 2
14:00 - 16:00
Human Capital Panel
14:00 - 16:00
Drilling & Dollars Panel
14:00 - 15:30
Offshore vessels: Market update
14:00 - 15:30
North Sea E&P:
New game on an old playing field
14:30 – 16:30
Mexican petroleum industry reforms
9:00 – 17:00
Co-located event:
Offshore WIND Installation
and Maintenance Conference
Admission to the Offshore Energy Exhibition is free of charge.
Some conference sessions are ticketed events.
Hannifin, GEP AFTP, Expro North Sea
that have already booked their stand,
the exhibition floor is filling up
rapidly. Halls 9, 10, and 11 that
formed Offshore Energy 2013 are
already sold out. For companies who
still want to participate there is good
news as there is still some space
available. In 2014 an extra hall will
be incorporated. Hall 8 that actually
was home to Offshore Energy 2011
will now ad some 6200 square
meters to the exhibition floor.
The brand new Offshore Energy
Arena will be the eye catcher in this
hall. This will be the podium for the
three C-level panels, part of the
conference program.
C-level panels
Offshore Energy Conference 2014
again offers three high caliber panel
discussions. In the third annual
Offshore Energy Industry Panel
moderator Wilbur Perlot, Deputy
Director at Clingendael Academy,
will actively engage panelists and
attendees in a strategic discussion
on the industry’s future.
The discussion will cover changing
industry fundamentals and innovation
to meet future energy demand,
reshaping partnerships through
collaboration, integration and
consolidation, challenges of
integrated project management
and the investment climate and
capital discipline in the industry.
and optimizing the funding mix.
Cornelie Goedhuis, Global Head
– natural resources at ING Bank,
will lead the discussion among
financial experts from oil and gas
companies, offshore contracting
and services companies, and public
and private financial institutions.
The second annual Drilling and
Dollars Panel will focus on “Offshore
and Finance” key areas for discussion
include the growing size and
complexity of projects, new frontiers
and regulations, investing in offshore
projects, tapping new funding sources
Also recurring as a C-level panel
at Offshore Energy Conference is
the Human Capital Panel focusing
on workforce segmentation, workforce
planning, sourcing strategies and total
workforce management as part of
the ‘open talent economy’.
Offshore Energy 2014 Committee of Recommendation
Mr. Joep Athmer
Area Director Offshore, Van Oord Offshore
Mr. Kommer Damen
Chairman of the Board, Damen Shipyards Group
Mr. Jaap den OudenFounder and Member of the Supervisory Board, Mercon
Mr. André Goedée
Member of the Board of Management, Boskalis
Mr. Michael Kahn
Managing Director, Jumbo Offshore
Mr. Harold Linssen
Managing Director, Keppel Verolme
Mr. Jo PetersSecretary-General, Netherlands Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Association
Mr. Koen SchuilingMayor of the City of Den Helder, representing Development Company Holland North
Mr. Gerard SchutVice-President of European Operations, Vermilion Energy
Mr. Koos-Jan van BrouwershavenChief Executive Officer, Heerema Fabrication Group
Mr. Bart van de Leemput
Managing Director, Shell / NAM
Mr. Sjef van Dooremalen
Chairman, Holland Shipbuilding Association
Mr. Arend van Nieuwland
Director, Tullow Overseas Holdings
Mr. Martin C.J. van Pernis
President, KIVI
Mr. Sander VergroesenManaging Director, Association of Dutch Suppliers in the Oil and Gas Industry IRO
Mr. Ruud Zoon
Managing Director, GDF SUEZ E&P Nederland
Mrs. Tineke Netelenbos
President KVNR
Honorary title
IHC Merwede to
become Royal IHC
His Majesty the King has awarded the honorary title of Koninklijk (Royal) to IHC Merwede.
In a special ceremony today, the Mayor of Sliedrecht, Mr van Hemmen, presented this accolade
to IHC Merwede’s CEO, Bram Roelse. In light of this honour, the company has decided to change
its name to Royal IHC and will also include the royal crown in its revised corporate identity.
The Royal title is an award granted
to companies or organisations that
meet certain conditions. To qualify,
the nominated company must have
been in existence for at least 100
years and should have prestige with
regard to its image, size and reliability.
It must be of national importance
to and have prominence in the
Netherlands – preferably with an
international outlook – and the
size of the company, the number
of employees and its annual
turnover are also taken into account.
History
In 2013, IHC Merwede had been
in existence for 325 years. The
predecessors of the Kinderdijk
shipyards, L Smit & Zoon and J & K
Smit, were already active in the 17th
Century, while the other four IHC
shipyards were involved from the
late 19th Century (Gusto in Schiedam
and Conrad in Haarlem) or the
beginning of the 20th Century
(Verschure in Amsterdam and De Klop
in Sliedrecht). Finally, in 1943 the
six shipyards – specialising in the
construction of dredging equipment
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and tin mills – decided to a form of
collaboration, Industrieele Handels
Combinatie (IHC) Holland. Nowadays,
IHC Merwede is renowned as the
world’s leading supplier of efficient
vessels and equipment for the
dredging and wet mining markets,
and recognised as a reliable supplier
of innovative ships and supplies
for offshore construction.
Twin exposition
The presentation of the Royal title
took place at the grand opening of
IHC Merwede’s exposition at the
National Dredging Museum in
Sliedrecht, which – together with
an exposition about the company
in the Maritime Museum Rotterdam
which will run until 23 November this
year. The Sliedrecht exhibition (IHC
Merwede: yards with a reputation)
focuses primarily on the six shipyards,
their products and people.
The Rotterdam display (Hi-tec Dutch
maritime) highlights the innovative
contribution that IHC Merwede has
made towards the welfare of man
and society over the decades. This is
shown by the impact of the company
on key social developments, such
as population growth, increasing
world trade, growing energy
consumption and the spiralling
demand for minerals.
New name and logo
IHC Merwede’s CEO Bram Roelse says:
“Obviously we are extremely proud of
receiving this distinguished title –
so much so that we have decided to
change our company name to Royal
IHC and add the royal crown to our
revised logo. In this way, we have
reverted the name back to the roots
of our wonderful company, which
now has more than 3,000 employees.
“Merwede was added to IHC in 2005
after the merger between the two
companies, but we feel that the new
name matches the current need for
projecting one company to the outside
world and is also easier to pronounce
on an international basis. The title
and name symbolise the character
of this company, in which keywords
such as internationalisation,
innovation, pride, passion and
dedication have played a very
important role over the past centuries.”
The Mayor of Sliedrecht, Mr van Hemmen,
presents the accolade to IHC Merwede’s
CEO, Bram Roelse (right).
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Surface Jet Pump (SJP)
Detailed design NAM
L9FF Eductor project
awarded to KCI
Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij (NAM) is planning to extend and optimize the L9 production,
located in the Dutch sector of the North Sea, and has contracted KCI for the detailed design of
the L9 FF/FD back pressure reduction project. NAM is a 50/50 joint venture between Shell and
Exxon Mobil. KCI already had early involvement in this project as NAM awarded the FEED study
for this project to KCI last year.
Schiedam-based engineering company
KCI was selected because of their
specific experience with similar
offshore projects. KCI has integrated
Jet Pumps (JPs) for condensate
injection to export pipelines and also
studied the concept of using Surface
Jet Pumps for boosting gas in several
projects. The concept selection of
Visual of eductor skid.
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using an eductor upstream for the L9
export compressor was made by NAM
and was the starting point of the KCI
study. KCI is also familiar with the L9
production system, from previous
assignments by NAM.
Partner
Samira Nazeri, KCI’s Business Unit
Manager Oil & Gas, is extremely
pleased that KCI has been awarded
this project. “We are proud that NAM
has chosen KCI as its engineering
partner for this assignment.
We know their requirements and
the L9FF platform very well; we
have designed the reception facilities
on L9FF for the M7 monotower.”
Samira Nazeri,
KCI’s Business
Unit Manager
Oil & Gas, is
extremely
pleased that
KCI project
KCI has been
manager
awarded the
Roland van
NAM project.
de Watering.
L9 production system
SJP solves the problem
The L9 production system consists
of the manned production platform
L9FF together with three satellite
platforms: L9-FA, L9-FB and M7
among which the last belongs to
ONE (Oranje-Nassau Energie).
The satellite platforms feed production
to L9FF via a 20km 16” pipeline and
a 10km 6” pipeline, respectively.
The L9FF wells are currently
producing via a 2-stage compressor.
This compressor is driven by an 11
MW gas turbine and has a capacity
of 2.5 to 3.0 million Nm3/d.
To prevent the FF wells from backing
out in 2-3 years’ time, an eductor or
technically speaking Surface Jet Pump
(SJP) can be installed in the recycle of
the compressor. An SJP uses the high
pressure gas stream to boost a low
pressure gas source and medium
pressure gas can enter the compressor.
In addition, an SJP requires little
maintenance because it has no
rotating parts, and it does not
consume electricity. This concept
has already been installed at NAM’s
AWG (Ameland) platform where it
operates to satisfaction.
Flows and wells
A brief overview of the current
systems and planned modifications:
The wells at satellites FA/FB were
producing in free flow. Subsequently
they are being produced through a
compressor, which could result in a
back out of the FF wells. Also the
M7 monotower is connected to
the compressor.
In 2014 three new wells are being
drilled at the FA satellite and will be
produced in free flow through the 16”
pipeline. It is expected that these wells
are fully operational by 2015. At that
moment the existing wells at FA/FB
will no longer produce via the
compressor and will be backed out
due to the high pipeline backpressure.
At that moment in time the
compressor becomes available
again for the FF wells.
The SJP on L9FF will become part
of the overall gas production system.
The L9FF platform already has a
compressor skid. The SJP skid,
measuring (LxW) 10x7 m, will be
placed on top of the existing
compressor skid. KCI is currently
working on the design of this skid
in which the SJP, two silencers and
piping will be integrated. Also the
selection process for the skid fabricator
and other materials has been started up.
Project challenges
Defining the operating envelope of
the eductor, the tie-in points, the
dynamic process simulations, the
interaction with the existing compressor,
and the installation of the eductor
itself, are just some of the engineering
challenges KCI project manager
Roland van de Watering and his team
are working on together with NAM.
Overview of wellhead and
production platform.
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Dutch Pavilion Hall J 996
Hertel
1
Ampelmann
Breman
2
Wagenborg
3
TKF
Winteb
4
5
Mammoet
6
Van Oord
Bluewater
7
8
Mokveld
9
IHC
10
Heerema
11
Boskalis
12
Tideway
Jumbo
14
Huisman
15
13
Keuken
IRO
en opslag
16
Companies in IRO stand
Vryhof
Gusto
Biglift
Navingo B.V.
Van Dam
A. Hak
Van Heck
Balie
17
Van Beest
22
18
19
Sea Trucks
Group
23
20
Anamet
Europe
Frames
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21
25
Van Aalst
26
Heinen & Hopman
27
Companies
A.Hak Industrial Services
Ampelmann Operations
Anamet Europe
Biglift Shipping
Bluewater Energy Services
Boskalis
Breman Machinery
TKF
Frames
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Heerema Group
Heinen & Hopman Engineering
Hertel Offshore
Huisman
IHC Merwede
Jumbo Offshore
Wagenborg
Mammoet Europe
Mokveld Valves
Sea Trucks Group
Tideway
Van Aalst Marine & Offshore
Van Beest
Van Dam
Van Oord Offshore
Vryhof Anchors
Winteb
ONS Stand Hall J 996 - 18
A.Hak
P.O. Box 151
4190 CD Geldermalsen
The Netherlands
phone
+32 (0)345 579 211
[email protected]
sitewww.a-hakpark.nl/english
A.Hak – A world of connections
in industrial services, pipeline services, inspection
A.Hak offers total solutions for the
services and tank services. Group activities
transport and distribution of oil, gas, water
also include dewatering and coating of pipes,
and electricity, for data exchange and telecom-
the complete construction and installation of
munications and for sustainable energy.
thermal energy storage systems, as well as the
Both in the Netherlands and abroad the
manufacturing of appliances, masts and gan-
independent companies within the group
tries. This broad range of services enables A.Hak
are active in the engineering, construction,
to deliver turnkey projects from source to end-
commissioning, management, inspection,
user. The A.Hak companies serve a wide variety
maintenance and abandonment of pipelines
of customers that includes oil, gas and water
and cable networks, above and below ground,
companies, regional and national network
onshore and offshore. Pipeline construction
operators, energy companies, data communica-
is one of the main activities, but A.Hak also
tion and telecommunications companies,
owns its own drilling company, specialized in
rail operators, local, regional and national
the design, engineering and construction of all
authorities, the chemical and petrochemical
kinds of drillings, and a company that is active
industry and waste processors.
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Offshore Energy Stand 9.049
Allard-Europe – Not just another foundry
be machined to close tolerances, our skills are
constantly put to the test.
Even in the 21st century casting still is more
Allard-Europe
Veedijk 51
2300 Turnhout
Belgium
phone
+32 (0)14 42 11 11
fax
+32 (0)14 42 52 00
[email protected]
sitewww.allard-europe.com
a craft than a science. Confidence is a key
A recent multi-million investment program
factor in the customer-foundry relation,
raised the standard even further. Allowing for
especially when it comes to complex, heavy
a casting capacity in excess of 36 tons, casting
castings with increasingly severe mechanical
dimensions up to 4.5 by 4.5 m and the
and machining requirements.
possibility to machine up to a diameter of
10 m or a length of 12 m. More important
Allard-Europe combines 90 years of experience
however were the investments in analytical
with state of the art technology, but is foremost
capabilities, metallurgical R&D, non-contact
driven by the enthusiasm of its employees.
3D scanning technology, 5-axis CAM,
They take pride in being challenged.
a production monitoring database.
Be it a heavy sectioned duplex stainless steel
This all to maintain Allard-Europe’s position
casting or a complex geometry that needs to
as the Iron and Steel Foundry.
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Offshore Energy Stand 10.050
Electrical system integrator
We are specialized in:
• diesel-electric propulsion/thruster systems,
Bakker Sliedrecht has become an international
Bakker Sliedrecht Electro Industrie B.V.
P.O. Box 25
3360 AA Sliedrecht
The Netherlands
phone
+31 (0)184 436 666
phone +31 (0)184 436 677
[email protected]
sitewww.bakkersliedrecht.com
including DP systems
and leading field player in the world of
• submersible motors and techniques
electrical engineering for marine applications.
• harmonics and FMEA analyses
We are continuously looking to optimize your
Bakker Sliedrecht is carrying out world-wide
operations with innovative solutions, with
projects turn-key and/or package based, in
the aid of state-of-the-art and conventional
offshore, dredging, research vessels, fishing,
electrical and mechanical techniques by
merchant shipping, navy, inland shipping.
advising, designing and building of:
Quality, safety and environment conditions
constantly have our attention. Our quality
• drive and control systems • automation
systems of management and services fully
systems • switchboards and MCC’s • control
comply with ISO 9001 en VCA standards.
desks • e-motors and generators • cabling /
installation • project management
Our solution - your advantage!
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ONS Stand Hall J 996 - 21 - Offshore Energy Stand 11.131
BigRoll Shipping
Radarweg 36,
1042 AA Amsterdam
The Netherlands
phone
+31 (0)20 4488 8640
mail [email protected]
sitewww.bigrollshipping.com
BigRoll Shipping
dynamic position capabilities. We believe that
BigRoll Shipping, based in the Netherlands, is
in-house expertise in marine engineering and
an innovative provider of long-distance marine
naval architecture is essential to manage our
transportation solutions for the energy and
clients’ requirements of safely transporting
construction industries. The company is building
ultra-heavy cargoes across the world’s oceans.
two state-of-the-art MC-Class Module Carriers
BigRoll offers the industry a combination of
- BigRoll Barentsz and BigRoll Bering - and has
MC Class’ capabilities and BigRoll’s in-house
options for two additional MC-Class Module
knowledge and experience. This combination
Carriers. These vessels are specially designed
enables us to provide innovative transportation
to deliver the heaviest modules and equipment.
solutions, always with a focus on our core
BigRoll provides transportation services in two
values safety, service and accountability.
key markets. For the major onshore energy projects
BigRoll is a joint venture of BigLift Shipping
we deliver the heaviest modules onshore, utiliz-
and RollDock Shipping. Both companies have
ing our high ballast capabilities to the remotest
a strong reputation in the heavy lift market for
areas such as the Arctic. Secondly, we provide
finding innovative solutions for
offshore transportation services, utilizing our
complex transportation jobs.
ONS Stand Hall J 996 - 3
Breman Machinery makes components for
They have the people, machines and facilities
builders of machinery, engineering bureaus
under their own roof.
and industrial end users, such as; offshore
Breman Machinery
Sasdijk 20
8281 BM Genemuiden
The Netherlands
phone
+31 (0)38 385 5373
fax
+31 (0)38 385 6528
mail [email protected]
sitewww.breman-machinery.nl
The trainer in safety
companies, the military, aerospace companies
• all machining and non-machining
and other industrial firms.
From simple structures to complex mechanical
• welding and structures
components.
• assembly and fitting
Work-pieces of high precision, often with
• corrosion protection
processing of (heavy) materials
extreme dimensions and weights.
Work-pieces that weigh tens or even hundreds
Breman Machinery uses their unique machine
of tonnes and are made to a precision of
capacity for their own projects and to supply
a hundredth of a millimeter.
specific components to third parties. What they
Samples of workmanship.
aim for is custom-designed solutions.
What’s unique about Breman Machinery is that
ISO9001, ISO3834, EN1090-2 and VCA** Certified.
they are able to produce these components and
Extreme precision!
structures entirely in house.
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DHTC is an international provider of a wide
realistic training for fire brigades and a
variety of safety courses for the offshore oil &
total of 8 modern equipped classrooms.
gas industry, shipping industry, offshore wind
industry and related companies. DHTC also
These training facilities are located close to
organises various courses for the assistance
the harbour and Den Helder’s major roads.
services of companies, (government)
DHTC B.V.
P. O. Box 137
1780 AC Den Helder
The Netherlands
organizations and Dutch regional and
Den Helder Airport is “right around the corner”.
municipal fire brigades.
DHTC is only an hour’s drive from Amsterdam
and Heerenveen (no traffic jams).
DHTC’s training facilities include an indoor
swimming pool (600m3) equipped with a
heli-duncker, a training platform in the seaport
of Den Helder, operating a variety of survival
phone
+31 (0)223 62 50 70
[email protected]
sitewww.dhtc.com
crafts and rescue boats, a large, fully enclosed
fire exercise hall with multiple realistic
training units, a special building for
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Offshore Energy Stand 10.022
Pioneers of offshore engineering
GustoMSC serves clients in three offshore energy
key markets: exploration, construction and
production. Proprietary designs of jack-ups,
semi-submersibles and vessels lie at the heart of
our activities. These designs always meet specific
client requirements, based on solid and proven
foundations and a sea of experience.
GustoMSC B.V.
Karel Doormanweg 25
3115 JD Schiedam
The Netherlands
phone
+31 (0)10 2883 000
+31 (0)10 2883 001
mail [email protected]
sitewww.gustomsc.com
fax
Founded in 1862, GustoMSC today offers design
and engineering services to the offshore oil and
gas, renewable energy and civil construction
sectors. Over its recent history, the company has
designed and managed the construction of over
250 mobile offshore units. It has provided clients
all over the world with a variety of associated
equipment.
The total value of these products and services
exceeds $ 25 billion. Its long history and vast
experience have enabled GustoMSC to become
a market leader.
At present over 75 units to our designs are
under construction worldwide: 38 drilling
jack-ups of our CJ series, 18 units of our
P10,000 and Qdrill drillships, 10 Wind Turbine
Installation and construction jack-ups and
13 units of our DSS drilling and our
accommodation semi-submersibles.
Together with its designs, GustoMSC delivers
associated equipment like jacking systems,
skidding systems and offshore cranes to
the market.
ONS Stand Hall J 996 - 27 - Offshore Energy Stand 10.088
Heinen & Hopman - Leading specialist and
using our systems comfort at all times, and
global supplier of maritime HVAC systems
make them feel at ease anywhere in the world.
From engineering to after-sales services, or
Heinen & Hopman
Produktieweg 12
3751 LN Bunschoten
The Netherlands
phone
+31 (0)33 299 2500
fax
+31 (0)33 299 2599
[email protected]
sitewww.heinenhopman.com
Heinen & Hopman Engineering is a world
even if it is just for advice, Heinen & Hopman
leader in air-conditioning, mechanical
strives to be at your disposal 24/7 via a global
ventilation, central heating, refrigeration,
network of subsidiaries and after-sales centers.
fire protection, environmental systems and
Customised HVAC for seagoing vessels
air duct cleaning. Founded in 1965, the
Our in-house engineering and production
company is renowned for being an innovator
departments enable us to work flexibly,
in the design, engineering and installation of
and we have extensive testing and training
customised solutions. We work in four specialist
facilities. A global network supplies both
areas: superyachts, commercial (merchant)
service and spare parts. The main HVAC
shipping, the offshore industry and navy vessels.
equipment supplied by Heinen & Hopman
With the broad experience, qualifications
to the sea shipping sector includes air
and flexibility we require our mechanics and
conditioning, mechanical ventilation,
engineers to possess, we strive to ensure people
heating and refrigeration.
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ONS Stand Hall J 996 - 16
Huisman is a worldwide operating company
Pipelay
with extensive experience in the design and
International market leader deepwater pipelay
manufacturing of heavy construction equipment
systems: • Flex-lay • Rigid-lay • Reel-lay
for world’s leading on- and offshore companies.
• S-lay • J-lay • Multi-lay
Our equipment is designed and manufactured
under own management, from concept to
Huisman
P.O. Box 150
3100 AD Schiedam
The Netherlands
phone
+31 (0)88 070 22 22
fax
+31 (0)88 070 22 20
[email protected]
sitewww.huismanequipment.com
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Drilling
delivery. A dedicated worldwide operating
Innovator drilling industry: • Land and
service team of skilled professionals is on
Offshore Containerised Drilling Unit • Well
stand-by to provide advice, training and
Intervention Systems • Drillships
service support before, during and after delivery.
• Semi-submersible Drilling Rigs
Cranes
Winches
• Pedestal mounted cranes • (Rope luffing)
Heave Compensation Systems
knuckleboom cranes • Mast cranes
Vessel Designs
• Floating cranes • Land cranes
New Concepts
• Wind turbine installation cranes/shuttle
Reliable bolt securing offshore
Maintenance, repair and operations offshore can be
an expensive and time-consuming venture. Eliminate
re-tightening procedures and risks of costly downtime
by choosing reliable bolting solutions!
The Nord-Lock Group offers cutting edge bolting
technologies, all designed and developed in-house. We
work closely with our customers to ensure their excellent
record of safety and reliability of their bolting applications.
Scan the code for the
Oil & Gas brochure!
Nord-Lock Benelux B.V. • Tel: +31 (0)50-5275656 • Fax: +31 (0)50-5256744 • www.nord-lock.nl • [email protected]
Offshore Energy Stand 10.060
Hydrauvision, specialist in hydraulic power
drives and control systems, has evolved into
a respected player in the hydraulic power drive
market over the past 40 years. Investment in
continuity has ensured that our clients value
our expertise and continue to view us as their
collaborative partner.
Our products are distributed around the world.
Hydrauvision is located in The Netherlands
(Schoondijke, IJmuiden, Dordrecht and Yerseke)
and in Belgium (Ghent and Zeebrugge) and
has five divisions:
Hydrauvision
Buys Ballotstraat 14
4507 DA Schoondijke
The Netherlands
phone
+31 (0)117 40 72 00
[email protected]
sitewww.hydrauvision.com
Systems - Hydrauvision is extremely well
positioned to deliver comprehensive custom-made
solutions in the area of hydraulics and control
systems. Solutions that integrate engineering,
development, construction and commissioning.
Services - Hydrauvision’s service programme is
both multifaceted and comprehensive: preventative inspections, timely replacement of critical
components, measurements and the execution of
oil management programmes are a few examples
from the overall service offering available.
Components - As a specialist in power drive system
technologies, Hydrauvision offers a multifaceted and
extensive set of components – ranging from pumps
and engines to filters, coolers and valves.
Piping - Hydrauvision is specialised in maritime
and offshore piping, with our own piping shop.
Rental - Flexibility, speed and cost control play
an important role in all industrial sectors.
Hydrauvision offers customised solutions
with rental of hydraulic equipment.
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Offshore Energy Stand 8.016
Hydrowear, based in the Netherlands, is an
Our garments range from Waterproof, HiVis
independent family business which designs,
and Constructor to Flame Retardant, Antistatic,
develops, and manufactures high quality
ATEX and Offshore.
industrial workwear and waterproof protective
clothing for the offshore industry.
We are committed professionals who are
passionate about creating protective clothing
Hydrowear B.V.
Paganelstraat 12
7821 AA Emmen
The Netherlands
The Hydrowear product range is a result of many
and serving our customers. Please feel free
years of experience in fabrics, accessories,
to contact us. We appreciate the importance
design, fashion and marketing. Our personal
of cooperation and we are at your disposal
protective clothing meets the strictest criteria
with professional, honest advice.
of technological and legal standards prescribed
in the European Directives.
+31 (0)591 627 763
phone +31 (0)591 628 045
[email protected]
sitewww.hydrowear.nl
Please check out our catalogue on our website.
phone
Imbema Cleton
Van Beethovensingel 130-132
3133 EA Vlaardingen
The Netherlands
phone
+31 (0)10 4345 922
[email protected]
sitewww.imbemacleton.nl
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We manufacture in Asia, India and Europe. We
can deliver garments directly from stock and also
deal with bespoke requests, special requirements etc.
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Uptime! It’s up to you.
The conditions within the Oil & Gas Industry
Imbema Cleton BV has the experience and
demand high quality to reduce downtime,
necessary quality as supplier of hoses and
increasing reliability, easy maintenance,
couplings, lubricants, respiratory protection
high durability, reducing health, safety
and accessories to the offshore industry. If a
and environmental risks.
specific situation requires a different solution
Understanding those demands, Imbema Cleton
Imbema Cleton has the facilities to modify these
BV can handle the most complex issues within
products. A completely equipped production
the product range through the selection of
and assembly workshop, as well as different
A-brand products and the cooperation it has
testing facilities and engineering department are
with its partners: IVG • Mann tek • Klaw
available for that purpose. In addition to these
• OPW • Dantec • Alfagomma • Lubrication
unique properties, thanks to the longterm experi-
Engineers • Perma • Sundström.
ence in high-value industrial and hydraulic hoses,
Uptime is up to you. Imbema offers you advice
couplings, lubricants and accessories Imbema
and products in your specific field of interest
Cleton is an indispensable partner for every buyer
customized the way you need it to increase
and engineer within the offshore industry.
your uptime.
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ONS Stand Hall J 996 - 14
Jumbo
Havenstraat 23
3115 HC Schiedam
The Netherlands
phone
+31 (0)10 79 00 300
[email protected]
sitewww.jumbomaritime.nl
RELIABLE DEEPWATER HEAVY LIFTING
interfaces, high workability and installation
Jumbo is a privately-owned company with five
control.
decades of maritime industry experience. We act
IN-DEPTH @ SEA
worldwide in the offshore Oil & Gas and Renewable
In more challenging deepwater and ultra
market. We own and operate a large fleet of
deepwater, we excel in Subsea Lifting of large
specialized Heavy Lift Vessels with dual-crane
and complex structures, including the provision
lifting capacities ranging from 500 to 1,800 tons.
of Subsea Mooring Systems. Our patented
FROM QUAYSIDE-TO-SEABED
deepwater deployment system allows direct
We are experts in the heavy lift installation of
lowering and accurate positioning of subsea
offshore facilities such as templates, jackets, piles
structures in water depths up to 3,000m.
and topsides. This also includes wind turbine
Subsea Lifting Capacity
foundations. We provide customized Integrated
@ 1,000m - 1,000T
@ 1,500m - 660T
Offshore Transportation and Installation
@ 2,000m - 430T
@ 3,000m - 200T
solutions from Quayside-to-Seabed.
Our success has been built on long-term
Our philosophy saves cost, time and resources
relationships. As partners we strive to assist
through simple logistics, fast transit, no offshore
our clients in reaching their goals.
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Offshore Energy Stand 9.051
KCI B.V.
De Brauwweg 22-30
3125 AE Schiedam
The Netherlands
phone
+31 (0)10 427 03 99
+31 (0)10 426 63 94
[email protected]
sitewww.kci.nl
fax
KCI is a multidisciplinary engineering firm
providing full design, engineering and
consultancy services to both Oil & Gas
and Offshore Renewables Industry.
Creative thinking is our strength. We develop
innovative concepts for our clients and turn
today’s ideas into tomorrow’s winning designs.
This unique ability originates from in depth
expertise within the complete life cycle.
And from having the best engineers on board.
We design and engineer:
•Complete platforms and infrastructure for the
Oil & Gas and Renewables Industry
•Deck lay outs, cable & pipe laying solutions
for Marine Environment
Our disciplines encompass: process, piping,
subsea, electrical, instrumentation & control,
structural, mechanical structures, mechanical &
rotating equipment and hydrodynamics.
Our services include: procurement & expediting,
execution management, project control and HSE.
We guide our customers through a complete
project. From acquisition and field development
through to fabrication & installation management
and think how to decommission the structure
in the future. We take care of Concept, Basic
and Detailed engineering and continuously feed
our whole organization with feedback from
every stage of the project. In this way we keep
improving our high level engineering knowledge
and smart tools. Our goal is to implement cost
effective solutions for our clients and to optimize
operational capability. Strategic alliances are in
place to offer in depth expertise in subsurface
engineering.
KCI, the missing link between idea and
realization of innovative concepts.
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Offshore Energy Stand 8.040
Kenz Figee Group
P.O. Box 235
1500 EE Zaandam
The Netherlands
phone
+31 (0)75 681 04 10
[email protected]
sitewww.kenz-figee.com
Kenz Figee Group designs, builds and services
high-end hoisting and lifting equipment for the
offshore Oil & Gas and Wind industries. Delivering both standard- and custom made equipment for over thirty years; we have constantly
managed to push the technological boundaries,
all whilst keeping customer satisfaction at the
core of our operations. Safety and dependability
can be guaranteed because our equipment is
designed, manufactured and delivered under
own management.
Dutch Crane Engineering:
Focused on the design of every piece of equipment that is delivered by the Kenz Figee Group.
Services include:
• Concept and Design Engineering
• Simulations • Mechanical and Structural Engineering • Hydraulic and Electrical Engineering
Kenz Cranes:
Manufactures standardized and custom made
offshore lifting equipment.
Products include:
• Ram Luffing Cranes • Boom Hoist
(Rope Luffing) Cranes • Knuckle Boom Cranes
• Wind Turbine Installation Cranes
Kenz Crane Services:
Focused on delivering full spectrum after-sales
service for our own equipment, as well as that of
other manufacturers.
Services include:
• Maintenance and Repair • Inspections
• Modifications • Minor and Major Overhauls
• Lifetime Extensions
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LIFT-TEX INDUSTRIE B.V. is a leading
both on-shore and off-shore. Apart from the
manufacturer of heavy lift products made
afore mentioned products Lift-Tex services the
from Textile, such as rounds slings, webbing
oil and gas industry on-shore with choker belts
slings as well as cargo lashing systems.
and pipe-line lowering-in belts.
With its factory based near Groningen,
Lift-Tex Industrie B.V.
Feithspark 9-1
9356 BX Tolbert
The Netherlands
Our products are available for loads from 500
The Netherlands -where all products are
kg up to 500 tons in lengths ranging from
manufactured- Lift-Tex is capable to ship
0,50 meters to 55 meters. In order to achieve
tailor made products within a week around
this Lift-Tex uses modern equipment and both
the world. Stringent quality control, High
traditional raw materials as well as high
flexibility in production and well educated
performance materials, such as Dyneema®,
and experienced staff are just a few of
the world’s strongest fiberTM. Round slings and
the Lift-Tex’s key values. Through close
phone
protective covers made with Dyneema® are
cooperation with its clients and thinking in
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marketed under the registered brand name
solutions rather than problems Lift-Tex is
Extreema®. With a 40-year company history
able develop a cost effective and safe
our clients can be found in many industries,
product for the lifting job at hand.
+31 (0)594 200010
+31 (0)594 200019
[email protected]
sitewww.lift-tex.nl
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Your trusted global partner in bolt optimization
Our products hold several certificates from
independent institutes including AbP, ABS,
Nord-Lock Benelux B.V.
Kingsgate House, Newbury Road
Andover SP10 4DU
United Kingdom
phone
+31 (0)50 5275 656
fax
+31 (0)50 5256 744
[email protected]
Joining parts together is one of the most critical
DIBt, DNV and TÜV.
steps when delivering a product or a system.
The tools available through Nord-Lock Perfor-
The Nord-Lock Group is focused on solving
mance Services add value throughout a project
the toughest bolting challenges.
and ensure that your bolting application pays
We offer a unique combination of bolting
back multiple times. We can also assist you in
expertise and a wide product range, including
the design phase with joint simulation and testing.
wedge-locking technology and Superbolt
Additionally, we help you ensure successful
tensioners, all designed and developed in-house.
operations over time with our on-site support
and remote product training.
Nord-Lock holds decades of documented
Our mission is to safeguard human lives and
success in every major industry including
customer investments by securing the world’s
oil & gas, energy, transportation and mining.
most demanding applications.
Our Production System includes rigorous
The Nord-Lock Group looks forward to being
internal testing and full traceability.
your partner in bolt optimization.
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Offshore Energy Stand 9.044
Seaway Heavy Lifting is a leading offshore
contractor in the global Oil & Gas and
Renewables industry, offering tailored T&I
and EPCI solutions.
We service a diverse client portfolio including
the major operators in the offshore Oil & Gas
and offshore Renewables industry. We operate
globally focussing on the North Sea, Mediterranean, America’s, Africa, Asia Pacific and
Middle East.
Seaway Heavy Lifting
Albert Einsteinlaan 50
2719 ER Zoetermeer
The Netherlands
phone
+31 (0) 79 363 7700
fax
+31 (0) 79 363 7799
[email protected]
sitewww.seawayheavylifting.com
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We own and operate crane vessels Stanislav
Yudin and Oleg Strashnov, which have a
revolving lift capacity of 2,500mt and 5,000mt
respectively. Both vessels are state of the art
and certified to the highest standards.
In addition to our vessels we own high quality
support equipment, including rigging, hammers
and a wide variety of pile handling tools,
which enable us to work efficiently and make
us reliable in delivering on our commitments.
Our highly skilled and motivated on- and
offshore professionals are passionate about
working on detailed, effective and maximum
value added solutions. They apply the highest
standards on behalf of our clients and take
full ownership of all projects. This ensures
safe, smooth and successful project realisation:
we never compromise on safety and always
deliver what has been promised.
Seaway Heavy Lifting is a Subsea 7 Joint Venture company
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P.O.Box54
NL-3130ABVlaardingen
Phone:+31(0)10-4345922
Fax:+31(0)10-4601904
E-mail:[email protected]
Internet:www.imbemacleton.nl
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For the last decade, we built up
a solid reputation as a reliable and
efficient offshore Transportation and
Installation Contractor.
In shallow water environments, we are experts
in the installation of fixed facilities such as
templates, jackets, piles and topsides. This also
includes wind turbine foundations.
In more challenging deep water and ultra
deepwater, we excel in Subsea Lifting of large
and complex structures, including the provision
of complete Subsea Mooring Systems.
Our success has been built on long term client
relationships. As partners we strive to assist our
clients in reaching their goals.
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Offshore Energy Stand 11.043
Out of the box
Sky-Access BV provides technical maintenance
at difficult reachable areas through the use of
industrial rope techniques. In other words:
Industrial Rope Access.
Sky-Access BV
Weerterveld 69
6231 JK Meerssen
The Netherlands
phone
+31 (0)88 1233 600
[email protected]
sitewww.sky-access.com
Setback
Areas who are difficult to reach are detected
often after maintenance work has already started
resulting in work being pushed back due to
safety regulations. A common question asked to
Sky-Access is whether they can start yesterday.
However, they prefer to be involved at an earlier
stage of the project to help find the best solutions
to these kind of problems.
Due to his years of technical experience, out of
the box, technician and hands-on owner Ronny
van Baal of Sky-Access is not easily put off by
a challenge. The main guideline of the company
is thinking in terms of solutions. More than just
Rope Access, Sky-Access combines existing
techniques with fresh ideas and applications
to make a difference. By attracting W and E
technical personnel and to teach them how to
climb, they distinguish themselves from the rest
of the market. “You can better teach a welder to
climb than a climber to weld” is a well-known
quote from Ronny van Baal.
Industrial rope technique has become a necessity
in the maintenance of tanks, freighter, elevator
shafts, masts and Rigs.
Maintenance work includes: welding, painting,
antennas, lighting, anodes and inspection work
like NDT and NACE paint inspections.
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SPT Offshore
P.O. Box 525
3440 AM Woerden
The Netherlands
phone
+31 (0)348 43 52 96
[email protected]
sitewww.sptoffshore.com
SPT Offshore, a subsidiary within the Volker
SPT Offshore has developed its Suction Installed
Wessels group (15,000 employees and turnover
Wind Turbine (SIWT) concept, which allows
€4.7 billion), is an independent offshore
installation of the suction pile foundation and
contractor and market leader in suction pile
wind turbine in ONE piece within 12 hours
foundations and anchors used for offshore
per structure and turbine. For the tow and
oil/gas platforms/floaters. SPT has designed,
installation of the SIWT, we recommend to use
fabricated and installed > 400 suction piles /
a twin crane sheerleg. The first SIWT will be
anchors worldwide. SPT is capable of supplying
demonstrated offshore Germany and is due for
and installing complete moorings including
installation in the summer of 2014. The SIWT
hook-up to the floater. Also SPT has developed
is founded on suction piles, which makes it
and realized several Self Installing Platform
friendly for the sea mammals and allows 100%
(SIP) concepts for small to medium platforms.
recovery at decommissioning. Furthermore,
SPT Offshore also provides T&I services for
the SIWT offers scheduling flexibility and low
large platforms using its innovative float over
installation costs.
technology, which allows installation of very
large topsides up to 25,000 ton.
Offshore Energy Stand 9.015
STC B.V. has a worldwide reputation for
high quality training for operational and
managerial functions in the maritime,
logistics and multi-modal transport sector.
Companies and their employees who are
active in storage and warehousing, shipping,
offshore, dredging, intermodal transport,
ports and logistics find a serious training
partner in STC B.V.
STC B.V.
P.O. Box 63140
3002 JC Rotterdam
The Netherlands
phone
+31 (0)10 44 86 000
+31 (0)10 44 86 020
[email protected]
sitewww.stc-bv.nl
fax
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Therewith STC B.V. contributes to optimization
of human capital and increases the reliability,
efficiency, safety and profitability of the
sectors stated above. STC B.V. provides standard
courses as well as tailor-made courses to meet
the specific requirements of the customer.
STC B.V. is also worldwide experienced in
consultancy and operational research
within the fields mentioned.
STC B.V. is a full subsidiary of the STC-Group,
the most specialized training and knowledge
institute for shipping, transport and port
related industries. The STC-Group utilizes
state-of-the-art simulators and highly skilled
and experienced staff.
‘I hear and I forget. I see and I remember.
I do and I understand.’
With this approach, learning by doing, STC B.V.
differentiates from other training institutes.
With its simulators STC B.V. creates an
interactive and safe environment for actual
practice simulation. STC B.V. disposes of an
offshore crane simulator, a float-over
simulator and Dynamic Positioning simulators.
On request STC B.V. develops tailor-made programs
and scenarios, for example for the virtual
placement of an offshore platform.
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Sea Trucks Group is an international group of com-
persons • Large unobstructed decks
panies offering offshore installation, accommodation
Sea Trucks also owns and operates a large fleet of
and marine support services to the oil and gas indus-
offshore support vessels and barges mainly operating
try worldwide. From offices in West Africa, U.A.E.,
along the West African coast.
Europe, S.E. Asia, Australia and North America, the
Sea Trucks Group
Delftseplein 27N
3013 AA Rotterdam
The Netherlands
phone
+31 (0)10 754 01 00
fax
+31 (0)10 754 01 99 [email protected]
sitewww.seatrucksgroup.com
group offers a wide range of services supported by a
Versatile Solutions
Due to the hybrid design
multi-national workforce of more than 2,500 persons.
configuration of the DP-3 vessel fleet, we offer our
clients a wide range of versatile solutions for their
Fleet
Sea Trucks owns and operates a fleet of new,
project needs. This versatility allows Sea Trucks to
multi-purpose DP-3 construction / accommodation
cross over traditional market sector boundaries and
vessels, based on a hybrid design configuration that
offer the following range of services: • SURF services,
combines the following key characteristics:
involving EPIC of subsea oil and gas flexible pipelines
• Class 3 Dynamic Positioning system • Ability to
and subsea infrastructure
• Conventional services,
install rigid and/or flexible pipe
• High capacity
involving EPIC of production platforms and
cranes ranging from 270 tons to 1,800 tons • Large
associated rigid pipelines
• Decommissioning
accommodation capacity of between 298 and 469
services
• Flotel • Trunkline installation
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Van Beest is a leading manufacturer and supplier for
to manipulate by a robot. The three different types,
a complete program of wire rope and chain fittings.
available in various sizes, will solve nearly every
ROV lifting application.
Van Beest B.V.
P.O. Box 57
3360 AB Sliedrecht
The Netherlands
phone
+31 (0)184 41 33 00
fax
+31 (0)184 41 49 59
[email protected]
sitewww.vanbeest.com
Two brands: Green Pin® and EXCEL®
Van Beest also offers a wide range of additional
The EXCEL® range covers a wide range of grade
accessories like sockets, turnbuckles etc. to complete
8, grade 10 and stainless steel hooks and chain
your lifting assembly.
components. These high quality products are made
Van Beest products are used by professionals in
in France.
many different environments such as oil & gas,
In Holland Van Beest manufactures Green Pin®
industry, mining, shipping and fishing. In oil and gas
shackles in various shapes and sizes, suitable for
production, safety is all-important. For this reason
many different applications. These shackles comply
Green Pin® Standard and Polar shackles have DNV
with many internationally recognized standards and
2.7-1 Type Approval.
can be supplied with various certificates.
Van Beest has branches in The Netherlands,
Recently Van Beest introduced the Green Pin® ROV
Germany, France and the USA. There are stock
Release Polar shackle, designed for under water use
holding distributors of Van Beest products in
in harsh conditions. The unique design, makes it easy
over 80 countries worldwide.
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Van Dam B.V., established in 1906, is a global
leading engineer and manufacturer of fire and
blast protective products and solutions to
protect personnel and critical safety equipment.
Van Dam provides a complete architectural fit-out
for Oil & Gas on- and offshore structures (topsides,
modules etc.). Focus is on the external architectural
package and supply is from our own product range:
Van Dam B.V.
P.O. Box 53
4793 ZN Fijnaart
The Netherlands
phone
+31 (0)167 52 96 00
fax
+31 (0)167 5296 01
[email protected]
sitewww.van-dam.nl
• Fire & Blast Rated Walls
• Spare Parts, Quality Inspections and Surveys
• Internal Architectural Package
•Fire and blast rated walls, doors and windows,
heat and wind shield cladding, winterizing walls
and all interfacing work, it can also include the
internal partitioning.
The company includes the design and engineering
(in house), does the fabrication (in house), supplies
the products and often supervises the installation
on site.
• Blast Relief Cladding
• Heat & Wind Shield Cladding
• Winterizing Walls
Van Dam has developed a complete range of
NORSOK compliant products.
•Fire & Blast Rated Doors (Manually, Electrically
& Pneumatically Operated)
• Fire & Blast Rated Windows
• Interfacing work
• Maintenance, Repair and Upgrades
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www.panolin.nl
The Ultimate Biodegradable
Hydraulic Fluid
Visit us at booth 10.102
Special Lifting
NDT
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Bolt Tensioning
Industrial Rope Techniques
Rescue Teams
Painting
Paint Inspection
Heat Treatment
Rope Access?
SKY-ACCESS!
T. +31 (0)88 - 12 33 600
WWW.SKY-ACCESS.COM
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Van Oord is a leading international contractor
specialising in dredging, marine engineering and
offshore projects (oil, gas and wind).
We are an innovative partner for our clients and,
for over one hundred years, have been helping to
create the infrastructure for the world of tomorrow.
Van Oord Offshore bv
Jan Blankenweg 2
4207 HN Gorinchem
The Netherlands
phone
+31 (0)88 8265200
+31 (0)88 8265210
[email protected]
sitewww.vanoord.com
The growing world population needs more space
and the demand for energy is rising constantly.
Increasing world trade requires more and better
port facilities and climate change is threatening
coastal areas. Van Oord provides innovative
solutions for worldwide maritime challenges,
both now and in the future.
Van Oord is a Dutch-based, independent family
business, which is characterised by visible
leadership, long-term vision and a sound financial
position. Substantial investments in people and
equipment are made with great care to ensure the
continuity of our business.
Our staff are committed, entrepreneurial
professionals who are passionate about water
and technology. They know the importance of
cooperation in achieving the best possible result.
By being open and honest, they build on mutual
trust and respect.
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ONS Stand Hall J 996 - 17
Vryhof is one of the world’s leading suppliers of
offshore anchoring technology. With over 9,500 units
installed their anchors are the most applied in the
Offshore Industry. The company is renowned for its
engineering and after sales services. Vryhof operates
from a 3-Hub organization in Rotterdam (EMEA),
Houston (Americas) and Singapore (APAC), with
Vryhof Anchors B.V.
P.O.Box 109
2900 AC Capelle aan den IJssel
The Netherlands
phone
+31 (0)10 266 89 00
fax
+31 (0)10 266 89 99
[email protected]
sitewww.vryhof.com
affiliates in Moscow, Paris, Rio de Janeiro and
• Design and manufacturing of Ultra High Holding
Power drag embedment anchors for mobile and
semi-permanent moorings.
• Supply of anchors for specific market segments
such as marine construction and dredging.
• Provision of the Stevtrack anchor data acquisition
system with their anchor sets.
• Turnkey rental subsea tensioning services with the
Vryhof Engineering Ltd. on the Isle of Man (UK).
Stevtensioner, including supervision during offshore
Vryhof shares its experience and technology with
installation.
reputable mooring component manufacturers in order
to jointly supply fit-for-purpose mooring systems for
• Engineering and supply of mooring systems for
offshore floating wind energy systems.
mobile or semi-permanent applications.
Vryhof anchors renders services worldwide to Oil & Gas
Vryhof’s scope consist of;
Companies, Drilling Companies, Offshore Contractors,
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oil data analysis for anchor type and size
FPSO Operators and Contractors, as well as to the Mari-
recommendation.
time, Dredging and Wind Energy Industries.
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As one of the oldest and largest logistics
From pile driving and conductive tubing
companies in the Netherlands, Wagenborg
to providing accommodation and the
has always been a pioneer. Over the years,
development of a unique Walk to Work vessel
Wagenborg’s service package for the oil
that enables Wagenborg to perform high quality
and gas sector has expanded enormously.
offshore supply and maintenance services.
From logistics, heavy lifting and 24-hour
Royal Wagenborg
Marktstraat 10
9934 CK Delfzijl
The Netherlands
service for onshore drilling operations in the
QHSE
Netherlands to offshore maritime and supply
QHSE is of major importance within
services in the Caspian Sea. From rig moves
Wagenborg. As part of our policy,
in Europe and beyond to complete oilfield
QHSE is integrated in everything we do.
services at various locations in Russia, the
Our services and operations are managed
Middle East and North and West Africa.
by multiple integrated management systems.
Wagenborg is certified according various
phone
+31 (0)596 636 911
[email protected]
sitewww.wagenborg.com
Our full-service activities range from moving,
standards, such as: ISO 9001, ISO 14001,
maintaining, inspecting and modifying drilling
OHSAS 18001, ISM, ISPS, IRATA
rigs to the complete logistics for gas pipes.
and member of FPAL.
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Offshore Energy Stand 11.048
Offshore Accommodation
and Multi-Support Vessels
Workfox BV is a leading service provider
in the accommodation & crane support,
welltesting & workover, transportation &
installation and decommissioning support
segment of the wind, oil & gas industry
world-wide.
Workfox B.V.
P.O. Box 783
2130 AT Hoofddorp
The Netherlands
phone
+31 (0)23 554 13 00
+31 (0)23 554 13 10
[email protected]
sitewww.workfox.com
fax
Since 1991 Workfox has been the exclusive
manager for the operation of the Seafox-fleet.
In addition to providing accommodation,
catering and housekeeping services for
hook-up and maintenance activities,
the Seafox units are able to offer support
in a wide variety of offshore installation,
inspection and repair operations.
Communication and networking
in the international Oil and
Gas Industries. Put simply,
Brandmarion helps businesses
make the right moves to
improve their market position.
Interested what Brandmarion
can do for you?
E [email protected]
T +31 (0)72 800 99 89
www.brandmarion.com
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The advent of the windfarm installation
market has led to development of a jack-up
specifically for this market. This self-propelled
jack-up, Seafox 5, meets all the requirements
for clients in the offshore wind and oil & gas
industry.
Furthermore Workfox offers temporary
accommodation units for offshore locations
and onboard vessels. These TLQ’s comply
with all governmental and class rules.
Designed for offshore oil and gas use and
capable of withstanding severe environmental
conditions.
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Fire and Blast protective
products and solutions
Delivering the difference
...in any field
Rigid and Flexible Pipe Installation | Platform Installation
| Accommodation, Hook Up and Commissioning |
SURF Installation | Decommissioning | Marine Support
Van Dam provides a complete architectural fit-out for Oil & Gas on- and
offshore structures (topsides, modules etc.). Focus is on the external
architectural package and supply is from our own product range:
- Fire & Blast Rated Doors (Manually, Electrically & Pneumatically
Operated)
- Fire & Blast Rated Wall Systems
- Heat & Wind Shield Cladding
- Winterizing Walls
- Fire & Blast Rated Windows
Let our experience work for you!
Visit us at ons 2014
P: +31(0)167 529 600
E: [email protected]
www.van-dam.nl
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THE NETHERLANDS
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Reliable offshore
competence
Future with healthy
dose of tension
Revolutionary lifting
equipment ‘Made in Holland’
Growing confidence
in ‘Oleg Strashnov’
DP platform
installation/
decommissioning
and pipelay vessel
‘Pieter Schelte’
offshore holland
nr. 09
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Visit us at the Offshore Energy 14 - standnumber 11048
www.workfox.com
Dutch knowledge is called in when the going gets tough