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The World Trade Center in Rotterdam will be the place to be on 15 and 16 June for the wind energy industry during Wind Days (Winddagen) 2016. More than 1,500 professionals will be presented with the latest developments in the field of policy making, technology and environment. This year’s theme is, Wind: Leading the Energy..

Femern A/S, a subsidiary of the Danish state-owned Sund & Bælt Holding A/S, and the Fehmarn Belt Contractors joint venture, consisting of Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) and Van Oord, signed the previously announced contract related to the construction of the Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link. Boskalis’ share of the contract is approximately EUR 300 million. The..

Alphatron Marine is pleased to announce the signing of a 3-year global maintenance agreement with Van Oord. The contract will be to exclusively maintain and proactively support all navigation and communication equipment on their entire fleet of more than 80 vessels. Jeroen Kortsmit, Global Business Development Manager, Alphatron Marine says, “With this agreement we will..

On 16 November, a naming ceremony was held at Damen Dredging Equipment in Nijkerk for the second of Van Oord’s Damen cutter suction dredgers (CSD) 650, the Mangystau. The ceremony was attended by members of the Van Oord and Damen families. The vessel will be delivered to the client in the first week of January…

Developer Nakheel has appointed Van Oord to deliver the new waterfront of Deira Islands. Deira was constructed by Van Oord between 2005 and 2008. Deira Islands will become a new 15.3km2 waterfront city in Dubai. Part of the new scope is building a 23.5km coastline and breakwaters. The two-year contract covers 8.5km of beaches, 3.5km of quay walls..

Van Oord has signed a contract with DONG Energy for the installation of foundations at the Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm in the UK. Van Oord will install the project’s 32 monopiles and transition piece foundations, supply and install the scour protection and provide the logistics between the fabrication ports in Germany, Denmark, the..

Van Oord’s flexible fallpipe vessel, Stornes, has recently been in Damen Shiprepair & Conversion Rotterdam for a scope of work which allows the vessel to operate at greater water depths in future. Stornes is a 175m long, 26.24m wide, DP2 vessel used for subsea rock installation to protect piping. Since her delivery to Van Oord..

On 23 May, the Van Oord/Mammoet joint venture drove the last foundation pile into the bed of the IJsselmeer, completing the foundation work for the Westermeerwind wind park. The installation of the 48 foundation piles in the bed of the IJsselmeer went extremely smoothly. Construction continues six days a week, but because piles are only..

FoundOcean has been awarded the contract to grout the 150 monopile foundations for the 600MW Gemini Offshore Wind Farm, on behalf of main contractor Van Oord. The project will be the first to use MasterFlow 9800, a revolutionary new material jointly developed by FoundOcean and BASF. MasterFlow 9800 possesses a unique combination of features that..

Van Oord will deploy the Nexus, its first cable-laying vessel for constructing offshore wind parks, with a two-day event on the Wilhelminakade in Rotterdam. Students and business contacts will be given a tour of the vessel on Friday, 6 March. On Saturday, 7 March, the vessel will be christened by Ms J. Damen-Carli, the wife..

On 4 February 2015 Van Oord and Falck Safety Services signed a 2 year contract for the provision of safety training. Van Oord was on the lookout for a safety training provider and found the perfect partner in Falck Safety Services. For many years, Van Oord has invested in an intensive trainee programme for its..

The 22nd of December saw the delivery by Damen of an innovative new DOC 8500 cable laying vessel to international offshore contractor Van Oord. Named Nexus, the 126m vessel is intended for the installation of electricity cables for offshore wind farms. Van Oord is currently making preparations for the Gemini offshore wind farm which will..

Acta Marine contracted CIG Shipbuilding for the design and construction of a large Wind Farm Support Vessel. The DP-2 fitted vessel measures 108 by 16m and offers comfortable accommodation and workspace for 75 persons onboard. The vessel will be equipped with two dedicated boat landings for Crew Transfer Vessels as well as a motion-compensated gangway,..

Alewijnse Marine Systems has completed the full electrical installation and systems integration on board the Nexus, the innovative new cable layer built by Damen Shipyards Group for international offshore contractor Van Oord. With the build taking place at Damen Shipyards Galati (Romania), the project was jointly managed by Alewijnse Noord in The Netherlands and Alewijnse..

A wind farm 85km out to sea with an AC cable connection with the main land? No, that’s impossible. Definitely not a good idea over such a long distance, you’d better get that idea out of your mind. That was what the developers of the Gemini Offshore Wind Farm were told frequently. But they have..

Van Oord and joint venture partner Boskalis have been awarded a contract by PT Muara Wisesa Samudra to design and construct the artificial island for the Dredging and Land Development Works for Pluit City off the coast of Jakarta, Indonesia. The contract carries a value of approximately EUR 350 million. The project involves reclaiming approximately..

Cabling specialist VBMS has been awarded a contract to assist dredging and marine contractor Van Oord with the export cable installation for the Gemini Offshore Wind Farm. The scope of work for VBMS includes the installation of 2 cable sections with a total length of 11km in the transition area between the shallow and deep..

Marlink has been selected to provide high-end VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal) services for the fleet of the international dredging and offshore contractor Van Oord. The contract is expected to include 30 vessels being supported by Marlink’s customized VSAT services by the end of 2015. Marlink’s VSAT services have provided voice and data connectivity services..

Damen has signed a contract with leading dredging and marine contractor Van Oord for the supply of a CSD 650 custom suction dredger together with an FCS 1605 Fast Crew Supplier, initially for operations in the Caspian Sea. Designed and delivered by Damen Dredging Equipment in Nijkerk, the Netherlands, the vessel will leave the yard..

Van Oord has ordered a new cutter suction dredger and a crew vessel from Damen Shipyards Group in the Netherlands. The dredger, named Ural River, is a customised Damen CSD 650 with additional safety and environmental features according to specific Van Oord requirements. In April 2015, the vessel will be operational as part of Van..

The 22nd of December saw the delivery by Damen of an innovative new DOC 8500 cable laying vessel to international offshore contractor Van Oord. Named Nexus, the 126m vessel is intended for the installation of electricity cables for offshore wind farms. Van Oord is currently making preparations for the Gemini offshore wind farm which will..

Van Oord has ordered two trailing suction hopper dredgers with a hopper volume of approx. 17,000m3. Spanish Construcciones Navales del Norte S.L., LaNaval, will build the ships at its yard in Bilbao. Both vessels will be delivered in 2017. The order is in line with Van Oord’s innovative investment programme and is part of the..

Alewijnse Marine Systems is playing a significant role in a programme of electrical repairs and modifications to the Nordnes. A modern flexible fallpipe vessel, she is owned by Van Oord, a contractor in dredging, marine engineering and offshore energy projects. Damen Shiprepair Vlissingen, part of Damen Shiprepair & Conversion, has been awarded the contract by..

Van Oord has reached agreement on the acquisition of the activities of Ballast Nedam Offshore. The acquisition consists of the assets of Ballast Nedam Offshore, the dedicated EPCI staff (Engineering, Procurement, Contracting and Installation), heavy lift installation vessel Svanen and the Westermeerwind project (144 MW). The activities will be integrated into Van Oord’s Offshore Wind Projects business unit. The acquisition will..

A group of offshore companies including Bluewater, Damen and Van Oord have joined together to realise a unique floating tidal energy platform which will be moored near Texel in the Waddenzee and generate clean electricity from the tides. The platform is a trial for remote locations worldwide, such as islands in Indonesia, Philippines or the..