Dockwise

The Dockwise B. V. is a company specializing in heavy cargo on the waterway. Company is based in Breda in the Netherlands.

History

The company was established in 1993 by the merger of Wijsmuller Transport and Dock Express Shipping. Owner of the new company were the Norwegian group Wilh. Wilhelmsen and the Dutch Heerema Group.

2001 Dockwise merged with Offshore Heavy Transport ASA ( OHT). OHT brought the Black Marlin and Blue Marlin two ships in the company.

In 2006, the sale of Dockwise to the British financial investor 3i has been decided. The sale was completed in January 2007.

2007 Dockwise merged with Sealift. Through the merger, the fleet of Dockwise grew by a further six vessels Sealift brought into the company. This was to Suezmax tankers, which should be converted to semi-submersible vessels. The ships form the T -Class: Transportation, Target, Treasure, Talisman, Trustee and triumph.

2012 took over Dockwise, the Dutch company Fairstar Heavy Transport.

Use of ships

Authority of Dockwise are mainly the oil and gas industry as well as companies for heavy cargo. For example, production platforms, bulky and heavy cargo consignments, but also all ships ( eg military ships or luxury yachts ) transported.

The ships of Dockwise also be used for the transport of zeppelins. So the Dock Express 10 transported over the year 2004/ 2005 Zeppelin NT from Gioia Tauro to Japan.

In August 2005, the Enterprise transporting a Zeppelin NT for De Beers from Amsterdam to South Africa, which should be used in every part of the " Diamonds for Development" project.

On October 10, 2013 were announced that may Dockwise will transport the wrecked Costa Concordia to be scrapped in a dock. The transport would occur with only a few months before put into service Dockwise Vanguard.

Fleet

Dockwise operates a fleet of 18 dock ships in the variants "open deck", "Dock type" and " yacht carrier". Depending on the type, the ships permanently assigned to specific transport tasks: Eleven vessels for oil rigs, three for industrial goods and three for luxury yachts, or vessels. Currently, four former single-hull tankers are still converted to semi-submersible vessels. Since February 2013, the new Dockwise Vanguard, the world's largest heavy-lift ship with 275m length, 70 meters wide and 16 meters depth part, to the fleet.

All ships sailing under the flag of the Netherlands Antilles, except the Dockwise Vanguard, which runs under the Dutch flag.