Bigger, beter, stronger

WE’RE TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT EURO ROPE, A COMPANY THAT IS WELL KNOWN AROUND THE WORLD FOR THEIR EXPERTISE WITH HOISTING AND LIFTING EQUIPMENT, STEEL WIRE ROPES, AND CRANE COMPONENTS. THEIR SALES, RENTAL AND SERVICE DEPARTMENTS MAKE THEM A ONE STOP SHOP FOR MANY OF THE WORLD’S LEADING MARITIME ON & OFFSHORE COMPANIES, AS THEY OFFER THEIR SERVICES IN MANY COUNTRIES, FAR OUTSIDE THEIR HOME BASE IN THE PORT OF ROTTERDAM. >>

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The company is driven by passion and crafsmanship, investng in its people to ensure that they are equipped with the skills and knowledge required to conduct their roles to the best of their ability and in a manner that is consistent with the company’s philosophy and culture. Euro Rope started under the name of Technische Handelsonderneming Vroegop in 1995. As the company started growing in the years thereafer and began securing work outside of the Netherlands, they opted for a more internatonal sounding name, Euro Rope.

To get more insight in recent and current actvites of the company, we spoke to Mark Heick, who has been working at the Operatons department at Euro Rope for almost fve years.

What are some of the biggest projects that Euro Rope has worked on in the past year? Mr Heick: We had the pleasure of working

for several large ofshore contractors, reeving the crane wires for ofshore cranes ranging between 600mt and 3,000mt capacity. With our Magnetc Refux Testng department, we inspected kilometres of crane wire ropes and A&R wires and the workshop overhauled and tested several large crane blocks. These projects always have tme constraints, because the vessels need to be back in service as soon as possible and we fnd it very satsfying to deliver within the given tmeframe.

Which major developments within lifting equipment are you seeing at the moment? Mr Heick: The lifing equipment, cranes, basically everything keeps getng bigger and can operate higher working loads. As the wind turbines, jackets, and platorms are getng bigger, the crane manufacturers, lifing equipment manufacturers, vessel builders, and ofshore contractors also keep pushing the boundaries forward. I fnd engineering very interestng, so it’s very fascinatng to see all this astonishing equipment from up close and even work on it.

With bigger equipment, however, more paperwork is also involved. This is why we have worked on upgrading and expanding all of our documentaton standards to fulfll the industry’s growing needs for project management. We improved traceability, procedures, our planning processes, and much more, not only to comply with all of our ISO certfcatons, but also to get our organisaton to the next level.

How is Euro Rope contributing to safety and sustainability in the marine sector? Mr Heick: Besides our inspectons for lifing equipment, steel wire ropes, and the advice we ofer clients, we also provide steel wire rope trainings to improve knowledge amongst vessel crews. We always transfer

Besides our inspections for lifting equipment, steel wire ropes, and our advice to clients, we also provide steel wire rope trainings to improve knowledge amongst vessel crews.

knowledge during inspectons, but the steel wire rope trainings allow us to sit down and talk in depth about the subject. This allows the vessel crew to catch and handle potental problems early on, sometmes with our assistance or advise.

Our sales department also keeps expanding the eco-friendly products. We stock several VGP-compliant Rocol products, but also biodegradable degreasers which we both use for our projects. All departments work on reducing our CO2 footprint by combining transports across departments and sometmes even our sister company’s whenever possible. Our equipment department also purchased new cars, vans, forklifs, and generators with the latest technology, so they are as efcient as possible and reduce our CO2 footprint even further.