Sofia offshore wind farm OCP installed by Sleipnir
German energy company RWE has reached a milestone at the Sofia offshore wind farm by installing the High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) offshore converter platform.…
Heerema’s Sleipnir installs colossal jacket for Hollandse Kust (west Beta) project
Heerma Marine Contractors heavy-lift behemoth Sleipnir has installed the 49-meter-high, 2,100-tonne jacket for the Hollandse Kust (west Beta) transformer platform over the past weekend.
Photo of the Week: Sleipnir in action
Each week, Project Cargo Journal will be sharing one photograph, showcasing industry activity. This week’s photograph of its heavy-lift behemoth Sleipnir is courtesy of Heerema…
Heerema’s Sleipnir installs Tyra II bridges and flare tower
Heerema Marine Contractors have finished their scope of work for the Tyra II gas field. Over the weekend, the company installed structures including two bridges…
Heerema’s Sleipnir breaks world heavy lift record
The world-lifting record was broken this morning, by Heerema Marine Contractors’ semi-submersible crane vessel, the Sleipnir, in the Danish North Sea. The vessel installed a…
Sleipnir to install final Johan Castberg structures
The semi-submersible crane vessel Sleipnir will soon install the manifold and gantry modules on Equinor’s Johan Castberg, a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel.
Heerema assists in the decommissioning of British drilling rigs
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…
Topside of the Dunlin Alpha removed by Heerema Marine Contractors
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…
Heerema’s Sleipnir takes Tyra West modules onboard
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…
Sleipnir heads to the Land Down Under for Ichthys LNG job
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…
Heerema concludes Hornsea Two job
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…
Sleipnir closes transport and installation of Hod B topsides
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…
Sleipnir installs second HKZ platform jacket
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…
Oil & Gas
Heerema’s Sleipnir breaks lift records on Johan Sverdrup Phase 2 project
Heerema’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…
Heerema: Our ships are ready to install 15+ MW wind turbines
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,…
Heerema to install converter platform for Sofia offshore wind farm
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…
[VIDEO] Sleipnir hoists new pipe lay system on board McDermott Amazon
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…
Sustainability
Bakker Sliedrecht readies Heerema’s crane vessels for shorepower
Bakker Sliedrecht will electrify the crane vessels Thialf and Sleipnir of Heerema Marine Contractors so that they can be powered by green shore power. The…
Offshore
Heerema’s heavy-lift sisters meet in Rotterdam
Crane 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…
Oil & Gas
Sleipnir installs one of world’s smallest platforms
PRESS 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.…