Heerema seem to
have been about every since the oil industry
ventured offshore in the North Sea. They
continue to operate a number of heavy lift
semi-submersibles. And anyone who thinks oil
rigs are big should get up close to one of these
things. In addition to the heavy lift vessels
they operate a small number of support vessels,
at least some of which are featured here.
Heerema recently
announced that they are building two new tugs
with 180- tonnes bollard pull for delivery in
2014.
At
the time of the 2013 review in addition to the
semi-submersible units the company has added a
monohull vessel and this is included in the
fleet information.
At the 2014 review
it can be seen that Heerema have disposed of
their venerable tugs Husky and Retriever and
added two new newbuildings. In addition to the
monohull Aegar they still operate three
semi-submersible crane barges which are not
included here.
Uodated 26th
September 2014.