The semi-submersible heavy lift vessel ‘Saipem 7000’ in Keppel
The ‘Svanen’ was delivered safely and on time at the beginning of March. The refurbished heavy lift vessel will see its gripper and crane installation carried out by Van Oord in another location. After the ‘Svanen’ left the dry dock, the yard prepared for the dry-docking of the semisubmersible heavy lift vessel ‘Saipem 7000’. Upon arrival, the ‘Saipem 7000’ was safely moored alongside Saipem’s pontoon ‘S 44’ for unloading of deck materials. The heavy lift vessel subsequently docked in Keppel Verolme’s mammoth dry dock. Keppel Verolme conducted inspection and maintenance works for the underwater system of ‘Saipem 7000’, and overhauled the vessel’s thrusters in the yard’s machine shop. The yard’s scope of work also consisted of the renewing of a major part of the piping system to prepare the vessel for a Ballast Water Treatment System, as well as providing a new coating system for the hull and floaters to protect the vessel against corrosion and give it a fresh look.
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Verolme’s mammoth dry dock.
Acquisition of Keppel Verolme Damen Shipyards Group has entered into an agreement with Keppel Offshore & Marine for the acquisition of the Keppel Verolme shipyard in the Rotterdam Botlek area.
With the acquisition of the Verolme shipyard, Damen takes the next step in strengthening its repair and conversion activities within the regional ship repair and conversion market. Since 1957 the Verolme yard has been active in the Botlek area of the Port of Rotterdam with three graving docks, a quay capacity of over 1,800 metres and approximately 250 employees. Damen intends to continue activities in the Botlek area with the current employees of the yard.
With the Verolme yard, Damen will have four large repair yards within close proximity of the Port of Rotterdam. The two yards in Rotterdam, along with Damen’s yards in Vlissingen and Amsterdam, will closely cooperate to maximise the use of each other’s expertise, further developing synergy advantages and jointly marketing their capacity, with the objective to offer more efficient and competitive services.
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