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.
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 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 designed and will construct this 5,000 mt crane. The crane vessel is scheduled to enter service in March 2010.
Huisman designs and builds a new reeled rigid pipelay system for Subsea7. The main scope is: 300mt Reel-lay System, upgradable to 400mt. 3500mt main reel (28m diameter, 10m tussen de flenzen) 400mt OMC met active heave compensation piggy back reel 80T CT Winch 400mt Traction winch + Storage winch.
In a joint venture with shipyard Sembawang Huisman is engineering and building a dp class2 construction and pipelay vessel the Sapura 3000.
