The Dutch group, Heerema Marine Contractors and AF Offshore Decom have cooperated in the main jacket removal of the Brae Alpha West Drilling Rig and Brae Bravo upper main jacket, last week.Read more
Heerema Marine Contractors and AF Offshore Decom operating together under the name ‘HAF Consortium,’ have successfully removed the topsides of Fairfield Energy’s Dunlin Alpha. The removal of the topsides, weighing around 9,000 metric tons, was...Read more
Heerema Marine Contractors’ LNG-fuelled semi-submersible crane behemoth Sleipnir has taken onboard the Tyra West modules. After setting sail towards the Netherlands in early January, the heavy transport vessel Bigroll Beaufort has completed its journey last...Read more
Heerema Marine Contractors’ LNG-fuelled semi-submersible crane behemoth Sleipnir is set for a job in the Land Down Under. The vessel has been hired to perform transport and installation of the 4,800 metric ton Ichthys LNG...Read more
Heerema Marine Contractors has completed the installation of both offshore substations for Ørsted’s Hornsea Two project. Following the installation of the RCS and OSS jacket foundations in October 2020, the company has now also completed...Read more
Heerema’s semi-submersible crane vessel, Sleipnir, has completed another transport and installation job in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. This time, Sleipnir transported and installed the Hod B platform on behalf of client Aker...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
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 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
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
