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EMAS AMC, the subsea division of EMAS, officially christened and named the Lewek Constellation prior to her departure to the Gulf of Mexico to commence work for Noble Energy. The Lewek Constellation, an ice-classed, multi-lay offshore construction vessel with ultra-deep water pipe laying and heavy lift capabilities is EMAS AMC’s flagship project-enabling asset. The Lewek..

EMAS AMC‘s Lewek Constellation was in Rotterdam recently for outfitting. This included the installation of an 800t Huisman Multi Lay System, two Schilling work class ROVs and a 200t MacGregor crane. EMAS designed the DP3 vessel for the delivery of complex projects in water depths exceeding 3,000m. She has Ice Class notation and multi-lay and..

Ceona, SURF contractor with heavy subsea construction capabilities, has marked another milestone in delivering its next generation flagship asset, the Ceona Amazon, following the successful installation of 570t multiple pipelay VLS and twin 400t cranes onto the deepwater field development vessel. One month after the vessel’s arrival at Huisman yard in the Netherlands, the Ceona..

Ceona’s latest offshore asset, the Ceona Amazon, is currently at the Netherlands-based Huisman for installation of a 570t multi-lay pipe tower and two 400t offshore cranes expected to be completed at the end of Q1. “With all the big pieces in place, we are very comfortable with this delivery schedule,” states Ceona Executive Vice President,..

Ceona has completed final outfitting of the Polar Onyx and the Normand Pacific to begin clients’ Projects in Brazil and the Gulf of Mexico respectively. The successful delivery of the two flexlay and subsea construction vessels marks the conclusion of the first phase of Ceona’s fleet development program. The high-capacity new-built Polar Onyx is designed..

Subsea 7’s new flexlay construction vessel Seven Arctic will open up new possibilities for deepwater subsea architecture, says David Mair, Subsea 7’s Vice President of Business Development. The vessel’s big draw card is Huisman’s innovative new knuckle boom; “the best crane of this capacity on the market,” according to Subsea 7’s Dr Stuart N. Smith, Vice President of..

Today seatrials continued for Subsea 7’s pipelay vessel Seven Waves off the Dutch coast near Rotterdam. Follow seatrials, she is due for delivery to Brazil where she will begin operations for Petrobras. She is the first of a new generation of high-tension pipelayers contracted to Petrobras, according to Subsea 7 Chief Operating Officer John Evans…

Huisman, the specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, has secured a new contract from Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. for the delivery of a Well Intervention System onboard Helix’s new build Semi submersible “Q7000”. The system, which is based on Huisman’s proven Multi Purpose Tower (MPT) design, will be built by the Huisman production..

Huisman,  specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, has received a first order for their new production facility in Brazil. The new order includes three sets of five cranes, which will be manufactured as soon as construction of the Brazilian production facility is completed in 2014. The sets of cranes are scheduled for delivery between..

Norway’s Vard shipyard has ordered the first of Huisman’s new 900t subsea cranes with AHC for DOF Subsea’s new build 161m offshore subsea construction vessel. Huisman will supply a second AHC crane, with 600t capacity (pictured), for Subsea 7’s new 160m DP3 heavy construction and flexible pipelay vessel to be built by Hyundai Heavy Industries…

Huisman secured a new contract for the delivery of a 1,500mt @ 32m Leg Encircling Crane, the largest of its kind, for Seajacks new offshore wind farm installation vessel “Scylla”. The contract for the 1,500mt crane was awarded to Huisman by the South Korean shipyard Samsung Heavy Industries, who received the order to build the..

The September / October 2013 issue of OSI is devoted to this year’s SPE Offshore Europe in Aberdeen. Exhibitor and Orca field licensee GDF Suez E&P UK talks about the co-operation in developing the gas field, which straddles the border between the UK and Dutch sectors of the North Sea. Fabrication of the platform features..

Huisman recently opened up a new office in Bergen, Norway: Huisman Norge AS. The new representational office is a 100 percent subsidiary of Huisman and is set up to meet the increasing demand within the Norwegian offshore market. This is the first Huisman office in Scandinavia. Huisman is a globally operating company with extensive experience in..

Huisman, a worldwide specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions secured new contracts for ten pipelay systems with various major offshore pipelay contractors. The new contracts include three 550m Tiltable Lay Systems (TLS) and one 325m Vertical Lay System (VLS) for Subsea 7, two 650m TLS and two 340m VLS for Technip-DOF, one 275m VLS and..

Huisman has opened a new 380m long quayside at their production facility in Zhangzhou (Fujian), China. Huisman China, a 100% subsidiary of Huisman, has been fully operational since April 2007 and delivers a significant contribution to the overall Huisman engineering and production capacity ever since. The new quayside features a Huisman designed and produced 2,400mt..

Huisman introduces a new series of large offshore cranes. The new series include cranes with lifting capacities ranging up to 900mt and have been developed to meet the increasing demands of the offshore construction and subsea market. Multiple unique features have been incorporated in the design, which makes these sophisticated cranes suitable for operations in..

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) will build a Wärtsilä-designed heavy construction vessel (HCV) for Subsea 7 in South Korea. Wärtsilä Ship Design’s VS 4285 HCV design will be one of most capable heavy construction vessels in Subsea 7’s fleet of over 40 ships. In finalising the design, close cooperation between Hyundai Heavy Industries as builder, Huisman for the crane..

Pick up the latest issue of OSI at RenewableUK’s Offshore Wind 2013 in Manchester – the UK’s premier offshore wind energy event – from 12-13 June. More on that in a moment, but our cover story jumps to the other side of the offshore world – Brazil’s pre-salt fields and Petrobras‘ shipbuilding challenges. In March OSI’s..

Huisman, the worldwide specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, has secured new contracts with Technip, a world leader in project management, engineering and construction for the energy industry, for a 500mt Yard Crane and a 150mt Flexlay System. Both the crane and the pipelay system will be designed and constructed

Huisman, the worldwide specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, has secured new contracts with Technip, a world leader in project management, engineering and construction for the energy industry, for a 500mt Yard Crane and a 150mt Flexlay System. Both the crane and the pipelay system will be designed and constructed

Huisman announces the successful delivery of the 600t Wind Turbine Installation Crane on board GeoSea‘s DP2 jack-up vessel Neptune. The crane was handed over to vessel builder IHC Offshore and Marine BV, part of IHC Merwede, who subcontracted the crane to Huisman in 2010. The 600t pedestal crane is custom-designed for the installation of offshore..

Recently, Huisman successfully completed the installation and load testing of a Huisman-designed and -built 17m super fly jib for one of the heavy lift mast cranes onboard BigLift Shipping‘s Happy Buccaneer. Heavy lift shipping company BigLift Shipping purchased this 17m long fly jib to increase outreach and lifting height for upcoming projects . The super fly jib increases..

Lifting, drilling and subsea solutions specialist, Huisman, has secured a new contract with Subsea 7 to supply and install a 550t Flex-Lay System – the highest capacity flex-lay system onboard a pipelay vessel – and a 400t Offshore Mast Crane onboard Subsea 7’s  latest  vessel. Huisman has designed and built pipelay systems for a number of Subsea..

MT Højgaard has awarded Jumbo Offshore the transport and installation contract for all of the 111 transition pieces (TP’s) for the Anholt Offshore Wind Farm (Denmark). The 400 MW wind farm is currently being developed by DONG Energy. The Anholt Wind Farm is located in the ‘Kattegat’, near Anholt Island, and will be the largest..

On Thursday 16 June 2011, Huisman’s CEO Joop Roodenburg gave the official start signal for the construction of Huisman China’s new quayside which will be one of China’s most solid quaysides ever built. With the new quayside in place, the Huisman China facility will be easily accessible for seagoing vessels, allowing for fast installation, commissioning..