Van Oord Archives - Baird Maritime

July 29, 2021

Work Boat World Offshore Projects Roundup – July 29, 2021

Written by Baird Maritime on July 29, 2021. Posted in Offshore Construction, Offshore Wind, Offshore World, Subsea Surveying, Unmanned Craft (Non-Naval).

Installation and survey projects have been recently added in the pipeline to support mostly oil and gas clients in Western Europe, North America, and even South-East Asia ..

June 28, 2021

COLUMN | Crossed wires: the cable-lay business undergoes another paradigm shift [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on June 28, 2021. Posted in Offshore Construction, Offshore Maintenance, Offshore Wind, Offshore World, Platform Supply, Work Boat World Features.

The offshore wind revolution is creating unprecedented demand for offshore cable installation. For most of the history of the offshore industry, electrical cable connecti ..

May 10, 2021

COLUMN | Holland (and Belgium)’s glory: how the low countries are winning in offshore wind [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on May 10, 2021. Posted in Dredging and Land Reclamation, Jackups/Liftboats, Maritime Infrastructure Development, Offshore Construction, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore Maintenance, Offshore Wind, Offshore World, Platform Supply, Salvage Operations, Work Boat World Features.

Holland’s Glorie is a novel published in 1940 by the Dutch writer Jan de Hartog. The novel glorified the life of the pre-war salvage master. In English, it was publishe ..

July 22, 2021

Van Oord, Boskalis awarded harbour deepening contract in Harwich, UK

Written by Baird Maritime on July 22, 2021. Posted in Dredging and Land Reclamation.

The Harwich Haven Authority in the UK has awarded a consortium formed by Dutch marine contractors Van Oord and Boskalis a contract for deepening the approach channel and ..

May 14, 2021

Work Boat World Offshore Projects Roundup – May 14, 2021

Written by Baird Maritime on May 14, 2021. Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Construction, Offshore Wind, Offshore World, Subsea Surveying, Work Boat World Features.

The latest string of recently awarded and ongoing projects in the offshore sector covers mostly activities in support of wind farm installation. For the moment, the activ ..

May 9, 2021

Van Oord awarded breakwater construction contract at Aberdeen South Harbour

Written by Baird Maritime on May 9, 2021. Posted in Dredging and Land Reclamation, Maritime Infrastructure Development.

The Aberdeen Harbour Board of Aberdeen Harbour in Scotland has awarded Dutch marine projects company Van Oord a contract for the construction of the harbour’s south ..

July 1, 2021

Van Oord christens new water injection vessels

Written by Baird Maritime on July 1, 2021. Posted in Dredging and Land Reclamation.

Van Oord formally named its two newest hybrid water injection vessels in a ceremony in Rotterdam on Wednesday, June 30. Maas (pictured) and Mersey are both equipped with ..

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May 12, 2021

Van Oord orders second unmanned survey vessel from local supplier

Written by Baird Maritime on May 12, 2021. Posted in Subsea Surveying, Unmanned Craft (Non-Naval).

Van Oord has placed an order for a second autonomous survey vessel from Dutch supplier Demcon Unmanned Systems. Van Oord said the acquisition is in line with its goal of ..

May 4, 2021

COLUMN | More mistakes? Velesto, Shearwater, PXGEO and Polarcus, P&O Maritime Logistics, Bourbon Oceanteam and Boskalis, and James Fisher Subtech [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on May 4, 2021. Posted in Anchor Handling, Commercial Mariner - Featured, Commercial Mariner - Offshore, Dive Support, Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Construction, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore World, Platform Supply, Subsea Surveying, Work Boat World Features.

Last week we looked at mistakes – mistakes from lenders in Singapore to Swiber and KrisEnergy (here), and a terrible error of judgement that led to the capsizing and si ..