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Contents
Amsterdam SEAPORTS Publisher: Amsterdam Ports Association
05
Oil, gas and wind
Advertisers
07
News in brief
28 AON
08
Strengthening Amsterdam’s petrol cluster
10 Ayop
11
Oil, gas and wind
28 Central Mudplant and Fluid Services
12
20 KVSA
Longer at sea with the Offshore Access System
15
Vestas Offshore: Increasing capacity and efficiency
3
16
Enthusiastic reception for European Maritime Day
28 Peterson SBS
18
Exciting developments at Cofely Oil & Gas
3
Sea-Cargo
21
Smart solution for ultra-corrosive bromide
2
Sitos
23
Piles made of concrete not steel
32 Svitzer
24
Setting sail with the Scots
20 Ter Haak - BCA
25
Ideal for offshore work
14 Ter Haak - CCA
27
Holland’s first Green Lane
26 Ter Haak - USA
29
Terminal for inland shipping and Amsterdam Airport
6
VCK Logistics
30
IJmuiden targets frozen fish sector
3
Waterland Terminal
31
Shipdock on the lookout for a strategic partner
22 Zeehaven IJmuiden NV
Coverphoto: The Offshore Supply Vessel Highland Spirit
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Oiltanking
Contributors: Bart Stam (chief editor), Jan van den Berg, Helen Hill, Pieter van Hove, Joris Moes, Rob Schoemaker. Photos: Amsterdam Ports Associations, Dick van den Berg, Martin Hendriksen, Ed Seeder and others. Translation: Writewell: Andrew Rogers, Akke Pinkster Advertising: Joris van der Hoek, De Ruijterkade 7, 1013 AA Amsterdam Telephone + 31 20-6273706 Mobile phone +31 6-41842210 Fax: + 31-20-6264969 E-mail: jvdhoek@amports.nl Website: www.amports.nl
Important addresses: Amsterdam Ports Association Managing director: Wim Ruijgh De Ruijterkade 7, 1033 AA Amsterdam Telephone: +31 20-627 37 06 Fax: 31+020-626 49 69 E-mail: amports@amports.nl Website: www.amports.nl Port of Amsterdam P.O. Box 19406 1000 GK Amsterdam Telephone: (0)20-5234500 Fax: +31 20-6209821 Ships movements information: Telephone: +31 20-6221515 E-mail: havendienst@portofamsterdam.nl Website: www.amsterdamports.nl Port representatives abroad USA Jacob Willemsen (New York) +1 212 681 2566 Jacob.willemsen@portofamsterdam.nl Roy Wansik (Houston) +1 713 964 2713 rwansik@yahoo.com Germany Hans Lip (Neuss/Düsseldorf ) +31 654 334 744 hans.lip@portofamsterdam.nl Asia Gert-Jan Nieuwenhuizen (Shanghai) +86-13916694437 and +31 06 5369 3487 gert-jan.nieuwenhuizen@ portofamsterdam.nl Beverwijk Harbour Noorderkade 1, 1948 NR Beverwijk Telephone: +31 251-224750 Fax: +31 251-214050 E-mail: havenmeester@beverwijk.nl Web site: www.beverwijk.nl Zeehaven IJmuiden NV Halkade 4, P.O. Box 541 1970 AM IJmuiden Telephone: +31 255-547000 Fax: +31 255-547060 E-mail: info@zeehaven.nl Web site: www.zeehaven.nl Zaanstad Harbour Westkade 2, 1506 BA Zaandam Telephone: +31 75-6816888 Fax: +31 75-6816799 E-mail: havens@zaanstad.nl Web site: www.zaanstad.nl Business Association ORAM De Ruijterkade 7 1013 AA Amsterdam Telephone: +31 20-6222111 Fax: +31 20-6203133 E-mail: info@oram.nl Web site: www.oram.nl Chamber of Commerce Amsterdam De Ruijterkade 5, 1013 AA Amsterdam Telephone: +31 20-5314000 Fax: +31 20-5314699 E-mail: info@amsterdam.kvk.nl Web site: www.amsterdam.kvk.nl Layout: FIZZ reclame + communicatie, Meppel Printed by: Ten Brink, Meppel
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AMPORTS
Oil, gas and wind This part of the North Sea contains various important production platforms that encouraged the evolution of an impressive regional supply industry. And the story will not end should the reservoirs finally be exhausted: All the current platforms would have to be disassembled responsibly, which would offer new opportunities to companies in the region. The traditional offshore industry has been expanded by a new sector: Offshore wind energy. Within a short period two large wind parks totalling some 228 megawatts were constructed near IJmuiden, and there is much more to come. In fact the Dutch government aims to have no less than 6,000 megawatts of wind turbines in the North Sea by 2020. Various companies in the region are currently involved in the design, construction and maintenance of large wind turbines. These include Vestas Offshore, which is now constructing a new warehouse with the aid of Seaport IJmuiden NV, and MSCIJ Vastgoed. You will find more on this subject in this issue. Other exciting developments covered include the successful international development by Offshore Solutions and Cofely Oil & Gas of their Offshore Access System (OAS). This Two major exhibitions are planned for this month: Offshore
telescopic gangway compensates for the swell of the sea
Europe in Aberdeen starts in several days and is directly followed
and facilitates easy transfer from maintenance vessels to
by European Offshore Wind in Stockholm. Amsterdam IJmuiden
wind turbines or drilling platforms.
Offshore Port (AYOP) will again be well represented at both events as Amsterdam Seaports in general, and the IJmond
In short, a great deal is happening in Amsterdam Seaports!
area in particular, has had a strong offshore industry since the development of oil and gas extraction in the 1970s.
Michiel A. Wijsmuller, Chairman Amports
AMSTERDAM SEAPORTS
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N ews in brief Growth for Amsterdam port
BP completes fuel terminal
The Port of Amsterdam realised a two percent
BP completed its two-and-a-half year expansion project in the Fuel Terminal
growth over the first half of 2009 with a total
Amsterdam-Westpoort (BAT) in early July. Costing 65 million euros, BAT is a
transfer of 39 million tons. These are positive
modern import and export terminal for propane, butane, petrol, gas oil and
results, especially when compared to other
diesel. With 77 tanks and a storage capacity of one million m続 it is one of the
European seaports that have suffered falls of between 15 and 20 percent. Amsterdam Seaports as a whole did, however, experience a reduction as a result of the fall in production at steel company Corus in IJmuiden. The growth in Amsterdam is mainly due to the transfer of petroleum products. These increased by no less than 25 percent to almost 18 million tons as a result of the multi-million investments by major oil companies in recent years. On the other hand the transfer of dry bulk fell by 11.3 percent to 16.5 tons over the first six months. This was caused by the lower demand for coal and the large stocks held at the terminals. Container transfer dropped by 40 percent, the direct result of a decrease in imports from Asia. Aerial shot of the BP Terminal
New Director Port of Amsterdam The City of Amsterdam has appointed Dertje
largest fuel storage companies in Amsterdam. BAT now has nine berths for
Meijer (46) as the new Director of the Port of
bunker/inland vessels and three quays for seagoing vessels. Other investments
Amsterdam. She had been working as acting
included changes to existing quays and the pipe and road networks. BP also
Director since April 2009 after Hans Gerson was
supplied the new quays with vapour-return systems. Jacobs Nederland carried
appointed alderman for Amsterdam. Dertje
out the project in cooperation with subcontractors such as BAM Civiel and
Meijer is the first female Port Director in Europe.
BAM Infratechniek. Restructuring IJmuiden Seaport Maria van der Hoeven, Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs, and alderman Verkaik recently gave the green light for a restructuring of IJmuiden Seaport, part of Amsterdam Seaports. IJmuiden is the second largest fish market in the Netherlands and an important European market for frozen fish. The investments include improving access roads and constructing a new quay with extra cold storage for companies such as Container Stevedoring IJmuiden (CSY). Funds for cargo tracks The European Commission has pledged 7.9 million euros for the modernisation of the cargo tracks in the Port of Amsterdam. In total the Port
Dertje Meijer
of Amsterdam and the Dutch Ministry of Transport will spend 95 million euros on new emplacements, electrification for diesel-electric locomotives, a new
After studying business management at the
track crossing and improving the connection with the rest of the Dutch train
University of Groningen, Meijer held various
network.
management positions at Fokker Aircraft and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. She has worked
Port deepened
at the Port of Amsterdam since 2001 as head of
Zeehaven IJmuiden NV, part of Amsterdam Seaports, has dredged major parts
Marketing and Sales (until 2004) and head of the
of the port to ensure it can continue to welcome large deep-draft vessels. The
Commercial Sector.
work was concluded in mid-June 2009.
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business news New Vopak terminal strengthens Amsterdam’s petrol cluster
Fill ‘er up… Royal Vopak, the world’s largest independent tank terminal operator, is to construct a new terminal for oil products in the port of Amsterdam. With a storage capacity of 1.1 million cubic metres, this terminal will confirm Amsterdam as Europe’s primary gasoline hub.
Although oil is not the first thing that
Americans (and their SUVs) had a growing
the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal. Storage and
many people associate with Amsterdam
thirst for petrol. Unfortunately, refineries
transfer companies have therefore been
Seaports, over the past 20 years the port
cannot easily change the product blend
relocating here. The resulting cluster has
of Amsterdam has developed into a
from raw oil to a different ratio between, for
various companies in close proximity to
central European transfer point for the
instance, petrol and diesel. The subsequent
one another (offering low transport costs),
storage and transfer of oil products. And
imbalance has benefited independent
provides a range of blending services
this growing strategic importance will be
storage and transfer companies.
and imports diesel (mainly from Eastern
significantly enhanced with the new 1.1 million m3 Vopak terminal.
Europe). There was insufficient storage capacity for petrol products near the large
Vopak Terminal
Imbalance
refineries in Rotterdam and those on
Until recently the most notable absentee
A global imbalance in car fuel developed
the Rhine river in Germany. There was,
from this cluster was Vopak, which is
some 20 years ago as Europeans
however, space available in the port of
about to change. “We were already
increasingly started using diesel while the
Amsterdam, which is easily accessible via
operational in Amsterdam on a small
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scale with a storage capacity of 85,000 m3 that is mainly used for fuel oil and diesel,” says Erik Kleine, Managing Director Terminals Amsterdam. “A terminal for petrol products was high on our agenda to accommodate our clients. Logistical service companies such as Vopak – which are never the product owner – live by the needs of their clients. This rule applies equally to international oil companies as local trading companies.” “Our new investments in Amsterdam are so substantial because we expect the global imbalance to continue for several decades at least,” Kleine continues. “Moreover, there are new markets in Latin America and West Africa to take into account and bio fuels are on the rise. We believe that the demand for tank storage in Amsterdam will continue to increase.
Erik Kleine, Vopak’s Managing Director Terminals Amsterdam
This means that the maximum capacity of our terminal could result in an additional
which is why Vopak also advocates a new,
Sustainability
20 million tons of goods transfer. This
larger sea lock for the North Sea Canal in
“The benefit of building on a green
is the equivalent of 4550 inland vessels
IJmuiden.”
field location like this is that we can
and almost 1.000 seagoing vessels a year,
equip our processes optimally and Preparing for construction
in accordance with the very latest
At the moment Vopak is working with
technologies,” Kleine adds. “This will
Dutch developer BAM to prepare the
lead to greater blending flexibility
35-hectare site for construction. They have
and, therefore, faster blending. Our
their work cut out having discovered a
connection platform also guarantees
soft layer of peat at a depth of three to
swifter loading and unloading, allowing
five metres that may not have been able
us to offer vessels a shorter turnaround
to withstand the enormous weight of the
time.”
tanks. Kleine: “The best solution turned out to be to remove the entire layer!”
Kleine believes that the Vopak terminal will be an eco-friendly showpiece. “The
After this work is finished, highly insulated
emissions of volatile organic substances
tank wells will be constructed with the
will be the lowest in Europe as our
capacity for 41 above-ground storage
tanks will have an internal floating
tanks and six slob tanks, a blending
roof and a vaulted ceiling. We will also
installation and various environmental
have an advanced vapour reduction
and safety facilities. The new terminal,
system that processes emissions when
the first phase of which will be ready
loading/unloading inland and seagoing
for operation in 2011, will have flexible
vessels. This will keep us well ahead of
mooring quays: Two for seagoing vessels
the current legal required standards.
and eight for barges, or three for seagoing
Although Vopak has already built up
vessels and six for barges. The terminal
a great deal of expertise in the field of
will create 50 permanent jobs and many
sustainability around the world, our
opportunities for indirect employment
engineers are raising the bar again in
among surveyor and maintenance
Amsterdam!”
companies. The construction phase itself provides another 300 to 400 jobs.
www.vopak.nl www.amports.nl
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offshore AMSTERDAM Seaports offshore industry
Oil, gas and wind Amsterdam Seaports has a substantial offshore industry at the mouth of the North Sea Canal, which in addition to oil and gas extraction includes a growing number of wind parks. Two regional administrators, Jaap Bond, vice governor for the Province of North Holland, and Arjen Verkaik, alderman of Velsen (part of Amsterdam Seaports), are very supportive of these developments.
Situated at the mouth of the North
wind turbine parks as well and, with this in
Sea Canal, the region of IJmond has
mind, some 40,000 m2 have been reserved
traditionally had a strong offshore
in the new IJmond port.
industry, especially gas extraction in the North Sea. In recent years it has also
The province of North Holland and the
welcomed various wind parks at sea. This
Velsen municipality, one of the four ports
spring, the Dutch government presented
in Amsterdam Seaports, are upbeat about
an extra stimulation package for offshore
the opportunities for the offshore industry
wind energy of one billion euros over
in Amsterdam Seaports. “Energy winning
the next ten years. This opens up new
in and from the North Sea has always
opportunities for IJmuiden as a service
been a major activity for the province of
port and the regional offshore industry.
North Holland,” says vice governor Jaap Bond, who is among other things involved
Service port
in the economic development of the
Two wind parks were constructed off the
regional seaports. “While new gas supplies
coast of IJmuiden in recent years providing
were recently tapped into in the northern
a total of 228 megawatt (MW). IJmuiden
part of the Dutch Continental Shelf, I
was the service port and construction site
would not be surprised if further supplies
for both projects. Peter van de Meerakker,
were found in the southern part too. It
General Director of Zeehaven IJmuiden
would be a great impulse to the regional
(Seaport IJmuiden) expects that the port
economy of the North Sea Canal area. And
will play a part in the construction of new
in terms of wind energy North Holland
Vice governor Jaap Bond
has both the most water and the most
hundreds of wind turbines. “The North
wind of all the Dutch provinces!”
Sea is large enough for the construction of many more wind turbines,” Bond
Arjen Verkaik expects the IJmuiden port
continues. “With careful planning the
to also serve as a base of operations for
shipping to Amsterdam Seaports should
the construction of new wind parks. This
go smoothly.”
would provide many opportunities for regional companies, which they are sure
“There is a lot of drilling going on in
to grab with both hands. “We are still at
the North Sea at this time,” concludes
the start of these new developments.
alderman Verkaik. “IJmuiden is
Interestingly, the sector can benefit from
increasingly functioning as a service port.
the knowledge it has gained in offshore
These drilling activities will undoubtedly
gas production.”
pay for investments in new production units, for which IJmuiden is extremely
Wind energy
suitable as a service port.”
IJmuiden, part of the Velsen municipality, Velsen’s alderman Arjen Verkaik
already has various companies involved
www.noord-holland.nl
in the construction and maintenance of
www.velsen.nl www.amports.nl
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offshore Award for Offshore Solutions
Longer sea time with the Offshore Access System Established in 2007, Offshore Solutions BV (OSBV) in IJmuiden is a joint venture between Cofely Nederland NV and Amec Investments Europe Ltd. The company is active in the design of alternative gangways and is making waves with its Offshore Access System (OAS). The revolutionary system allows oil companies and wind park operators to work longer, faster and more flexibly at sea. Offshore Solutions was recently given a prestigious award for its innovation.
The Woelfel Best Mechanical Engineering
used to transfer maintenance personnel.
“Our clients who use a support vessel
Achievement Award is a major
The Woelfel Award is an important
with the OAS are achieving impressive
international prize that is presented
recognition of the IJmuiden company’s
results. They can stay at sea longer, work
annually at the Offshore Technology
revolutionary patent.
faster and have a lot more flexibility.”
Conference in Houston (US). This past
Using the OAS, offshore support vessels
May the honour went to Offshore
Longer, faster and more flexible
can simultaneously serve as a floating
Solutions for their OAS: A hydraulically
According to Graham Mapes, Business
workshop allowing them to take on repairs,
operated heave compensated telescopic
Development Manager of Offshore
disconnect, go outside the 500-metre
gangway between offshore installations
Solutions, the added value of the system
safety zone, perform welding and cutting
and support vessels. The system is mainly
is mainly in the new market approach.
activities, then return to the platform.
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Steady as she goes: the OAS in action
The first operational gangway by Offshore
under development, partly due to the
built on sandbanks that are virtually
Solutions was used in 2006 on the Smit
explosive increase in the number of wind
inaccessible to vessels, making the use
Kamara support vessel. Since then the
parks at sea.
of helicopters for turbine maintenance
installation has made 1,300 connections
inevitable. It shows that there is still very
and safely transferred over 13,000 people.
Lighter model
little notion in the design phase of the
The 21-metre gangway has a heave
Offshore Solutions developed the smaller
maintenance strategies for offshore wind
compensator that keeps the far end in a
and lighter Offshore Transfer System
parks.”
constant, horizontal position regardless of
(OTS) – which weighs ‘only’ 5,000 kilos
a vessel’s movements.
– for activities in less extreme conditions.
Evacuation possibilities
The OTS is a lightweight gangway
It is technically possible to develop
SAFE TRANSFER
without heave compensation. The same
installations for heavier seas but
The height compensation system starts
patented locking mechanism secures the
practical experience shows that the
working as soon as the OAS moves
connection with an offshore installation
human perception has far more impact
overboard and towards a fixed post
in sea states with significant wave heights
in these conditions. “If a ship works
on the offshore installation. When the
of up to 1.5 metres. This model was
at several metres from a platform in
gangway comes into contact with the
designed particularly for fast tenders with
those conditions, the captain and crew
side of this post, the lateral pressure
a limited draught, making the system
experience it as extremely unpleasant,”
increases and the telescopic part of the
especially suitable for activities in shallow
Mapes explains.
gangway retracts. The locking mechanism
waters, such as wind park development
then secures the connection. The heave
locations. “Our location in IJmuiden is
Another recent project is the
compensation is turned off, causing the
ideal for this new industry,” says Mapes. “It
installation of the OAS on an offshore
gangway to follow the movements of
is in an excellent position for serving the
accommodation vessel for six hundred
the connected vessel. In this situation the
growth markets in the UK and Germany.”
people. The installation allows the vessel
system can safely transfer people up to
to also serve as a means of evacuation
a significant wave height of 2.5 metres.
The new industry sector still has a long
should calamities occur on an offshore
Recently Offshore Solutions’ fourth OAS
way to go when it comes to maintenance
platform.
was commissioned on the supply vessel
and repair management, adds Mapes:
FD Incredible. Various other projects are
“We see that some wind parks are being
www.offshore-solutions.nl www.amports.nl
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offshore New office and warehouse in IJmuiden
Vestas Offshore: Increasing capacity and efficiency A brand-new office and warehouse is being built for Vestas Offshore in IJmuiden to increase its capacity to serve and maintain the new wind turbine parks in the North Sea. The new accommodation was made possible by Zeehaven IJmuiden NV and Maritime Service Centre IJmond (MSCIJ).
The new Vestas Offshore building in
to 6,000 MW by 2020 so there will be
Single location
IJmuiden is expected to be finished
plenty of construction going on over the
Situated on a 40,000 m2 plot in the
by November 2009. Progress on the
coming years.”
IJmond port, Vestas Offshore’s larger
construction site in the IJmond port, a
and more efficient building will replace
port specifically intended for the offshore
the five separate buildings currently
industry, is already at an advanced state.
being used. Including preparing the ground for construction, developing
Peter van de Meerakker, General Director
access roads and placing cables and
of Zeehaven IJmuiden NV (Seaport
pipelines, the total project costs are
IJmuiden), and Art Warmenhoven of
in excess of 1.7 million euros. This
Vestas Offshore the Netherlands, point
investment has been financed by the
out the benefits of a fast decision making
real estate department of the Maritime
process. “We first seriously discussed
Service Centre IJmond (MSCIJ), a joint
the project in August 2008,” says Van de
venture of several local offshore and
Meerakker. “Then we started working on
transport companies. “The building
a list of requirements and the building
considerably increases our position in
permit, with which the local authorities
the market,” adds Art Warmenhoven.
were very cooperative. A little over a
“The active participation of Zeehaven
year later and we will have ultra-modern
IJmuiden NV and MSCIJ is the only
premises that further strengthen the
way that we could have found such
wind power cluster in IJmuiden.”
great new premises in such a short timeframe.”
Expanding wind power Zeehaven IJmuiden NV, the privatised
The new building consists of a large
port authority, was very supportive
warehouse for storing wind turbine
when it came to finding a suitable
parts plus two floors for the 41
location for Vestas. Van de Meerakker: “In
employees. “Our people are currently
addition to fishing, cruises and ferries,
working at five different locations
IJmuiden has a strong tradition in the
in IJmuiden,” Warmenhoven says.
extraction of oil and gas at sea. Offshore
Peter van de Meerakker (r) and Art Warmenhoven
“Although they are at walking distance
wind power is very much in line with
inspect the new building
from each other this is not a very
this tradition and this new project is
efficient arrangement. The fact that the
an excellent springboard for further
The construction of two nearby wind
sailing time for our two maintenance
expansion.” Earlier this year, the Dutch
turbine parks was the main reason for
vessels will now be five minutes shorter
government reserved 1,500 km2 for wind
Vestas Offshore to move to IJmuiden.
is an added bonus to be gained from
parks off the coast of IJmuiden. “The first
Now that both parks are ready, the
our move.”
two wind parks provide 228 megawatt
emphasis will shift temporarily towards
(MW),” explains Van de Meerakker. “The
maintenance until orders for more new
government aims to increase this figure
wind parks are received.
www.vestas.com www.zeehaven.nl www.amports.nl
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amsterdam seaports
Enthusiastic reception for European Maritime Day The annual European Maritime Day on
bring Europe, for instance via sea and
by, 20 May is already having a significant
May 20 was introduced by the European
coastal shipping and the European ports.
impact. We received many photos from
Commission, European Parliament and
Brussels also aims to increase the focus on
enthusiastic maritime and non-maritime
European Council in 2008. Its goal is to
our vulnerable sea environment.
companies, and the following pages
raise awareness of the economic growth
If the interest for the 2009 day in
feature an overview in pictures.
and benefits that the seas and oceans
Amsterdam Seaports is anything to go
Amsterdam Container Terminals (ACT) participated for the second time, in 2008 still under its former name Ceres Paragon.
The European maritime flag stands tall at the OBA Bulk Terminal in Amsterdam
The Ter Haak Group head office in the Amsterdam port.
< A tugboat bridge is a fine place to fly a European flag according to Iskes Towage & Salvage in IJmuiden.
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Raising the flag at Maja Stevedores involved a daredevil feat.
Oiltanking Amsterdam is another satisfied participant.
Three in a row at the VCK Group. An atmospheric shot of the pilot service on the North Sea Canal in IJmuiden.
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offshore
Exciting developments at Cofely Oil & Gas Cofely Oil & Gas is dedicated to the development and production of innovative products for the offshore industry. These are applied, among other places, in the North Sea for the exploitation of small gas fields.
Artist’s impression of the Swift Drilling Platform, due to be completed in 2010. The hull was made in Indonesia, the drilling rig in Germany.
The name may have changed but the
services together under one name,” says
Crisis on hold
company’s activities remain largely the
Jan van Essen, Director of Cofely Oil & Gas
But there is more. Van Essen: “We want
same. Cofely Oil & Gas is the new name
in IJmuiden. In the Netherlands, Cofely
to streamline our organisation so that
for Fabricom Oil & Gas. “Our goal was to
previously operated under company names
we can react better to new market
present all Gaz de France-Suez energy
such as Fabricom, GTI and Axima Services.
developments. It occasionally occurred
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Jan van Essen, Director of Cofely Oil & Gas.
in the past that a major client was
12.25 inches, significantly less than the 24-
as they fit in perfectly with our services.
approached by various subsidiaries of
inch diameter usually used on the North
And that in turn benefits clients as they
Gaz de France Suez, without head office
Sea. Overall the Swift Drilling Platform is
no longer have to worry about the
knowing about it. This led to irritation
more compact and offers a more efficient
exploitation.”
on the part of the client, something we
operation than platforms in deeper
obviously wish to avoid.”
waters.
Although this streamlining has nothing to
Components of the first platform are
to plan employees for activities on the
do with the current economic situation,
currently being built in various countries,
various platforms. “Now we always have a
Van Essen believes its direction has been
with the hull being manufactured in
decline in winter as the weather reduces
influenced by the downturn. “The credit
Indonesia and the drilling rig in Germany.
the amount of work on the North Sea.
crunch has made us pay closer attention
Cofely will assemble all the pieces
Our hope is that this new service will
to costs. Until now the crisis has not
together in IJmuiden. The platform, that
compensate for these quieter periods.”
affected us much, although I do expect to
is due to be operational for at least five
see some consequences later this year and
years, will be ready in the second half of
Monotowers
in 2010 as our clients are also examining
2010. Director Van Essen expects a great
The pressure in small gas fields at sea
their costs and may possibly postpone
deal of interest after its introduction: “The
is usually less than in large ones, which
projects.”
Swift Drilling Platform is also eminently
is why the pressure has to be increased
Another benefit of this service is that it will become easier for Cofely Oil & Gas
suitable for shallow seas in other parts
in order to extract the gas. With this
Small gas fields
of the world. But first we will show its
in mind Cofely Oil & Gas also supplies
The North Sea is an important work area
capabilities in the North Sea.”
the compressor stations. “We recently
for Cofely Oil & Gas, especially in the
delivered such an installation to the
small gas field sector. “We developed
Management
Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij
the so-called Swift Drilling Platform for
In addition to building the Swift Drilling
(NAM),” concludes Van Essen. The
shallow waters up to around 40 metres,”
Platform, Cofely Oil & Gas will also
company also built three so-called
Van Essen explains. The installations
be responsible for management and
monotowers. These are platforms on one
on the Swift Drilling Platform are on a
crewing. “Management on this scale is
leg intended for gas production in small
slightly smaller scale than on traditional
quite a new development within our
fields.
platforms. For instance, Cofely Oil & Gas
Total Care Concept,” explains Van Essen.
uses an installation that drills holes of
“I expect we will expand these activities
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offshore CMF Services unveils world first processing installation
Smart solution for ultra-corrosive bromide CMF Services (Central Mudplant and Fluid Services) on the North Sea Canal processes waste products from the offshore industry. In April 2009 the company introduced a special installation that removes bromide from drilling fluid. Bromide is an extremely corrosive saline solution and a recurring problem for the offshore industry.
“This is currently the only installation in the world that can process drilling fluid contaminated with bromide,” says Willem van der Horst, Director of CMF Services with pride. “It has already been a source of great interest from as far afield as Norway and Malaysia.” CMF Services has been involved in recycling offshore industry waste since 1989. Oil, water and grit Until recently the company’s 22 employees were mainly involved in processing oil-bearing drilling grit. This grit develops while drilling for gas or oil and consists of rock, clay and salt layers, whereby the oil is extracted from the
Rick van Dijk and his new bromide processing installation at CMF Services.
drilling fluid. CMF Services separates this emulsion via distillation in three fluids:
der Horst continues. “Our main focus is
the water to evaporate, leaving only the
oil, water and oil-free grit. The grit is
on rare emulsions and drilling fluids. We
drilling grit and oil to be processed using
transported to a nearby tip on the North
try to find a solution to every problem,
conventional methods.
Sea Canal where it is used as a protective
no matter how small.” An oil company
layer. The company then processes the
came to CMF Services several years ago
In Italy
extracted oil for new drilling fluids and
looking for a way to deal with oil and
CMF’s new processing installation was
reuses the water internally. CMF Services
calcium bromide emulsions. A saline
manufactured in Italy from a specific type
processes around 50,000 tons of waste
solution that is only occasionally used in
of steel. The total project cost was around
products from the offshore industry a
drilling, bromide has the complication of
half a million euros. According to Van der
year, mainly transported to the company
being highly corrosive and there were no
Horst the international offshore industry
via road on container and tank trucks
installations available on the market that
is very positive about the eco-friendly
or via supply ships. Of the 50,000 tons
could process the emulsion.
and energy-saving invention. “If we were
of waste products, some 2,000 to
located in Britain we would already
4,000 tons of oil are returned to the oil
After numerous experiments, CMF
have won various innovation awards.
companies.
Services researcher Rick van Dijk
Unfortunately such recognition is less
discovered a solution. The bromide-
common in the Netherlands so we are
“We are one of the few waste processing
containing substance is first processed in
very pleased with the encouragement we
companies involved in recycling the
a so-called vacuum distillation, whereby
have received from the industry.”
waste products that are released during
it is heated to a temperature of between
gas and oil drilling on land and sea,” Van
55 and 60 degrees Celsius. This causes
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offshore BallasT NedaM lays New fouNdaTioN for offshore wiNd TurBiNes
Piles made of concrete not steel Ballast Nedam offshore has designed a new foundation pile for wind turbines at sea that will be made from prefabricated concrete rather than the traditional steel. Ballast Nedam is now looking for the first applications, which are most likely to be seen off the coast of ijmuiden.
Although Ballast Nedam
2,200 tons each compared to a
Offshore has yet to receive
maximum of around 500 tons
any orders for the new
for steel piles.
concrete monopiles, Commercial Manager Edwin
In terms of size the concrete
van de Brug is optimistic.
and steel piles are very
“We have been meeting
similar: For wind turbines of
with various energy
3.6 to 5 MW, the total length
companies that have plans
of the concrete piles (which
for wind turbines at sea.” He
are made of separate ring
sees considerable potential
elements) is 61 to 64 metres.
for the waters off the coast
The cost per megawatt
of IJmuiden. “There is
capacity installed is between
already a cluster of wind
400 to 500 euros. The piles
energy companies located
themselves are hollow,
in the IJmond region and
creating space for the drilling
the Dutch government has
machine.
appointed 1,500 km off the 2
floating
coast for new wind parks.”
“A major advantage is that we inspired by vattenfall
can move the piles while they
Wind turbines are currently
float by closing the two ends
supported by hollow steel
off. Because of their weight we
foundation piles that
The Svanen lifting vessel sets a concrete foundation pile in a vertical position
are usually driven into the
use our Svanen lifting vessel to vertically place the piles in the
seabed at depths of between
seabed.”
20 and 30 metres. ‘Why steel?’ was the
benefits
question that arose during a brainstorm
Van de Brug expects the concrete
Once placed at the correct angle, the
session several years ago between Ballast
monopile to offer major benefits to large
weight of the plies causes them to sink
Nedam Offshore and subsidiary MT-
offshore wind turbines compared to steel
several metres into the seabed. The vertical
Piling (specialist in vertical tunnel drilling
piles. “Concrete is much less affected by
drilling machine then moves down to
machines). This led them to research the
price fluctuations and the production
drill out the seabed. When the resistance
feasibility of using concrete piles within a
capacity is unlimited. Moreover, the
increases, the drilling machine excavates
Dutch research project for wind energy.
construction will cause much less
below the foundation pile to remove
disturbance to fish and sea mammals as
the remaining metres. “Once the drilling
A reason to return to this pioneering
the piles do not have to be driven into
is completed we fold the tunnel drilling
research came when Swedish electricity
the seabed. Our vertical tunnel drilling
machine back in and lift it out,” adds Van
company Vattenfall challenged
machine also moves more easily through
de Brug. “At this point the foundation is
international engineering companies to
more difficult seabeds such as rock
ready for the placement of a wind turbine.”
develop and present new foundation
formations.” The concrete piles are much
technologies.
heavier, however: Between 1,450 and
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OFFSHORE New joint venture ASCO Holland strengthens position Seaport IJmuiden
Setting sail with the Scots On 5 August 2009 ASCO Group Limited (ASCO) in Aberdeen and the Maritime Service Centre IJmond (MSCIJ) in IJmuiden established the joint venture ASCO Holland (Logistics) BV. It starts operations with six full-time employees.
ASCO Holland will be a new logistic service company for gas and oil extraction on the Dutch continental shelf. The company will also offer maritime logistic services from the IJmond port, the new part of Seaport IJmuiden (see sidebar). The Maritime Service Centre IJmond is a consortium of local service companies for the oil and gas industry. ASCO Holland will combine local knowledge of the companies in MSCIJ with the expertise of Scottish mother company ASCO Group Ltd. The core of the ASCO Group’s activities consists of the management and application of
Signing the contract with Frans Baud (MSCIJ) and Roger Everitt (ASCO) sitting down and standing (from left to
supply bases for oil and gas in countries
right) Walter Robertson (ASCO), Wim van den Bosch (MSCIJ) Alan Hunter (ASCO) and Willem van der Horst (MSCIJ)
including the UK, Norway, Canada, Trinidad and Tobago, the US and along
main office is located in Aberdeen and
European Managing Director at ASCO.
the Caspian Sea. ASCO also offers
the Scottish company employs over 1,500
“It also allows us to support the offshore
additional services such as the delivery of
people worldwide.
activities in all sectors on the North
a wide range of maritime necessities and the processing of cargo and waste. The
Sea.” Robertson is impressed with the The new joint venture will mainly be
relationship between IJmuiden and
focused on providing services for Dutch
the port of Great Yarmouth. “Both the
offshore companies via a central location
cooperation between the two port
IJmond port
for the shipment of mixed and bulk cargo.
owners and that between ASCO and
The IJmond port has the following
This way both partners plan to make the
MSCIJ are certain to create new synergies.”
facilities:
most of local services and the excellent
- Over 340 metres of quay for the
infrastructure in the region.
largest offshore supply vessels with a depth up to 11 metres; - 50,000 m² of open storage, adjacent to the quays; - 2,000 m² of modern warehouses, also adjacent to the quays; - Extensive port facilities including agencies, stevedores, lifting
Clients In addition to oil company Cirrus Energy
European network
Lt., already a client of MSCIJ, new and
“The MSCIJ partners are very pleased
existing operators are also expected
that we took this step with ASCO,” says
to use the services of the joint venture.
Frans Baud, Managing Director of MSCIJ. “I
“IJmuiden has excellent facilities,
am convinced that this joint venture will
substantial storage space and quays
strengthen the position of players in the
and is situated just 20 kilometres from
offshore industry.”
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol,” concludes
installations, factories, road
Billy Allan, Group Chief Executive at ASCO.
transport and waste management
“ASCO Holland will reinforce our
services.
European network of strategic supply locations,” adds Walter Robertson,
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i nn o v a t i o n Two new super tugs to join Iskes fleet
Ideal for offshore work Iskes Towage & Salvage is welcoming two powerful new tugs to its fleet in the coming months, which will be used to serve clients in the offshore sector.
Built at Kooiman shipyard near Rotterdam,
Fast growing
is support for offshore wind farming.
the two 80-ton Bollard Pull (BP) tugs have
Iskes Towage & Salvage is one of the
“The Dutch government has quite some
been named after the son and daughter
fastest growing companies in Amsterdam
challenging goals for renewable energy,”
of Jim Iskes, managing director of the
Seaports. From 13 employees in 2007, it
adds Vergouwen. “Their ambitious targets
family-owned firm. The Brent joined in
now has a 45-strong staff. Originally, the
include generating 6,000 MW by the year
August and the second vessel, Ginger, will
company started working on the fish
2020.”
join by the end of the year.
trawlers in IJmuiden but now it handles all types of vessels including the capesize
Iskes has already supplied two vessels
“These very powerful tugs are 12 metres
bulk carriers for the Corus steel plant in
to help assist with the installation of two
wide and have a well equipped deck
IJmuiden.
wind farms off the UK shore. One of these
layout,” says Ronald Vergouwen, general
was the Pollux, which has also supported
manager of Iskes. “They are particularly
While Iskes normally employs a crew of
diving operations at Dutch offshore wind
suited for offshore work such as moving
three on its tugs, vessels like Triton have
farms.
oil rigs.”
a double-crew onboard so that they can go to sea at a moment’s notice in case
As well as its own work, Iskes has a joint
The vessels join another powerful tug in
of emergencies. A good recent example
venture in the company Windcat Marine,
the Iskes fleet, the 70-ton BP Triton that
came when Triton was deployed to assist
also in IJmuiden. Windcat Marine takes
joined the fleet in June 2008. Built in Tuzla,
a product tanker that had suffered an
maintenance crews out to wind farms
Turkey, Triton is 11.6 metres wide and is
explosion in the North Sea. The double-
on purpose-built fast offshore craft. “We
deployed both in harbour towage and the
shift pattern also ensures 24-hour
are anticipating that offshore wind farm
offshore sector. As well as the new large
operation for port towage work.
construction will grow considerably in the
tugs, Iskes has also acquired two 30-ton BP
coming years,” concludes Vergouwen.
vessels that have now been named Sirius
Increasing wind farm work
and Saturnus.
Another area of growing importance
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The powerful 70 ton Bollard Pull Triton in action
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i nn o v a t i o n ACT deepsea terminal achieves AEO status
Holland’s first Green Lane Amsterdam Container Terminals (ACT) is the first deepsea terminal in the Netherlands to receive the Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) status from the European Union.
The NYK Apollo at Amsterdam Container Terminals
The AEO status means that containers
advantage for us is that it forces you to
paperless flow, this takes us a step further,”
can be fast-tracked through the terminal
look deep into your internal processes
adds Bredius. “Eventually we hope that all
as they are subject to fewer Customs’
with the assistance of the Customs
dealings with the Customs Authority will
inspections. Containers can now be
authority and make sure these procedures
be entirely paperless.”
handled faster and more efficiently, while
are correct.” Ter Haak group
still maintaining a safe and secure logistic chain.
Paperless flow
The Ter Haak Group, which has several
AEO status essentially means that
multi-purpose, ro-ro, bulk and container
The Amsterdam Seaports terminal
Customs procedures are simplified
terminals in Amsterdam Seaports
believes AEO status brings paperless
and the terminal’s security and safety
(Amsterdam and IJmuiden), is also
trading a step closer. “We were keen
measures undergo rigorous checks to
applying for AEO status. After the
to be one of the first to become AEO
make sure that they comply.
events of 9/11, international safety and
certified as customers were increasingly
Bredius says gaining the certification
security measures became the subject
asking whether we had this status,” adds
takes around six months as the
of intense scrutiny. Introducing AEO was
Pieter-Bas Bredius, chief executive of
procedures involved are very thorough.
the EU’s response to the need to secure
ACT. “Customers benefit because their
international supply chains and the
containers are not inspected as much or
Discussions continue with the Customs
introduction of Customs-Trade Partnership
put on hold, which offers obvious savings.”
Authority to further reduce and simplify
Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) in the USA. It is
documentary processes. The ultimate
hoped that mutual recognition of similar
Consignments are fast-tracked through
goal of this ongoing process, known as
systems across other countries will take
customs controls and if one is selected
Horizontal Supervision, is to improve
place in the future.
for examination it is given priority over
efficiency for all participants in the supply
non-AEO-status companies. Bredius: “The
chain. “Although we already have quite a
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i nn o v a t i o n
Terminal for inland shipping and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol The south side of the Afrikahaven area, Amsterdam’s most westerly port, recently opened a brandnew inland shipping terminal. In addition to its intermodal transport connections, the terminal also serves as a testing ground for innovative logistical processes.
The new inland shipping terminal is a joint initiative between the Port of Amsterdam and Distripool Schiphol Holding BV. The Amsterdam port authority has provided the facilities, a five-metre deep terminal and the adjoining infrastructure, as well as contributing to the investments required for information technology. Distripool Schiphol, a group of 13 logistical companies in the vicinity of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, will be using the new terminal. Sustainability “This project should be placed within the larger framework of sustainability,” says Koen Overtoom, acting head of the commercial sector of the Port of Amsterdam. “Issues such as reducing traffic jams, CO2 emissions, energy consumption and the intelligent use of space are all high priority aspects in the ports.” The key factor is efficient intermodal transport and an infrastructure
Artist’s impression of the new inland shipping terminal.
that best accommodates the transfer from one modality to the next.
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol has been
technology so as to streamline logistical
realised. “The Rotterdam – Amsterdam
processes. A new port provides the
According to Anton van Hattem of
Seaports – Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
opportunity to do so without being
Distripool Schiphol, many people make
transport triangle is taking shape. The
hindered by past programmes or the
the mistake of associating Amsterdam
Amsterdam and Rotterdam ports recently
need to re-educate personnel.
Airport Schiphol with air cargo only.
launched a joint port information
“Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is a
system called Portbase and it would be a
“Now that the terminal and crane are
transport hub that includes a great
welcome development if Schiphol were to
ready for use it is time to get down to
deal of road transport. Twelve of the 13
join them.”
work,” adds the pragmatic Van Hattem.
companies that work together in this new
“By joining forces we can achieve
terminal are road transport companies.
Step by step
considerable synergies in terms of
My company is the only one operating in
Van Hattem sees major benefits in the
efficiency, sustainability and business
inland shipping.”
fact that the new terminal has been
opportunities.”
built from scratch. This resulted from Koen Overtoom points out that the
Distripool’s decision to make considerable
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new terminal means the first link to
investments in the field of information
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F i s h e r y / c o nt a i n e r s New container terminal opens
IJmuiden targets frozen fish sector A new container terminal facility, Container Stevedoring Ymuiden (CSY), has officially been inaugurated in the port of IJmuiden, part of Amsterdam Seaports. This terminal is expected to further strengthen IJmuiden’s position at the heart of the international fisheries industry. Group. “Moving containers on to the waterways fits in with this strategy.” The port of IJmuiden is already very well established in the fisheries sector and aims to further develop the business, becoming an international hub for the trade. Some 300,000 tonnes of deepfrozen fish are transshipped every year in IJmuiden. The Ter Haak Group expects to see the business grow to around 10,000 reefer containers annually in the next few years. “There is an increasing trend for fish to be containerised rather than transported on specialist reefer vessels and this trend is expected to grow,” adds Ter Haak. “Additionally, new markets in Central and Eastern Europe, the removal of trade barriers through the World Trade Organisation negotiations and faster transportation have all contributed to the growth in the containerisation of deep-frozen fish.” A new Ter Haak Group barge handler at work in IJmuiden
Reefer points CSY is an initiative from the Amsterdam-
Direct barging services
Ter Haak’s Container Company
based family firm Ter Haak Group and
Barge Company Amsterdam (BCA), also
Amsterdam (CCA) also intends to
Zeehaven IJmuiden NV (the port of
part of the Ter Haak Group, transports
develop CSY as a supply base for
IJmuiden) The CSY partners have close
the reefer containers on its daily services
offshore containers for the oil and gas
contacts with several leading fisheries
to deep sea terminals in Amsterdam,
industry. Located at the Haringhaven,
companies such as Cornelis Vrolijk
Antwerp and Rotterdam and then the
CSY will have a container depot with
Holding, Parlevliet & Van der Plas and
fish is carried by shipping lines all over
service and maintenance facilities
Kloosterboer. Trawlers will unload the fish
the world. “IJmuiden was very keen
covering some 5,000 sq m as well as 150
in IJmuiden. The fish is stored in the cold
to get as many trucks off the roads
reefer points.
storage warehouses and later transhipped
as possible in order to cut back on
by means of reefer containers and directly
emissions,” says Richard ter Haak, chief
barged from IJmuiden.
executive and owner of the Ter Haak
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business news Good results for 2009
Shipdock on the lookout for a strategic partner Despite the economic downturn, repair and conversion yard Shipdock has no complaints. “We were just as busy in the first six months of 2009 as in 2008,” says Ruud Schumacher, one of Shipdock’s two Directors. Nevertheless the company is looking for a strategic partner.
“The cultural differences were simply too large,” says Schumacher, explaining why the proposed takeover of Shipdock by Dutch shipping giant Damen Shipyards in late 2008 did not go through. “For now we are continuing as an independent ship repair yard, although we remain on the lookout for a strategic partner with added value, such as another shipyard or a shipping company.” Investments Shipdock has had three excellent years according to Schumacher and Business Manager Hilka Willms. This applies to the two shipyards in Amsterdam and Harlingen (in the north of the Netherlands) and to steel and machining company Niron Staal, also situated in Amsterdam. “The good results have
A recent aerial view of the Shipdock shipyard in Amsterdam
allowed us to continue investing in new equipment and overdue maintenance,”
Shipdock can accommodate this wide
certificates for working with specific types
Schumacher adds. “We have recently
array of vessels due to its extensive
of steel, for example.”
expanded our crane capacity and installed
facilities. The Amsterdam location, for
new dock doors and computer systems.
instance, has four dry docks and four repair
The close proximity of Niron Staal is a
We also bought a new drilling machine for
berths. The docks range in length from
major benefit to Shipdock. “Short lines
Niron Staal. All these investments allow us
140 to 250 metres and in beam from 22.50
of communication allow us to quickly
to provide our clients with optimal service.”
to 39 metres. The largest dock welcomes
address unexpected situations, such as
vessels up to 85,000 dwt. All docks have
vessels with damaged bows,” continues
Willms agrees that the company results in
moving cranes, the largest of which has a
Willms. “Last year Shipdock and Niron
the current year are better than expected.
capacity of 90 tons.
Staal jointly installed new ballast tanks on
“In early 2009 we expected a significant
a dredging vessel to provide additional
drop in business yet our first six months
Niron Staal
buoyancy. Upon receipt of the order
were almost comparable to 2008. We
Niron Staal in Amsterdam has a large
Shipdock immediately involved Niron,
had a wide variety of vessels visit us in
amount of metalworking equipment, 15
which manufactured the necessary parts in
Amsterdam, from offshore and dredging
permanent employees and an average
record time.”
vessels to car carriers and chemical
of 35 temporary workers. “All of them are
tankers. We also get regular visits from
highly skilled in their field,” says Willms.
www.shipdock.nl
Dutch navy vessels.”
“We require our welders to have special
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