Aberdeen-based Dana Petroleum has appointed as the new Managing Director of its Netherlands business. Nick Dancer, who previously ran Dana’s operations in Egypt, took up his new position on 1 March replacing Reidar Hustoft, who has recently moved to become Managing Director for the company’s Norwegian business. Dancer joined Dana in 2008 from Shell where he [...]
Damen Shipyards Group has acquired Dutch ship repair yard Shipdock. Shipdock, a well-known shipyard group with roots dating back to 1877, operates facilities in Amsterdam and Harlingen. The yard will continue its ship repair and conversion services, with Shipdock Harlingen servicing ships up to 120 m and Shipdock Amsterdam servicing vessels up to 250 m. [...]
Offshore industry professionals from around the world gathered in Amsterdam on 23 – 24 October for Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2012. The fifth edition of Offshore Energy attracted a record number of 7632 attendees, up 49% from last year. Offshore Energy 2012 continued on its path of steady growth. The exhibition sold out and [...]
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On Monday, Falck Nutec in the Netherlands has received the OPITO approval for the Major Emergency Management Initial Response (MEM IR) training. Falck Nutec Is the first Dutch training company who can provide this high quality Crisis Management Training following the standards of OPITO. The Offshore MEM IR training is a higher management training. The [...]
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Moments ago, a contract signing ceremony for a new tug vessel took place at Damen booth at the Offshore Energy 2012 Exhibition & Conference in Amsterdam. The contract was signed by the Dutch shipbuilder and a privately owned towage company Iskes Towage and Salvage. The new vessel, of ASD 2810 Hybrid type is the first [...]
Lagendijk Equipment has revealed completion of an order from Van Oord for two electric/ hydraulic cranes to be installed on the innovative walking jack-up barge WaveWalker 1. Van Oord is a leading international contractor in dredging, marine engineering, and offshore oil, gas and wind projects. The first, Lagendijk’s LKB 13.0 / 20.0 – 10.0 Offshore [...]
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During this fall, Ampelmann Operations has launched the Ampelmann E-type: the bigger version of the successful A-type. The Ampelmann E-type is capable to operate in higher sea states can carry greater loads and increases the landing height at offshore platforms. The Ampelmann system is a stand-alone unit that can be placed on the deck of [...]
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Allpacks international, a highly specialized company in the field of hydraulic equipment, especially in piling equipment and offshore shared their latest closely finished projects with the attendees of Offshore Energy 2012. WaveWalker 1 – project of the JV Fugro Seacore and Van Oord Allpacks International was contracted for building, delivering, testing and commissioning of two [...]
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In 1937, the chance that the marine welding engineer Lambertus van Ouwerkerk would ever believe that he was at the birth of an organization that would become a global market leader was highly unlikely. Nevertheless, thanks to this pioneer the originally Dutch company Röntgen Technische Dienst (RTD) is now celebrating its 75th anniversary. The company, [...]
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Today Joep Athmer, the Director of Van Oord Offshore and Member of Offshore Energy Committee of Recommendation wished a warm welcome to the visitors of the Offshore Energy Conference and Exhibition 2012 on behalf of Navingo. The exhibition is being held in Amsterdam RAI for the second time in a row on a 12,000 m2 [...]
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