Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) is a contractor headquartered in the Netherlands most notable for operation of three of the largest crane vessels in the offshore industry.[1]
Heerema Marine Contractors was formed in 1948 by Pieter Schelte Heerema as a small construction company providing oilfield platforms in Venezuela.
In the 1960s the company focused on the North Sea offshore developments. The company developed crane vessels to lift large offshore platforms and modules. The ship shaped crane vessel Challenger was equipped to lift 800 t.[2]
The need for large stable crane vessels to operate in the North Sea environment lead the company to develop the first large semi-submersible crane vessels. In 1978, HMC commissioned Mitsui to construct the two sister semi-submersible crane vessels, DCV Balder and SSCV Hermod. These vessels could lift 5,400 tonnes with the twin cranes, and were later upgraded to 8,200 tonnes.[2]
In 1988 HMC formed a joint venture with McDermott called HeereMac.[3]
"Thialf" in a Norway fjord
The SSCV Thialf was added to the HeereMac fleet, and upon the split of the companies in December 1997, Heerema took ownership of the Thialf, the largest deep water construction vessel and is capable of a tandem lift of 14,200 t (15,600 short tons)
The DCV Balder was affected by a flooding incident in 2006 and was put out of service for a few months.[4]
Since 2022 the company is led by CEO Philippe Barril.[5]
Vessels
Heerema presently owns and operates the following crane vessels:
heerema, marine, contractors, contractor, headquartered, netherlands, most, notable, operation, three, largest, crane, vessels, offshore, industry, current, headquarters, leiden, netherlandstypeprivateindustryindependent, contractor, offshore, construction, of. Heerema Marine Contractors HMC is a contractor headquartered in the Netherlands most notable for operation of three of the largest crane vessels in the offshore industry 1 Heerema Marine ContractorsThe current headquarters in Leiden NetherlandsTypePrivateIndustryIndependent contractor Offshore construction Offshore engineeringFounded1948FounderPieter Schelte HeeremaHeadquartersVondellaan 47 Leiden NetherlandsKey peoplePhilippe Barril CEO since 2022 Robbert Sloos CFO ParentHeerema International Group Services SAWebsitehttps hmc heerema com Former Heerema building Leiden Contents 1 History 2 Vessels 3 Significant installations 4 References 5 External linksHistory EditHeerema Marine Contractors was formed in 1948 by Pieter Schelte Heerema as a small construction company providing oilfield platforms in Venezuela In the 1960s the company focused on the North Sea offshore developments The company developed crane vessels to lift large offshore platforms and modules The ship shaped crane vessel Challenger was equipped to lift 800 t 2 The need for large stable crane vessels to operate in the North Sea environment lead the company to develop the first large semi submersible crane vessels In 1978 HMC commissioned Mitsui to construct the two sister semi submersible crane vessels DCV Balder and SSCV Hermod These vessels could lift 5 400 tonnes with the twin cranes and were later upgraded to 8 200 tonnes 2 In 1988 HMC formed a joint venture with McDermott called HeereMac 3 Thialf in a Norway fjord The SSCV Thialf was added to the HeereMac fleet and upon the split of the companies in December 1997 Heerema took ownership of the Thialf the largest deep water construction vessel and is capable of a tandem lift of 14 200 t 15 600 short tons The DCV Balder was affected by a flooding incident in 2006 and was put out of service for a few months 4 Since 2022 the company is led by CEO Philippe Barril 5 Vessels EditHeerema presently owns and operates the following crane vessels DCV Balder DCV Aegir SSCV Thialf SSCV Hermod Decommissioned late 2017 SSCV Sleipnir Kolga tug Bylgia tugPlus a number of barges Significant installations EditBullwinkle Perdido Spar Thunder Horse PDQ Peregrino KaomboReferences Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Heerema Marine Contractors Heerema Marine Contractors Retrieved 7 November 2009 a b History Heerema Marine Contractors Archived from the original on 11 July 2011 Retrieved 13 April 2011 J Ray McDermott ends HeereMac joint venture Alexander s Gas amp Oil Connections 28 January 1998 Retrieved 13 April 2011 DCV Balder to re start work in Gulf of Mexico in February 12 January 2007 Retrieved 13 April 2011 https www energyvoice com oilandgas europe 417075 heerema marine contractors ceo philippe barril External links EditHeerema s vessel location map Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Heerema Marine Contractors amp oldid 1118509708, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
