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Milestones

2008 WorleyParsons acquires INTEC Engineering
2008 Heerema Marine Contractors awarded the largest contract in its history by ConocoPhillips for the engineering, offshore preparation, removal and onshore recycling of nine platforms in the greater Ekofisk area in the Norwegian and UK sector of the North Sea.
2007 Heerema Marine Contractors completes the 14 months upgrade project of its largest crane vessel, the Thialf
2006 Heerema, Wilhelmsen Wilh. Group and 3i agree buyout of Dockwise
2006 Heerema Fabrication Group acquires AGA Engineering

2006

Record depth of 2,440 m in the installation of mooring piles in the Gulf of Mexico by HMC.

2005 Heerema Hartlepool complete the Nexen Buzzard project. With 11,000 Tons, the largest module ever built within the Fabrication Group, on schedule without any carry-over work.
2005 Heerema Zwijndrecht delivers over 15,000 Tons of onshore modules for the world's most northern LNG project Snøhwit for Statoil.
2005 Sale of Heerema Fabrication Group yard in Tonsberg.
2003 World's largest FPSO Bonga sails from Wallsend in the UK. Modules and joint management by Heerema Hartlepool.
2003 Kizomba-A Surface Wellhead Platform installed offshore Angola. A Tension Leg Platform with a deadweight of over 30,000 Tons, built and installed by Heerema.
2003 Heerema Havenbedrijf changed its name into Heerema Vlissingen B.V. and Grootint changed its name into Heerema Zwijndrecht B.V.
2000 Acquisition of INTEC Engineering.
2000 SSCV Balder upgraded to become a deepwater construction vessel capable operating at depths of 2,000 to 3,000 meters.
1997 Joint venture with McDermott terminated.
1997 The acquisition of SSCV Thialf, the world's largest SSCV with a lifting capacity of 14,000 tons.
1997 Heerema Group's offshore installation activities rebranded Heerema Marine Contractors.
1996

Erasmus Bridge constructed and installed.

1995 Heerema Fabrication Group acquired the fabrication facilities of THC in the United Kingdom (Heerema Hartlepool Ltd.). 
1993 Wijsmuller Transport and Dock Express Shipping merge to form Dockwise. 
1992

Heerema sells its controlling interest in Willbros.

1991 Received the 'Offshore Technology Conference Distinguished Achievement Award', for the concept, design and successful operation of the first semi-submersible crane vessels.
1991 Pieter H. Heerema becomes the sole owner of the Heerema Group.
1990 Heerema Fabrication Group B.V. was founded, for the purpose of managing all manufacturing activities of the Heerema Group.
1990

Acquisition of Grootint, a Dutch steel construction yard and offshore contractor.

1989 Acquisition of a controlling interest in Wijsmuller Transport Group, operator of self-propelled semi-submersible heavy lift vessels.
1989 Heerema and McDermott establish the HeereMac joint venture, operating four semi-submersible crane vessels for offshore installation activities. Heerema disposes of its mono-hull crane vessels.
1987 Commissioning of H 851, the world's largest launch barge.
1982 Start of fabrication in Flushing (the Netherlands) by Heerema Havenbedrijf.
1978 Acquisition of controlling interest in Willbros, a major US contractor for onshore pipelines.
1978 Introduction of the world's first two semi-submersible crane vessels Balder and Hermod, each carrying two cranes of 3,000 and 2,000 tons lifting capacity.
1963 Launching of the Global Adventurer, the world's first ship converted into a crane vessel with a lifting capacity of 300 tons.
1962 Start of operations on the North Sea Continental Shelf.
1956 Construction of small offshore production platforms using pre-stressed concrete piles in Venezuela.
1948 Founding of the company in Venezuela.
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