Heerema

VESSELS

VESSELS

Cadeler has ordered two new T-class jack-up installation vessels in a move to plug the chronic offshore WTIV global shortage.

10th August 2026

Cadeler moves to fill WTIV hole with €805m T-class order

10th August 2026

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A voyage optimisation trial has cut the Atlantic crossing of one of the offshore industry’s largest crane vessels by 2.5 days, highlighting the potential for offshore contractors to reduce mobilisation costs as well as fuel consumption through vessel-specific routing.

13th July 2026

Data-driven routing cuts heavy-lift vessel’s Atlantic transit by 2.5 days

13th July 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A European consortium is advancing new technology to reduce underwater noise from offshore wind projects as research highlights increasing risks to marine life from subsea engineering activity.

13th April 2026

France makes sound investment to curb subsea noise

13th April 2026

EVENTS

EVENTS

“Circularity is one of the most efficient ways of competing with the environmental challenges today,” said Roseanne van Houwelingen, the moderator of the last session, Circular Economy for Workboats, of the Seawork Get…

31st March 2026

Conference highlights circularity as essential to sustainable progress

31st March 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Offshore wind farm developers Equinor and Polenergia have begun building Poland’s Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 wind farms, marking a ‘new chapter’ in the development of offshore wind in Poland, they say.

20th February 2026

Building begins on ‘new chapter’ in Poland’s offshore wind sector

20th February 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Dutch engineering giant Heerema Marine Contractors has signed a contract with European transmission system operator TenneT for a float-over barge.

9th January 2025

Heerema plans float-over barge for North Sea wind farms

9th January 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Dutch towing company Kotug has completed a test run for its Tug Drone project aimed at revolutionising how a towline connection is made between a tug and ship.

21st May 2024

Kotug tests drone towline connection

21st May 2024

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A heavy lift contractor has broken a record with the lift of a 17,000 metric tonne heavy process module which it says is the heaviest crane lift ever undertaken at sea.

5th October 2022

Heerema breaks heavy lift record

5th October 2022