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January 22, 2013

VOTE FOR HUISMAN’S 5000mt OFFSHORE MAST CRANE AS INNOVATION OF THE YEAR!

Huisman’s 5000mt Offshore Mast Crane aboard of Subsea 7’s flagship and strategic enabler ‘Seven Borealis’ has been nominated for the Innovation of the Year Award. The award winner will be revealed during the Annual Offshore Support Journal Conference on 19-20 February in London. The conference advisory panel has shortlisted Huisman for its Offshore Mast Crane and voting for the award is open until 25 January.

 

You can enter your vote via this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/INN213

 


December 15, 2012

New 2400mt quayside crane completes Huisman China’s yard

On 15 December Huisman China, a 100% subsidiary of the Dutch specialist in Lifting, Drilling and Subsea solutions, completed the installation of a 2400mt SWL quayside crane at their Zhangzhou (Fujian) fabrication yard. This event is an important milestone in the development of the Huisman China yard that was founded in 2007, and currently employs a staff of 850. Located in Xiamen port it has direct deepwater access to the Taiwan Strait, and is therefore well suited for loading and installations of heavy steel constructions on large (offshore) vessels.


November 09, 2012

Huisman wins Maritime Innovation Award 2012

Schiedam, 9 November 2012: Huisman, the specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, won the Maritime Innovation Award yesterday for their Dual Multi Purpose Tower. The awards were handed out during the Martime Awards Gala in Rotterdam. Besides Huisman, the Greenforce Ball Joint of Vosta LMG, the Ship Energy Management System of Imtech Marine Netherlands and the Pipe Shop of Kranendonk Production Systems were nominated. During the Maritime Awards Gala the VSNI Wim Timmerprize, the KNVR Shipping Award and the KNVT Ship of the Year award were also handed out.


September 13, 2012

Huisman builds new production facility in Brazil

Huisman, specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, has announced its plans to build a new production facility in Brazil and recently initiated the land fill works. The new facility will be located alongside the river Itajai-Açu in the city of Navegantes in Santa Catarina state, a state in the southern part of Brazil bordering the Atlantic Ocean. This facility will be used for the manufacturing of construction equipment for the Brazilian offshore market.


May 09, 2012

Open Day at Huisman Schiedam

On Sunday 8 July, from 12:00 to 17:00 hrs, Huisman organises the traditional, bi-annual, Open Day at the Huisman premises, Admiraal Trompstraat 2 in Schiedam. 

 

Interested? Open Day Website


April 05, 2012

Huisman awarded contract for 500mt Yard Crane and 150mt Flexlay System by Technip

Schiedam, 5 April 2012: Huisman, the worldwide specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, has secured new contracts with Technip, a world leader in project management, engineering and construction for the energy industry, for a 500mt Yard Crane and a 150mt Flexlay System. Both the crane and the pipelay system will be designed and constructed by the Huisman facilities in the Netherlands and the Czech Republic. Previously, Huisman delivered the installation equipment onboard Technip’s flagship deepwater pipelay and subsea construction vessel, “Deep Blue”.


April 02, 2012

Allseas awards Huisman a contract for an 850mt Offshore Mast Crane

Schiedam, 15 March 2012 - Huisman, the specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, has secured a new contract from Allseas for the design and manufacturing of an 850mt Offshore Mast Crane. The crane will replace the current 300mt Offshore Mast Crane onboard Allseas’ pipelaying vessel “Solitaire”. The delivery is scheduled for 1 October 2012 at the Huisman production facility in Fujian, China.


February 20, 2012

Huisman successfully delivers 600mt crane GeoSea “Neptune”

Huisman, the specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, successfully delivered the 600mt Wind Turbine Installation Crane onboard GeoSea’s DP2 jack-up vessel “Neptune”. The crane was handed over to the builder of the vessel IHC Offshore and Marine BV, part of IHC Merwede, who subcontracted the crane to Huisman in 2010.


January 05, 2012

Huisman delivers 17m super fly jib for BigLift Shipping’s “Happy Buccaneer”

Last week, Huisman, the worldwide specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, successfully completed the installation and load testing of a Huisman designed and built 17m super fly jib for one of the Heavy Lift Mast Cranes onboard BigLift Shipping’s “Happy Buccaneer”. The super fly jib increases the lifting height and outreach of the crane by 50% to respectively 59m above deck and 55m radius.


December 15, 2011

Subsea 7 awards Huisman a contract for a 550mt Flex-lay system and a 400mt Offshore Mast Crane

Huisman, the specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, has secured a new contract with Subsea 7 to supply and install a 550mt Flex-lay system and a 400mt Offshore Mast Crane onboard their newest vessel. Delivery of the equipment is scheduled for 2014, installation will take place at Huisman Schiedam, The Netherlands. The vessel will be built by the IHC Offshore & Marine Shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, also in The Netherlands. 


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IADC World Drilling 2013

June 19, 2013 - June 20, 2013

Istanbul, Turkey, will be the stage for the IADC World Drilling 2013. The event, through high level panels and speakers and through cutting-edge technical papers will chart each inflection point and trace the path to the industry's future.

 

Huisman will be represented with a booth at the exhibition. Come and join us in booth 22/23!


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