Rotterdam Offshore Group News

 

Unique Group acquires Oceanwide

Oct 26, 2015

Image: Oceanwide S.a.S. selfpropelled hyperbaric lifeboat/Unique Group Unique Group, an integrated subsea and offshore solution provider, has acquired Oceanwide Safety at Sea in a deal that joins two global providers in the diving industry…

Dockwise Vanguard loads first ship-shaped FPSO

May 12, 2015

Boskalis-subsidiary Dockwise loaded the first ship-shaped floating, production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) onto the largest semisubmersible heavy transport vessel in the world. The Armada Intrepid FPSO was loaded onto the Dockwise Vanguard in the Caland canal…

25 years in the planning – Allseas’ Pieter Schelte arrives

Feb 04, 2015

A unique and long-awaited sight arrived at one of Europe’s busiest ports early January - Allseas’ 382m-long, 124m-wide platform installation/decommissioning and pipelay mega-vessel Pieter Schelte. KOTUG…

Focusing on Europe

Aug 04, 2014

Cable laud sling production at Hendrik Veder Group in Rotterdam. Photo from Hendrik Veder Group.  Rotterdam-based Hendrik Veder Group moved into the fiber rope domain last year when it bought manufacturing firm G…

Offshore people power

Aug 01, 2014

iPS’ Nick Spies. Demand for qualified and experienced personnel is strong on a global basis—especially in offshore renewables. The industry is relatively new and it has also…

Rotterdam to welcome Pieter Schelte

Jul 11, 2014

Allseas mega-vessel, the Pieter Schelte, is to be completed in the port of Rotterdam. Owner and designer Allseas and the Port of Rotterdam Authority have signed an agreement for the Pieter Schelte to arrive in Rotterdam, from Korea, where…

TMT ROVs en route to Brazil

Jun 12, 2014

Two Total Marine Technology ROVs have just passed deepwater acceptance tests to 3000m in the North Atlantic Ocean with perfect scores. The Typhoon MK2 ROVs are now on their way to Brazil as part of a five-year contract with Petrobras. In total…

CNOOC's Golden Eagle topsides underway

Jun 02, 2014

The topsides for the Golden Eagle area development (GEAD) are nearing final assembly in the UK North Sea, 43mi. (70km) northeast of Aberdeen. The project is operated by Nexen Petroleum, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CNOOC Ltd. GEAD involves three fields: Golden Eagle…

Seaway inks Dutch yard space

Mar 26, 2014

Seaway Heavy Lifting signed a contract with Rhenus Logistics which will give it its own offshore yard facilities, warehouse and quayside on the Maasvlakte in Rotterdam (pictured) for 10 years. The contract, with Rhenus Logistics, started 1 March 2014…

Fairmount tug delivers Castoro Sei

Mar 18, 2014

Fairmount Marine’s Tug, Fairmount Glacier, has towed pipelay vessel Castoro Sei to Rotterdam, the Netherlands, from where the vessel will start her seasonal activities on the North Sea. The Fairmount Glacier hooked-up with Castoro Sei in Genoa…

Fairmount delivers Ensco 5004

Jan 10, 2014

Fairmount Marine has delivered the drilling rig ENSCO 5004 in Malta at the endof a voyage that began offshore Rio de Janeiro.ENSCO 5004 is a 1982- built, 94.7m-long, and 70.4m-wide semisubmersible. It was towed from Rio de Janeiro to Malta…

Long series for IHC Merwede

Nov 07, 2013

Over recent months, IHC Merwede’s Offshore Division has been successful in securing orders for the design, engineering and construction of a total of 10 pipe-laying vessels. These vessels will be built in the covered hall at the IHC Krimpen facility…

MacArtney teams with BurtonTM

Apr 18, 2013

The MacArtney Underwater Technology Group is pleased to announce the entering of a distributors agreement with Cooper Interconnect, hereby adding BurtonTM subsea connectors, penetrators and accessories to the MacArtney range of underwater connectivity solutions…

Roomans returns to his roots

Sep 01, 2012

Seeking to bolster its engineering support capability for a growing DP3 hybrid vessel fleet, the Sea Trucks Group occupied smart new premises in Rotterdam earlier this year. For founder and chief executive Jacques Roomans the move might suggest a return to his roots but…

Fluid thinking

Sep 01, 2011

With Canadian environmental regulators tightening their monitoring and control of fluids used offshore, Castrol's Jason Vallier and K+D Pratt's Andrew Bell review existing guidelines elsewhere and the implications for Canada's E&P sector.The…

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