| Subsea 7 orders 250T Huisman crane for new pipelay vessel (5 May 2008) Subsea 7 Inc, one of the world’s leading subsea engineering and construction companies, announced today that it has signed a contract for the construction of a new-build pipelay and construction vessel. (click here for more). |
| Huisman and IHC Merwede into integrated offshore drilling vessels (5 May 2008) Dutch-based design and construction companies Huisman and IHC Merwede announce the further expansion of their current successful cooperation. Besides the design and manufacturing of fully integrated offshore construction vessels, they will now join forces in providing integrated offshore drilling vessels. (click here for more). |
| Subsea 7 Inaugureates Seven Seas at Huisman (26 April 2008) Subsea 7, one of the world’s leading subsea engineering and construction companies, announces the official inauguration of its new state-of-the-art deepwater flexlay vessel the ‘Seven Seas’, at the Huisman premises in Rotterdam today. The vessel naming ceremony was performed by Mrs Anabela Fonseca, Vice President of Sonangol, Angola’s largest oil producing company. (click here for more). |
| Bodewes Winches to restart operations within Huisman group (April 2008) On Tuesday 8 April 2008, Huisman acquired Bodewes Winches. Bodewes designs and builds large mooring and towing winches which are a valuable addition to the current Huisman range of products. Bodewes Winches will continue operations under their own name. (click here for more). |
| Huisman winns Maritime Innovation Award 2007 (Rotterdam, November 2007) The winners of the Maritime Innovation Award 2007 are Huisman-Itrec and Kranendonk Production Systems BV. Huisman-Itrec received the award in the category ‘product innovation’. State-Secretary for Transport, Public Works and Water Management Mrs. Tineke Huizinga presented the awards on November 1st at the Maritime Awards Gala in Rotterdam. (click here for more). |
| New record with 5000mt Offshore Mast Crane (July 2007) Nordic Heavy Lift subsidiary Avonway has ordered a unique crane vessel with a record 5,000 tonne single mast lifting capacity with Singapore’s Sembawang Shipyard. This means again one of the innovative designs of Dutch based companies Sea of Solutions and Huisman-Itrec is put into reality. Sea of Solutions (part of Offshore Ship Designers Group) was responsible for both the concept and basic design of this monohull vessel, which has the largest single mast crane ever installed on a vessel. Huisman-Itrec designed and will construct this 5,000 mT crane. The crane vessel is scheduled to enter service in March 2010. (click here for more). |
| Huisman designs and builds a new reeled rigid pipelay system for Subsea7. (August 2007) For Subsea7 a complete pipelay system, using the reel lay system, is being build and now tested. (click here for more). |
| New order for SapuraCrest: Sapura 3000 (June 2007) In a joint venture with shipyard Sembawang Huisman is engineering and building a dp class2 construction and pipelay vessel the Sapura 3000. (click here for more). |










