History

1929

Mr. M.M. Huisman establishes Huisman

1945

Start production hoisting equipment for cargo vessels

1980

Joop Roodenburg and Richard Krabbendam (currently at Kahn Scheepvaart) establish the International Transport Rigging and Engineering Consultancy (ITREC)

1981

First joint Huisman and Itrec project: 1600mt Floating Crane for Smit’s Taklift 4

1982

Entering the heavy lift market with crane orders for Jumbo Challenger, Dock Express 20 and Fairmast

1984

Delivery first Heavy Lift Mast Crane onboard the Happy Buccaneer

1986

Delivery first Pedestal Mounted Offshore Crane onboard the Amethyst

1987

Huisman and Itrec merge to one engineering and construction company, 50 employees

1988

Exploring first opportunities leisure market by using heavy lift engineering for an earth quake simulator and sky shuttles.

1990

Delivery Transport and Skidding Systems for large bridge construction project

1994

Production first Stone Dumping Unit including ROV onboard the Rollingstone

1996

Entering subsea pipelay installation market: first order Rigid Reel-lay pipelay system onboard Acergy Falcon

1997

Opening production facility in Sviadnov, Czech Republic

1999

Delivery of world’s largest J-lay tower onboard Saipem 7000

2000

Order for the first multiple pipelay system combining Reel-lay, Flex-lay and J-lay onboard Deep Blue

2001

Order for Grippers to lift the Kursk

2001

Entering the drilling market with the delivery of a drilling mast onboard the Q4000

2005

Production of first Land and Offshore Containerised Drilling Unit LOC 250

2007

Official opening production facility in Zhangzhou, China

2007

Employing close to 1,000 people worldwide

2007

Order received for 5000mt Offshore Mast Crane onboard Borealis

2007

First order received for drilling equipment set for Frontier Drilling's Drill Ship Bully 1

2007

Delivery of our first 3,000sht Offshore Mast Crane for SapuraCrest-Acergy

2008

Huisman acquires Bodewes Winches

2008

Finalisation design Semi-submersible Drilling Rig JBF 14,000

2008

First order received for the Huisdrill 10,000 by Noble Drilling Corp

2009

LOC 400 successfully finalises first project in Werkendam, The Netherlands

Year	Description
1929	Mr. M.M. Huisman establishes Huisman
1945	Start production hoisting equipment for cargo vessels
1980	Joop Roodenburg and Richard Krabbendam (currently at Kahn Scheepvaart) establish the International Transport Rigging and Engineering Consultancy (ITREC)
1981	First joint Huisman and Itrec project: 1600mt Floating Crane for Smit’s Taklift 4
1982	Entering the heavy lift market with crane orders for Jumbo Challenger, Dock Express 20 and Fairmast
1984	Delivery first Heavy Lift Mast Crane onboard the Happy Buccaneer
1986	Delivery first Pedestal Mounted Offshore Crane onboard the Amethyst
1987	Huisman and Itrec merge to one engineering and construction company, 50 employees
1988	Exploring first opportunities leisure market by using heavy lift engineering for an earth quake simulator and sky shuttles.
1990	Delivery Transport and Skidding Systems for large bridge construction project
1994	Production first Stone Dumping Unit including ROV onboard the Rollingstone
1996	Entering subsea pipelay installation market: first order Rigid Reel-lay pipelay system onboard Acergy Falcon
1997	Opening production facility in Sviadnov, Czech Republic
1999	Delivery of world’s largest J-lay tower onboard Saipem 7000
2000	Order for the first multiple pipelay system combining Reel-lay, Flex-lay and J-lay onboard Deep Blue
2001	Order for Grippers to lift the Kursk
2001	Entering the drilling market with the delivery of a drilling mast onboard the Q4000
2005	Production of first Land and Offshore Containerised Drilling Unit LOC 250
2007	Official opening production facility in Zhangzhou, China
2007	Employing close to 1,000 people worldwide
2007	Order received for 5000mt Offshore Mast Crane onboard Borealis
2007	First order received for drilling equipment set for Frontier Drilling's Drill Ship Bully 1
2007	Delivery of our first 3,000sht Offshore Mast Crane for SapuraCrest-Acergy
2008	Huisman acquires Bodewes Winches
2008	Finalisation design Semi-submersible Drilling Rig JBF 14,000
2008	First order received for the Huisdrill 10,000 by Noble Drilling Corp
2009	LOC 400 successfully finalises first project in Werkendam, The Netherlands