Project cargo loadings for the Tyra redevelopment project continued, with BigLift’s heavy lift vessel, Happy Sky loading the TEBZ bridge at the Sembcorp Marine Admiralty Yard in Singapore.Read more
Heerema Marine Contractors’ semisubmersible crane vessel Thialf has completed the installation of Cassia compression (Cassia C) platform on behalf of client bp Trinidad and Tobago (bpTT).Read more
Heerema Marine Contractors’ LNG-fueled semi-submersible crane vessel Sleipnir has completed the installation of the second jacket of TenneT’s offshore transformer platforms for the Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) wind farm in the North Sea.Read more
Oil & GasHeerema’s heavy lift vessel Sleipnir installed the 12,050-metric-tonne Johan Sverdrup processing platform (P2) jacket on 18 June. This has set a new record for the heaviest lift jacket installation. Before this, the Sleipnir had already...Read more
In a recent report, IHS Markit stated that none of the existing wind turbine installation vessels can install next-generation 15+ MW turbines. This is incorrect, says Heerema Marine Contractors’ CEO Koos-Jan van Brouwershaven. ‘Our vessels...Read more
Oil & GasOn behalf of Aibel, Heerema’s heavy lift vessel Sleipnir has executed the inshore integration lifts for Equinor’s Johan Sverdrup P2 topsides at the GMC yard in Gismarvik, Norway. Before that, the platform had been transported...Read more
PRESS RELEASE – Heerema Marine Contractors will transport and install the Sofia Offshore Wind Farm HVDC Offshore Converter Platform for Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine. The platform’s fabrication will be executed at Sembcorp Marine’s yard, and offshore...Read more
The pipe layer Amazon of offshore contractor McDermott has been undergoing an upgrade in the port of Rotterdam for several months now. This week, Heerema’s mega crane vessel Sleipnir was called in to install the...Read more
SustainabilityBakker Sliedrecht will electrify the crane vessels Thialf and Sleipnir of Heerema Marine Contractors so that they can be powered by green shore power. The shore power connection allows the vessels to turn off their...Read more
OffshoreCrane vessel Thialf arrived next to the Sleipnir at the Landtong Rozenburg on Saturday 5 December. The semi-submersible crane ship is in the Netherlands for maintenance.Read more
Oil & GasPRESS RELEASE – Heerema’s Sleipnir has safely installed Dana Petroleum’s new P11-Unity platform, which at 395 metric tons is one of the world’s smallest platforms. The Dutch heavy-lift company was contracted by HSM Offshore, who...Read more
Offshore windPRESS RELEASE – Heerema’s heavy-lift vessel Sleipnir has completed its second project in the wind sector this season; the transportation and installation of two foundation jackets for Ørsted’s Hornsea 2 wind farm. The jackets will...Read more
Offshore windThe first jacket of TenneT’s Hollandse Kust (Zuid) offshore platform has been installed in the seabed. The heavyweight Alpha jacket of 3200 tonnes was transported and installed by Heerema’s heavy lift crane vessel Sleipnir.Read more
PRESS RELEASE – With the 2600-metric-tonne Skyhook, Huisman has designed and built the largest Slewing Jib Quayside Crane in the world. It has now lifted its first batch of offshore wind monopiles. The monopiles with...Read more
Heerema’s semi-submersible crane vessel Sleipnir has removed the 8100-metric-tonne Jotun-B jacket in the Norwegian North Sea for Vår Energi. During this project, skirt piles with diameters of 2.7 meters and 80 millimeters wall thickness were...Read more
EquipmentThe giant cranes onboard crane vessels may all look similar, but crane specialists know better. Heerema Marine Contractors had important choices to make for the 10,000-tonne cranes of the Sleipnir. Both for the crane type...Read more
LNGPRESS RELEASE – Heerema’s Sleipnir received the largest LNG bunkering ever completed. Titan LNG organized the bunkering, using Anthony Veder’s LNG carrier Coral Fraseri in the Port of Rotterdam.
Sleipnir arrived at the Port of Rotterdam...Read more
OffshorePRESS RELEASE – The world’s largest semi-submersible crane vessel, Heerema’s Sleipnir, will arrive in the Port of Rotterdam for the first time on Saturday, March 21. The vessel arrives to prepare for future decommissioning work...Read more
Clean shippingHeerema’s mighty crane vessels will soon be powered by wind energy when moored in the port of Rotterdam. By switching off the diesel generators, the vessels will reduce their emissions by the equivalent of what...Read more
DecommissioningAllseas has bagged another platform decommissioning contract. The company will remove Repsol Norge’s Gyda Platform, which is located in the Norwegian North Sea. The platform will possibly be reused.
The contract covers both the 18,000 tons...Read more
