Greenpeace takes action on Boskalis ship carrying Shell drilling platform
Greenpeace activists have climbed aboard a ship carrying a Shell drilling platform in protest, according to the environmental organisation. The action comes two days before the presentation of Shell’s 2022 annual results.Read more
Boskalis to build its 100th offshore wind farm
Boskalis, a Dutch company specialised in maritime infrastructure construction and maintenance, will build an offshore wind farm off the United States coastline. As the company posted on LinkedIn, this will be the “100th offshore windfarm...Read more
HEBO expands fleet with 15 barges acquired from Boskalis
Dutch maritime company HEBO has expanded its transport and heavy lift fleet with a couple of recent acquisitions. The company has added 15 flat top barges with lengths between 50 and 85 metres, equipped for...Read more
Boskalis White Marlin sets off from China with Shell Penguins FPSO
Boskalis’ semi-submersible transport vessel White Marlin has set off on a journey from China to Norway with a highly impressive cargo onboard, a 34,0000-ton floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit.Read more
Sarens loads out 71 gravity based structures for Fécamp OWF
The Belgium-based company, Sarens, completed the load-out of 71 gravity-based structures (GBS) from the Port of Le Havre. These will support the Fécamp OWF’s Halide 160 6MW wind turbines, which will be placed 13 to...Read more
HAL completes acquisition of additional Boskalis shares
HAL is finalising the acquisition of additional 13.7 percent of Boskalis shares, increasing its ownership in the company to 98.3 percent. Read more
Boskalis and HAL agree on increased Offer Price
Koninklijke Boskalis and HAL Holding announced an increase in the offer price that HAL Bidco, a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of HAL Investments, is making for all the issued and outstanding ordinary shares in the capital...Read more
Boskalis post higher H1 profit as heavy transport fleet delivers
Royal Boskalis Westminster ended the first half of the year with strong financial results on the back of high utilisation of its large vessels. Compared to last year, Boskalis saw its revenue increase by 22...Read more
Fécamp OWF topside reaches interim storage port
The topside of the Fécamp Offshore Windfarm has been transported from Saint Nazaire port, on the Loire estuary, to an interim storage port in Cherbourg-En-Cotentin. The transport was organised by the Antwerp-based company, Manora Logistics.Read more
Heerema’s Sleipnir starts GBS installation for Fécamp OWF
Heerema Marine Contractors has started the installation of the gravity base structure foundations at the Fécamp offshore wind project in Normandy, France. The project has made a step forward as the the offshore transportation, installation, and...Read more
Bokalift 2 heads for its first job off Taiwan
VideoBoskalis newly converted crane vessel, Bokalift 2, has recently set sail to its first transport and installation assignment in Taiwan. Converting the former drillship YAN into a crane vessel was the job completed by Drydocks...Read more
Boskalis and HAL Holding agree on non-financial terms of offer but not price
HAL announced its intention to make a voluntary public offer for Boskalis on March 10 2022. Since then, the Supervisory and Management Boards of Boskalis, as well as financial advisors, Rabobank and AXECO Corporate Finance,...Read more
Boskalis bags OWF export cables transportation job
Offshore contractor and maritime services provider Boskalis has bagged a significant transportation and installation job for an undisclosed offshore wind farm project. The company did say that the transportation and installation of the export cables...Read more
Boskalis to retrofit part of its fleet with power packs
Global maritime services provider, Boskalis, has made a decision to retrofit Energy Storage Systems, or power packs, to a number of its vessels within its Offshore Energy division.Read more
Boka Vanguard delivers Johan Castberg FPSO to Norway
VideoBoskalis’ semi-submersible heavy transport vessel Boka Vanguard has covered the 12,500 nautical miles from Singapore to Norway hauling Equinor’s impressive 70,000-ton Johan Castberg FPSO.Read more
Boskalis delivers Hollandse Kust Zuid Beta topside
Boskalis heavy transport vessel Mighty Servant 3 has completed the transport of Tennet’s Beta substation of the Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm. Boskalis noted that the involvement in such projects is its way of taking...Read more
Hollandse Kust Zuid Beta topside heads for the Netherlands
The 700 MW Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) Beta topside weighing 3,950-tonnes has been loaded out at the Drydocks World Dubai and is on its way to the Netherlands. Petrofac informed that it has completed the...Read more
Johan Castberg FPSO heads for Norway on Boka Vanguard
Boskalis’ semi-submersible heavy transport vessel Boka Vanguard has set off on a journey from Singapore to Europe, loaded with the Johan Castberg FPSO. Read more