News & Press
05-03-2020 Member news
World First: Deep Water Floating Drill Operation Successfully Completed
Large Diameter Drilling (LDD) and Barge Master have combined their expertise to complete a World first: drilling operations from a diving support and construction vessel (DSCV) in water depths in excess of 270m. By integrating…
05-03-2020 Member news
Boskalis full year result boosted by good second half year
HIGHLIGHTS 2019 Revenue: EUR 2.6 billion EBITDA: EUR 376 million EBIT: EUR 111 million Net profit: EUR 75 million Record high order book: EUR 4.7 billion Net debt-free: EUR 26 million net cash Dividend proposal:…
04-03-2020 Member news
Foundation piling operations completed at Moray East Offshore Wind Farm
Impressive milestone at Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm DEME Offshore is pleased to announce that its work on the foundation structures for the Moray East Offshore Wind Farm has reached another key milestone, with all…
04-03-2020 Member news
DEME and partners present HYPORT®Duqm, a large-scale green hydrogen project in Oman
DEME Concessions and Omani partners are announcing an exclusive partnership to develop a world leading, green hydrogen plant in Duqm, Oman. The facility will significantly contribute to the decarbonisation of the regional chemical industry in…
03-03-2020 Member news
First of SeaMade’s two offshore substations sets sail to the Belgian North Sea
The first of two offshore substations for the SeaMade offshore wind farm left the construction yard in Hoboken for its final destination in the Belgian North Sea. The 1,200 tonne substation has four decks, is…
03-03-2020 Member news
Fugro closes first part of the sale of Global Marine
Fugro is pleased with today’s press release from HC2 Holdings, Inc. (HC2) about the completion of the sale of the first part of Global Marine Group (GMG), resulting in USD 37 million net proceeds for…
02-03-2020 Member news
Allseas acquires ship for deep-sea polymetallic nodule collection in partnership with DeepGreen Allseas
Allseas has acquired the former ultra-deepwater drill ship “Vitoria 10000” for conversion to a polymetallic nodule collection vessel. She is 228 m long, 42 m wide, and can accommodate 200 people. In partnership with DeepGreen…
02-03-2020 Member news
Ampelmann enters Guyana after securing contract with SBM Offshore
Ampelmann, the Dutch offshore service provider, has added Guyana as a new market to its global portfolio. In a contract with SBM Offshore, an expert in floating production and mooring systems, the company assisted the…
02-03-2020 Member news
Damen Oskarshamnsvarvet Sweden wins life extension contract for survey vessel Ocean Surveyor
Damen Oskarshamnsvarvet in Sweden has won the public tender for a contract to undertake a major life extension programme on the survey and research vessel S/V Ocean Surveyor, owned by SGU, Sweden’s national geological survey…
02-03-2020 Member news
Fugro not to proceed with EUR 500 million senior secured notes offering at this time due to market conditions
Fugro has decided not to proceed with the planned offering of EUR 500 million senior secured notes (the “Offering”) at this time due to adverse market conditions. As a result, the current EUR 575 million…
27-02-2020 Member news
North Sea Tax Seminar
We are pleased to announce our annual North Sea Tax Seminar will take place on Thursday, 26 March 2020. During this seminar, we will provide you with an update on recent developments in tax legislation…
27-02-2020 Member news
Meet top employers at the Navingo Career Event
The Navingo Career Event takes place on Thursday the 28th of May at RDM Rotterdam – Onderzeebootloods. Employers will be meeting jobseekers once again to discuss vacancies and career opportunities. Visitors will get a chance…
25-02-2020 Member news
KENC successfully wraps up engineering assignments for Jumbo
Last December 2019, Jumbo – the heavy lift shipping and offshore T&I contractor – awarded KENC with multiple engineering assignments. The scope entailed engineering and FEM calculations to prepare Jumbo’s ‘Fairplayer’ – a DP 2…
24-02-2020 DelftMember news
DOB-Academy launches its first training course on hydrogen as a renewable source of energy
Hydrogen is to play a key role in the energy transition, together with (offshore) wind turbines and solar panels. Where wind turbines and solar panels are dependent upon wind and sun for their energy production,…
19-02-2020 Member news
Paradigm Group Drilling Services Launches Online Store
Paradigm Drilling Services (PDS), part of Paradigm Group based in Inverurie Aberdeenshire, is launching an online store to offer their range of drilling tools and services. The online shopping experience has been pioneered by the…
19-02-2020 Member news
National Marine Dredging Company and Royal IHC launch TSHD GHASHA
National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC) and Royal IHC (IHC) have successfully launched trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) GHASHA. The ceremony took place at IHC’s shipyard in Kinderdijk, The Netherlands. The GHASHA is based on…
19-02-2020 Member news
Changes to Fugro’s Supervisory Board
The Supervisory Board of Fugro has decided to nominate Ron Mobed as member of the Supervisory Board for a four-year term, as per the annual general meeting that will be held on 30 April 2020.
19-02-2020 Member news
Fugro announces a refinancing of its capital structure
Fugro anticipates refinancing its current EUR 575 million Revolving Credit Facility and repurchasing any and all of its EUR 190 million Convertible Bonds due 2021 with a new EUR 200 million Revolving Credit Facility and…
19-02-2020 Member news
Fugro 2019: Continued margin improvement and positive cash flow
•Adjusted EBIT margin of Fugro’s core business improved to 4.2% from 1.9% last year; driven by improved performance of the marine business, in particular in the fast growing offshore wind market. Modest revenue growth, on…
18-02-2020 Member news
Paradigm Group Revolutionize Slick-E-Line® Sales with Online Shop
Paradigm Technology Services (PTS), part of Paradigm Group is launching an online shop to sell their World class digital slickline service, Slick-E-Line®. The online shopping experience will launch on 20th February at 20:20 and will…
12-02-2020 Member news
Combifloat prepares for new phase
We are pleased to announce that Jaap-Jan Pietersen has joined the Combifloat team in Rotterdam as deputy managing director as of February 1st. During the year, Jaap-Jan will gradually take over the leadership from Bas…
12-02-2020 Member news
Royal IHC and Trade Unions work together for Dutch submarine replacement programme
Royal IHC and the trade unions FNV, CNV vakmensen.nl, RMU and De Unie have today signed a covenant within the framework of the programme for the replacement of the Dutch Walrus class submarines. In this…
12-02-2020 Member news
KenzFigee signs contract with Duke Energy Renewables for delivery of the first GenhookTM LT UP-Tower Crane package
KenzFigee, a well-established supplier and service provider of tailor-made equipment for the marine, offshore and wind energy, is pleased to announce to have been awarded a contract by Duke Energy Renewables for delivery of the…
12-02-2020 Member news
DEME Offshore and Herrenknecht sign agreement for fabrication of a subsea drill for XL-monopile installation at Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm
DEME Offshore and Herrenknecht have signed an agreement for the fabrication of a subsea drill to be deployed at the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm in France. This is the first wind farm in the world…
12-02-2020 Member news
KenzFigee introduces next generation subsea crane
KenzFigee, a well-established supplier and service provider of tailor-made marine, offshore and wind energy equipment, is proud to introduce the next generation knuckle boom subsea crane. This next generation knuckle boom crane design is…
10-02-2020 Member news
Paradigm Drilling Services Appoint Global Business Leader
Paradigm Drilling Services has recruited Kevin Langan as Managing Director to lead and manage its Global Business. Kevin has previously worked for almost 18 years in various managerial roles at well-known drilling and oil-service companies…
10-02-2020 Member news
Nieuw lid in de schijnwerpers: Critical Minds
IRO heeft recentelijk Critical Minds als nieuw lid mogen verwelkomen. In een persoonlijk interview met Floris Groeneveld, oprichter, maken wij kennis met Critical Minds. Waar blinken jullie in uit? “Wij zijn een zelfsturende organisatie op…
07-02-2020 Member news
Althen Sensors & Controls BV is exclusief distributeur voor ASC in de Benelux
Althen BV heeft in januari met de Duitse sensorspecialist ASC een exclusieve distributieovereenkomst getekend voor de Benelux, in navolging van haar zusterbedrijf Althen GmbH. ASC is producent van hoogwaardige acceleratiesensoren, gyroscoopsensoren (IMU’s) en inclinatiesensoren en…
05-02-2020 Member news
Maritiem Museum en Van Oord dagen Technasia uit
Scholieren denken mee op hoog niveau Het Maritiem Museum organiseerde afgelopen herfst samen met partner Van Oord een wedstrijd voor leerlingen van technasia, scholen waarbij het vak onderzoek & ontwerpen en bètatechnische opdrachten centraal staan.
04-02-2020 Member news
Waterstof-hub in Europa
Nederland heeft alle troeven in handen om dé waterstof-hub van Noordwest-Europa te worden. Onze uitgebreide gas-infrastructuur is perfect geschikt voor transport van waterstof, we liggen geografisch gunstig, de productie van wind op zee blijft hard…
04-02-2020 Member news
Seatools’ umbilical winch to power Van Oord’s new trencher
On behalf of its client Van Oord, subsea technology company Seatools completed the delivery of a CT umbilical winch. The winch will power Van Oord’s new subsea trencher “Deep Dig It,” which will be deployed…
04-02-2020 Member news
New Navingo Career Guide filled with career inspiration is out
The new Navingo Career Guide 2020 is out. This is the fourteenth year that this inspirational book is published. In this publication students and jobseekers can read all about the activities of the companies that…
03-02-2020 Member news
Boskalis and Wetlands International to explore the potential of blue carbon
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis), a global dredging and marine contractor and Wetlands International, the global NGO dedicated to the safeguarding and restoring of wetlands, will intensify collaboration to enhance and restore coastal wetland habitats…
03-02-2020 Member news
DOB-Academy and the Asia Wind Energy Association have signed a MOU to establish the Asia-Pacific Offshore Wind Academy in Singapore
The Asia Wind Energy Association and De Oude Bibliotheek Academy (DOB-Academy) have joined forces to initiate the establishment of a regional Academy for the fast-growing offshore wind industry in Asia-Pacific. The Asia-Pacific Offshore Wind Academy…
31-01-2020 Member news
Fugro divests its interest in Global Marine
Fugro is pleased with today’s press release from HC2 Holdings, Inc. (HC2), announcing the sale of Global Marine Group (GMG). Through its ownership of 23.6% in GMG, Fugro will monetise the remainder of its non-core…
30-01-2020 Member news
VOS Sugar at work in Offshore Wind Park Borssele
Subsea-support vessel VOS Sugar has spent the winter months on charter to VLCV B.V. a joint venture between Van Leeuwen and C-Ventus. Combining the drilling works and marine expertise of the two companies, VLCV provides…
30-01-2020 Member news
Van Oord starts cooperation on Estonian offshore wind development
Van Oord and Saare Wind Energy have agreed to combine their forces and mutually develop the Saaremaa offshore wind farm. Saare Wind Energy is an Estonian developer involved in developing the offshore wind farm, covering…
28-01-2020 Member news
Neptune Marine supplies charter equipment for innovative pipe drilling project
Neptune Marine, provider of marine equipment, based in The Netherlands, chartered its multi-purpose pontoons NP 289 and NP 461 to Dutch drilling specialist VLCV BV, a joint-venture between C-Ventus and VL Specials. The versatile assets…
27-01-2020 Member news
Damen OSV 9020 answers calls for versatility in offshore support
Following calls for great vessel versatility offshore Damen has developed a new concept vessel – the Offshore Support Vessel (OSV) 9020. The vessel features a stable platform with lots of accommodation, good station-keeping capability, low…
27-01-2020 Member news
Nieuw lid in de schijnwerpers: Saltwater Engineering
IRO heeft recentelijk Saltwater Engineering als nieuw lid mogen verwelkomen. In een persoonlijk interview met Sander Broekmeulen, één van de partners, maken wij kennis met Saltwater Engineering. Waar blinken jullie in uit? “Wij zijn een…
27-01-2020 Member news
High Speed Transfers takes delivery of fourth Damen Fast Crew Supplier 2710 in 18 months
The UK-based High Speed Transfers (HST) Ltd has taken delivery of its fourth Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2710. This has occurred just over 18 months since it received its first, the HST Hudson, in June…
27-01-2020 Member news
HYPORT®: green hydrogen plant in Ostend
Port of Oostende, DEME and PMV propose an ambitious green energy plan and aim to reduce CO2 emissions in Flanders by around 500,000 to 1,000,000 tons per year by producing green hydrogen Port of Oostende,…
23-01-2020 Member news
Nieuw lid in de schijnwerpers: Etteplan
IRO heeft recentelijk Etteplan als nieuw lid mogen verwelkomen. In een persoonlijk interview met Mick van Sliedregt, Area Manager Technical Documentation Services NL West, maken wij kennis met Etteplan. Waar blinken jullie in uit? “Laten…
23-01-2020 Member news
Next generation offshore installation vessel ‘Orion’ fuelled for the first time with LNG
Second ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation carried out in Germany and the first in the Port of Rostock. In only the second ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation to take place in Germany, the world’s largest LNG bunker…
23-01-2020 Member news
DEME Offshore reaches 2,200 offshore turbine installation milestone
9,316 MW of renewable energy installed, enough to power a staggering 9.3 million homes – or in other words almost twice the amount needed annually to supply every single Belgian household with green energy. DEME…
14-01-2020 Member news
Vincent Vinkoert appointed as Business Development Manager at KENC Engineering
KENC Engineering B.V. the engineering firm for the offshore energy industry has appointed Vincent Vinkoert as new Business Development Manager. This appointment underlines the ambitious growth plan of the Oldenzaal based company. Vincent Vinkoert…
14-01-2020 Member news
Renewables Roadshow to fill upcoming human capital gap
Offshore wind plays a crucial role in the energy transition. To realize the development of offshore wind parks in the Netherlands a substantial growth of the pool of qualified professionals is needed. With the Renewables…
13-01-2020 Member news
Seatools obtains another piling equipment contract
Subsea technology company Seatools secured a contract from an undisclosed EPC player for the design and delivery of a piling template hydraulic and instrumentation system. The system will be used for pile installation during the…
09-01-2020 Member news
Incident on board of FPSO in transit on Vanguard
Earlier this week, an incident occurred on board of the FPSO which is currently being transported by the Vanguard from China to Brazil. During the journey a contractor, designated by the yard, is conducting preservation…
07-01-2020 Member news
Fugro announces unfavourable outcome in Southern Star arbitration
Fugro announces an unfavourable outcome in its arbitration with Tasik Toba Subsea AS (“Tasik”). As previously disclosed, Fugro Singapore has been involved in arbitration proceedings with Tasik regarding the handing back to Tasik in March…
07-01-2020 Member news
Foundation installation successfully completed at Belgium’s largest offshore wind farm
DEME has successfully completed the installation of 58 monopile foundations and two offshore substation foundations at the SeaMade offshore wind farm in the Belgian North Sea. The last monopile foundation landed on the seabed on…
03-01-2020 Member news
FPSO Liza Destiny producing and on hire
SBM Offshore is pleased to announce that FPSO Liza Destiny has produced first oil as of December 20, 2019 and is formally on hire. The FPSO is installed at the Liza field, which is located circa 200…
30-12-2019 Member news
Fugro becomes sole shareholder of Seabed Geosolutions
Seabed Geosolutions remains asset held for sale Fugro has entered into an agreement to acquire CGG’s 40% shareholding in Seabed Geosolutions and to terminate the Seabed Geosolutions’ joint venture agreement effective December 30, 2019 in…
30-12-2019 Member news
Boskalis awarded sizable FSRU contract in El Salvador
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has been awarded a sizable (1) contract to connect an offshore Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) to an onshore power plant in El Salvador. The contract was awarded by…
30-12-2019 Member news
Boskalis awarded multi-year maintenance contract for port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has been awarded a multi-year contract for the maintenance dredging in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, ensuring the continued safe access to the port. The contract was awarded by the Port of…
19-12-2019 Member news
Ampelmann wraps up 2019 and looks forward to a year of innovation
It’s December and it is once again time to look back on the past year, while paving the way into 2020. Ampelmann is revisiting a year of successes, game-changing innovations, and expansion into new territories.
18-12-2019 Member news
New in 2020: skills lab trainingen
In 2020 a new type of training courses can be found on the calendar of DOB-Academy. The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (Dutch: RvO) has awarded DOB-Academy kick-start financing for the development and organisation of six different…
17-12-2019 Member news
Boskalis awarded two offshore projects with a combined value of EUR 85 million
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has been awarded two offshore contracts with a combined value of approximately EUR 85 million. For a new offshore windfarm in Taiwan, Boskalis will carry out the scour protection of…
17-12-2019 Member news
Fugro adjusts its Board of Management
The Supervisory Board of Fugro has decided to reduce Fugro’s Board of Management, which currently consists of three persons, to the CEO and CFO positions only. With the Group Director Europe-Africa starting January 2020, Fugro’s…
16-12-2019 Member news
Keel laying ceremony for DEME’s first dedicated Service Operation Vessel for offshore wind farm maintenance
New vessel significantly improves safety, comfort and workability To be able to offer the total package of services to the offshore wind industry – from installation to maintenance – DEME is investing in its first…