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On 15 October a contract for four lots of the construction of the new Suez Canal in Egypt has been awarded to a consortium with Jan De Nul Group. The Suez Canal is the shortest shipping route between Europe and Asia. To enlarge the transit capacity and to increase industrial activity in the area, a..

Ulstein has been awarded the design and equipment contract for Van Oord’s new subsea rock installation (SRI) vessel ‘Bravenes’. Working in close cooperation with Van Oord, this is the first fully integrated design where Ulstein is responsible for the development and integration of both the mission equipment and vessel design. The vessel will be constructed at Sinopacific..

Recently Pronomar received three orders from Van Oord, a family owned business and leading contractor for dredging, marine engineering and offshore energy projects (oil, gas, wind), headquartered in Rotterdam/NL and operating in more than 50 countries worldwide. Among their many vessels is their new cable laying vessel NEXUS, which will be used to install the export cables for..

At the end of July, Van Oord’s new jack-up vessel, Aeolus, completed the first monopile installation at the Eneco Luchterduinen offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. Van Oord performed the installation using the innovative monopile gripper designed by Rotterdam-based engineering and design company Temporary Works Design (TWD). Measuring 20 x 10.5 x 21m,..

Van Oord has ordered a new subsea rock installation vessel. Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group Shanghai will build the vessel at its Ningbo yard in China. The vessel will be delivered in 2016. Subsea rock installation is a proven technique for the protection and stabilisation of offshore structures and pipelines, and is one of Van Oord’s main..

Part of the Van Oord fleet, the 137m long trailing suction hopper dredger, Lelystad, has been through an extensive programme of works at Gibdock in Gibraltar. The vessel was in dock for an initial 26 days, then went alongside the South Mole before re-docking for a further 11 days. The far-reaching project included steelwork, pipe,..

Offshore Wind Services’ (OWS) latest Damen vessel – the Fast Crew Supplier 2008 ‘Offshore Waddenzee’ – was officially named at Damen Oranjewerf Amsterdam, on August 22. The FCS 2008 is the second vessel the Dutch company, which is a specialist in the provision of crew transfer vessels to the offshore wind industry, has ordered this..

Van Oord has won two orders in Brazil and the Bahamas. The activities involve dredging work for the construction of a new shipyard in Aracruz, Brazil. The client is Estaleiro Jurong Aracruz (EJA), a Brazilian subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine’s Jurong Shipyard from Singapore. In the Bahamas, three ports will be upgraded on the instructions of..

Royal Boskalis Westminster  has in consortium been awarded work associated with the expansion of the Singapore Tuas Mega Port development. Jurong Town Corporation awarded the reclamation project of Tuas Finger One to the consortium, comprising of Hyundai, Samsung, Penta Ocean, Boskalis and Van Oord. The total contract value is SGD 960 million and the combined..

On Tuesday May 20th, Verbrugge Terminals in the Port of Vlissingen successfully completed the first load-in for the Dutch offshore wind farm ‘Eneco Luchterduinen’. The monopiles are constructed by SIF Group and Smulders Group and are transported to Vlissingen for intermediate storage. In July 2014 the first monopiles will be shipped out and installed by..

Offshore wind farms present special challenges for plant builders, project designers and service providers. But they deliver power practically all the time, 24 hours a day, on an average of 340 days a year. So offshore wind energy has a key part to play in the energy mix. That is why offshore wind farms are..

The Gemini offshore wind project shareholders, headed by Canada’s Northland Power Inc., announced today that they have reached agreement with the banks on the project’s financing. The financial close will contribute EUR 2.3 billion to the overall construction costs of EUR 2.8 billion. Van Oord has a 10 percent equity stake in this project. The..

Van Oord’s new build jack-up installation vessel Aeolus is due to arrive at the port of Vlissingen soon, signalling the start of the offshore construction phase at Eneco Luchterduinen, the third offshore wind farm in the Dutch sector of the North Sea. Verbrugge Terminals expects to begin load-in of the foundations within the next 2..

By bringing in the services of Mammoet to install four platform legs, German shipbuilders Lloyd Werft took a step closer last week to completing Van Oord’s newest jack-up wind turbine installation vessel, Aeolus. The vessel was brought to Bremerhaven for final fitting out and leg installation at the request of Van Oord following construction at Sietas Shipyard. The dimensions of the..

Van Oord has been awarded a contract for dredging and maintenance work for the western access channel to the port of Surabaya in Indonesia. The client is Indonesian port company PT Pelabuhan Indonesia III (Persero). The contract is worth over EUR 50 million. Project execution will start in May 2014 and will last 10 months,..

Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) has announced another nomination to provide support services to an offshore pipelaying project at Rota Cabiunas in the Santos Basin Pre-Salt region, Brazil. Following a number of recent offshore agency logistics successes, ISS has now been appointed by Van Oord, the international marine contractor, to provide a range of support solutions..

Representatives of Mammoet and other Dutch companies visited Tanzania recently to explore potential construction projects and investment opportunities. The East African country has impressive growth rates and large stocks of underseas gas it is looking to develop. Tanzania is shaping up to be a great opportunity for Dutch companies that are active in energy, infrastructure and transport. Mammoet,..

Lloyd Werft completes installation jack-up Aeolus for Van Oord. Offshore specialists face further new challenges. The turn-around in the energy sector, along with the exploitation of wind at sea and the building of specialised installation ships for offshore wind farms have stimulated old and well-proven skills at Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven. More than ever before, the..

Van Oord has been awarded a land reclamation project in Kuwait. The client is the Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC). The contract value amounts to approximately EUR 500 million. The project involves the reclamation of land in a ‘sabkha area’ (a salt plain near the coast) for the construction of a new refinery. The New Refinery Project is..

It is a first in the German shipbuilding industry: The Aeolus, the first jack-up vessel for offshore wind farms designed and built in Germany, which was constructed at Sietas Shipyard for the prestigious Dutch marine engineering company Van Oord, has left the shipyard. Having passed through the Este barrage of Hamburg port, the jack-up vessel..

With the signing of a new 3-year framework service agreement, Wärtsilä and Van Oord, the Netherlands based contractor for dredging and offshore projects, have entered into an exclusive partnership for all field service and parts supply. The agreement covers preventive and corrective engine maintenance on Van Oord’s fleet of dredging and other vessels. The contract..

The Dutch Noorderkwartier Regional Water Board and the Department of Public Works and Water Management intend to award the Van Oord (50 percent) – Boskalis (50 percent) joint venture a contract to reinforce and maintain the Hondsbossche and Pettemer Sea Defence from Petten to Camperduin, the northern stretch of the Dutch coastline. The contract with..

Alewijnse Marine Systems has been awarded the contract for the full electrical fit out of Damen’s new cable layer, now under construction for international contractor Van Oord for delivery at the end of 2014. The 120m vessel is intended for the installation of electricity cables linking offshore wind farms to the shore. Alewijnse Noord and..

Van Oord has been awarded the contract for constructing land at the port in Surabaya, Indonesia. An industrial estate will be built on the new land. The client is a public-private partnership that includes the port authority. The contract value is EUR 20 million. The contract was signed on board the trailing hopper suction dredger..

Hi, welcome to the December/January 2013/2014 issue of Offshore Industry magazine. Coinciding with EWEA Offshore 2013 in Frankfurt, we’ve packed this issue with key wind projects Global Tech 1, Meerwind and Riffgat and many more offshore contracting, subsea construction and fabrication stories. We also cover Statoil’s H7 platform removal project, speaking with contractors DeepOcean and..