All Van Oord articles – Page 3

  • Van Oord secures MPI Offshore acquisition
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    Van Oord secures MPI Offshore acquisition

    2018-10-08T13:10:00Z

    Van Oord has completed the acquisition of MPI Offshore, a specialist offshore wind installation contractor, from Vroon Group.

  • Jan De Nul's latest discovery
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    Jan De Nul's latest discovery

    2018-07-18T16:15:00Z

    Jan De Nul Group has signed an agreement with Vroon Group to acquire MPI Offshore’s jack-up crane vessel MPI Discovery, together with its crew and a number of MPI’s employees.

  • Van Oord eyes MPI acquisition
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    Van Oord eyes MPI acquisition

    2018-07-16T13:25:00Z

    Van Oord has signed a letter of intent with Vroon Group to acquire MPI Offshore, a specialist offshore wind installation contractor.

  • Jackets installed at East Anglia One
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    Jackets installed at East Anglia One

    2018-06-14T15:05:00Z

    The first of two jacket foundations have been successfully installed at the East Anglia One wind farm, located off the coast of Suffolk, UK.

  • Sarens loads out in Wallsend
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    Sarens loads out in Wallsend

    2018-05-17T15:25:00Z

    Sarens has loaded out a 580-tonne pile template in Wallsend, UK on behalf of Van Oord.

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    MPs and TPs set SAL for Walney

    2017-04-10T00:00:00Z

    April 10 - SAL Heavy Lift is transporting 87 monopiles (MP) from Rostock, Germany to Belfast, Northern Ireland for the Walney Offshore Windfarm, located off the north west coast of England.

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    Liebherr crane anchored in South Africa

    2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

    March 28 - Anchor Industries has used water bags, in addition to a variety of Straightpoint force measurement and rigging equipment, to complete load tests on a Liebherr crane on a vessel in Cape Town Harbour, South Africa.

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    LNG first for Van Oord

    2017-03-10T00:00:00Z

    March 10 - Van Oord has ordered its first LNG-powered crane vessel, named Werkendam, to be deployed to its subsidiary Paans Van Oord for Netherlands-based projects.



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    Schmidbauer awarded Walney wind project

    2017-03-03T00:00:00Z

    March 3 - Schmidbauer Group has been awarded a contract to handle the heavy load logistics for the Walney Extension Wind Farm, in the UK.

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    SAL secures Walney wind project

    2016-10-20T00:00:00Z

    October 20 - SAL Heavy Lift signed a major contract with offshore engineering contractor Van Oord for the Walney offshore wind project.

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    Huisman wins heavy lift orders

    2016-08-24T00:00:00Z

    August 24 - Huisman has secured new crane contracts with a total value of around EUR300 million (USD338 million) from various contractors, including two 900-tonne capacity heavy lift ship cranes for BigLift Shipping.

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    Breeddiep widening work begins

    2016-02-18T00:00:00Z

    February 18 - On behalf of the Port of Rotterdam Authority and the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, Van Oord began work on the widening of the Breeddiep waterway from 75 m to 300 m on February 15.

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    BWS creates bespoke solution

    2015-12-02T00:00:00Z

    December 2 - Blue Water Shipping (BWS) has played a key role in the transportation of wind turbine foundations for the Gemini Offshore Wind Park, which is under construction 85 km north of Groningen offshore the Netherlands.

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    Foundations down at Gemini farm

    2015-10-19T00:00:00Z

    October 19 - Van Oord has installed the 150th and final foundation at the Gemini offshore wind farm off the coast of the Netherlands in the North Sea.

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    New sea lock for IJmuiden

    2015-08-24T00:00:00Z

    August 24 - Rijkswaterstaat (the Dutch Highways and Waterways Agency) has confirmed that Consortium OpenIJ will develop the new IJmuiden sea lock on the North Sea Canal.

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    Mammoet completes Westermeerwind piling

    2015-05-29T00:00:00Z

    May 29 - The Van Oord/Mammoet joint venture has driven the last foundation pile into the bed of the IJsselmeer, completing the foundation work for the Westermeerwind offshore wind park.

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    The Friday Flyer - May 29th 2015

    2015-05-29T00:00:00Z

    This week's round up of news from the world of heavy lift and project forwarding.

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    First turbine up at Luchterduinen

    2015-04-09T00:00:00Z

    April 9 - Van Oord's transport and installation vessel Aeolus has installed the first wind turbine at the Eneco Luchterduinen offshore wind farm, marking the final phase of the project.

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    Van Oord makes Ballast buy

    2014-11-28T00:00:00Z

    November 28 - Van Oord has reached an agreement on the acquisition of Ballast Nedam's offshore business unit.

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    The Friday Flyer - November 28th 2014

    2014-11-28T00:00:00Z

    This week's round up of news from the world of heavy lift and project forwarding.