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	November 2007 Latest issue of P&D nr 168 IHC Holland Merwede becomes IHC Merwede A boost to sustainable growth: Innovative dredging at Sepetiba Bay Lighthouse, the development of the next generation of double-walled pumps IHC funded PhD research study into particle trajectories in dredge pumps From dry heavy minerals mining to a wet dredge mining operation: A succesfull story in Brazil IHC China Training launched On order Recently delivered Click here for complete article
	November 2007 IHC Merwede opens new Regional Office/Service in Singapore on 11 December 2007 We are pleased to inform you that IHC Merwede B.V. (the new name of IHC Holland Merwede bv starting on 6 November 2007) will be opening its new South-East Asia Office in Singapore on 11 December 2007. The new office will also act as a service centre, and be located at the address below. Click here for complete article
	November 2007 Announcement: The lauching of the 9,000m³ trailing suction hopper dredger ‘BREYDEL’ Click here for complete article
	October 2007 TID General Dredging Course 2007 (November 26 till December 7, 2007) The General Dredging Course covers various aspects in the field of dredging. The two weelks program consists of lectures, workshops and several visits to shipyards for dredging equipment, the dredging museum, dredgers at work and the Port of Rotterdam. During the weeks the workshops, excersises and excursions will be linked to one central bussines case where possible, bringing the theory closer to practice. Click here for complete article
	August 2007 Persbericht: IHC Holland Merwede takes over Vremac Hydraulics IHC Holland Merwede BV acquired one hundred percent of the shares of Vremac Hydraulics BV, based in Apeldoorn. Vremac Hydraulics BV designs and fabricates high-quality hydraulic cylinders as single items or small series for specialist applications. Click here for complete article
	August 2007 Persbericht: IHC Holland Merwede toont minister innovatie Op 27 augustus 2007 heeft IHC Holland Merwede minister Van der Hoeven (Economische Zaken) getoond tot welke technische hoogstandjes de groep in staat is. Dat is gebeurd tijdens een werkbezoek van de minister aan de werf van IHC Holland Merwede te Kinderdijk in het kader van het Maritiem Innovatie Programma. Click here for complete article
	July 2007 Press release: Name-giving ceremony and launch of the 6,000m³ TSHD ABUL On Friday 6 July 2007, the naming ceremony and launch of the 6,000m³ trailing suction hopper dredger TSHD ABUL, being built for Karachi Port Trust (Pakistan) took place. Click here for complete article
	July 2007 Press release: Name-giving ceremony and launch of the 11,650m³ trailing suction hopper dredger BRABO On Saturday 30 June 2007, the name-giving ceremony and launch of the 11,650m³ trailing suction hopper dredger BRABO took place at the IHC Holland Merwede shipyard in Kinderdijk. The ship is being built for the Belgian contractor DEME N.V. (Dredging, Environmental and Marine Engineering N.V.). Click here for complete article
	June 2007 Press release: Hornbeck Offshore Services LLC Orders New Multi Purpose Offshore Construction Vessel at IHC Holland Merwede BV IHC Holland Merwede BV is proud to announce that its subsidiary Merwede Shipyard received the contract for the design and construction of a multi purpose offshore support vessel for Hornbeck Offshore Services LLC from Covington in Louisiana United States. Click here for complete article
	June 2007 TID General Dredging Course 2007 (September 10 till September 21, 2007) The General Dredging Course is aimed at managers as well as technical and operational staff involved in dredging operations such as dredging companies, port authorities and consultants. Click here for complete article
	June 2007 Latest issue of P&D nr 167 IHC Holland Merwede is expanding A dredger builder’s view on the future of dredging A major dredging project One man-operated bridge A quarter of a century of successful IHC wheel dredgers IHC 7025MP Cutter Suction Dredgers for the Chinese dredging market The TT pump On Order Recently delivered TSHD ABUL Click here for complete article
	May 2007 Press Release : IHC Holland Merwede gains record number of orders for € 650 million Purchase of covered slipway at Krimpen aan den IJssel Orders IHC Holland Merwede is delighted to announce that the Group has gained new orders during the last three months to the value of € 650 million. In spite of this increase in outstanding orders, there is still slipway capacity for custom built ships available for 2009. Building capacity for standard dredging equipment is available from the beginning of 2008. Click here for complete article
	May 2007 Kiellegging 3 mei 2007 Diving Support / Offshore Construction Vessel bij IHC Holland Merwede Krimpen BV Op 3 mei 2007 vond de kiellegging plaats van het eerste schip dat Krimpen Shipyard bouwt na de heropening van de helling. Een bijzonder moment voor de klant, maar zeker ook voor alle medewerkers van de werf. Na de kiellegging kan het bouwtraject in volle vaart verder gaan. De volgende mijlpaal is de tewaterlating die begin volgend jaar gepland is. Click here for complete article
	April 2007 Press Release : 2006: Record Year for IHC Holland Merwede Net profit triples to € 31.2 million Highlights Booming market developments: sales double to € 1 billion; Net profit triples: € 31.2 million; Order portfolio doubles to € 1 billion; Offshore market second core market for IHC Holland Merwede. Click here for complete article
	March 2007 Press release : IHC Holland Merwede takes a majority interest in the newly to formed “Verenigde Scheepswerf Heusden” IHC Holland Merwede is delighted to announce that the Group has decided to participate as a majority share holder in a together with Van Sluisveld Beheer to be established company. The name of the new company is: ‘Verenigde Scheepswerf Heusden BV’ (VSH). As the name already indicates, the company will be domiciled in Heusden (Netherlands) on the location of the former Heusden Shipyards BV. VSH will take over nearly all 75 permanent employees that were already working at the location. VSH will rent the real estate from Van Sluisveld. Click here for complete article
	January 2007 Press release : IHC Holland Merwede rents location Alblas in Hendrik Ido Ambacht and takes over its staff IHC Holland Merwede is delighted to announce that the Group has decided to rent the former Alblas Scheepsbouw B.V. along the river De Noord in Hendrik Ido Ambacht (the Netherlands). The staff of the yard has joined IHC Holland Dredgers (Kinderdijk) but continues working at the Hendrik Ido Ambacht location. IHC-Alblas will be used for the building of sections for the other IHC yards and in time the slipway (90m x 25.3m) will possibly be used again. Click here for complete article
	December 2006 Second order contracted for the new slipway of IHC Holland Merwede Helix Energy Solutions orders new Well Intervention / Diving Support vessel with IHC Holland Merwede BV Second order contracted for the new slipway of IHC Holland Merwede Helix Energy Solutions orders new Well Intervention / Diving Support vessel with IHC Holland Merwede BVIHC Holland Merwede BV is proud to announce that its subsidiary Merwede Shipyard received the contract for the design and construction of a new Well Intervention / Diving Support / Offshore Construction vessel for Helix Energy Solutions. Click here for complete article
	November 2006 Boskalis orders two mid-size hopper dredgers with IHC Holland Merwede BV IHC Holland Merwede BV is proud to announce that its subsidiary IHC Holland Dredgers BV received the contract for two trailing suction hopper dredgers of 5,600m³ each, and a length overall of approximately 100m for dredging company Royal Boskalis Westminster nv . The dredgers will be equipped with one single suction tube each. Click here for complete article
	November 2006 Latest issue of P&D nr 166 Warm good-bye to CEO Sjef van Dooremalen Shallow water: a benchmark for hopper dredgers Advanced dredging system for Sri Lankan hopper dredger HANSAKAWA Application of Artificial Neural Networks in Dredging IHC pumps handbook for engineers: 'Overview of Pump range' 5,600m³ trailing suction hopper dredger MARIEKE Dredge simulators: an exciting tool for dredging training On Order Recently delivered MARIEKE Click here for complete article
	November 2006 Press release: Name-giving ceremony and launch of the 5,600m³ trailing suction hopper dredger REYNAERT followed by the keel laying ceremony of the 11,650m³ trailing suction hopper BRABO On Monday 20 November 2006 the name-giving ceremony and launch of the 5,600m³ trailing suction hopper dredger REYNAERT took place at the yard of IHC Holland Merwede in Kinderdijk. These ceremonies were followed by the keel laying ceremony of the 11,650m³ trailing suction hopper dredger BRABO. Both dredgers are being built for the Belgian contractor DEME (Dredging, Environmental and Marine Engineering N.V.). Click here for complete article
	November 2006 Press release: Subsea 7 orders new Diving Support / Offshore Construction vessel with IHC Holland Merwede BV IHC Holland Merwede BV is proud to announce that its subsidiary Merwede Shipyard received the contract for the design and construction of a new Diving Support / Offshore Construction vessel for Subsea 7. Merwede Shipyard was granted this order to be built under yard No 713, because of the successful and cost effective cooperation it has with Subsea 7 on two earlier orders for a Rigid Reeled Pipe Layer and a Flexible Pipe Layer, as well as for its ability to design and offer a fixed price for the vessel fully complying with the owner’s requirements including the integration of the complete dive spread, well treatment system and cranes within the required short delivery time and budget constraints of the customer. Click here for complete article
	November 2006 IHC Holland Merwede BV neemt deel aan Nederland Innovatief 2006 Op 6 en 7 december 2006 komen ondernemers, uitvinders, kennisinstellingen en overheidsinstanties, die kansen voor vernieuwing willen aanpakken bij elkaar tijdens Nederland Innovatief 2006. Nederland Innovatief maakt kennis voor en over innoveren toegankelijk en brengt mensen en partijen in contact om sneller en efficiënter te kunnen innoveren. Click here for complete article
	October 2006 Impression IHC stand at SMM 2006 Hamburg Click here for complete article
	October 2006 Press release: First order contracted for the new slipway of IHC Holland Merwede Superior Offshore International orders new diving support/deepwater construction vessel with IHC Holland Merwede BV IHC Holland Merwede BV is proud to announce that its subsidiary Merwede Shipyard has received the contract for the design and construction of a new Diving Support / ROV Support / Deepwater Construction vessel for Superior Offshore International. This vessel is the first to be built at the newly commissioned fourth slipway of the group in Krimpen aan den IJssel (the Netherlands). Click here for complete article
	October 2006 Press release: IHC Holland Merwede opens fourth slipway in the Netherlands First two orders received, with contract value of € 130 million IHC Holland Merwede is delighted to announce that the Group has decided to commission a fourth slipway in the Netherlands, namely the former van der Giessen-de Noord slipway in Krimpen aan den IJssel (the Netherlands), Europe’s largest covered slipway for shipbuilding. Click here for complete article
	October 2006 Press release: Name-giving ceremony of the 5,600m³ trailing suction hopper dredger MARIEKE On Saturday 29 September 2006 the name-giving ceremony of the 5,600 m³ trailing suction hopper dredger MARIEKE built for the Belgian contractor DEME (Dredging, Environmental and Marine Engineering N.V.) took place in the harbour of DEME in Zwijndrecht (Belgium). The ceremony was officiated by Mrs Sofie Leterme-Haesen, wife of the Prime-Minister of the Flemish government. Click here for complete article
	August 2006 Announcement: Change of area management South/East Asia IHC Holland After 36 years of employment with IHC Holland, Mr. Lou van der Valk retired on 1 July 2006. Consequently Mr. Kees Derks (38) has been appointed as Area Manager South East Asia. Kees Derk’s background lies in sales of port equipment. Click here for complete article
	July 2006 Royal decoration awarded to Mr Van Dooremalen – 16 June 2006 In March 2006, after 35 years at the helm of IHC, Mr J.J.C.M. van Dooremalen stepped down as CEO to become chairman of the Supervisory Board. For his merits as an outstanding company boss, Mr Van Dooremalen was awarded on 16 June a royal decoration -Officer in the Oranje-Nassau Order- presented to him by the junior minister for Economic Affairs Ms Karien van Gennip. Click here for complete article
	June 2006 TID General Dredging Course 2006 (September 11 till September 22, 2006) The General Dredging Course is aimed at managers as well as technical and operational staff involved in dredging operations such as dredging companies, port authorities and consultants. Click here for complete article
	June 2006 Press release: Launch of the 1,700 TEU container carrier RIJNBORG On Saturday 3 June 2006, the launching of the 1,700 TEU container carrier RIJNBORG built for Royal Wagenborg took place at the yard of IHC Holland Merwede in Kinderdijk. The launching ceremony was officiated by Mrs R.J. Kortenhorst-Huige. Click here for complete article
	May 2006 Press release: Launch of the 5,600m³ trailing suction hopper dredger MARIEKE On Friday 28 April 2006, the launching of the 5,600m³ trailing suction hopper dredger MARIEKE built for the Belgian contractor DEME (Dredging, Environmental and Marine Engineering N.V.) took place at the yard of IHC Holland Merwede in Sliedrecht. The launching ceremony was officiated by Mrs Jacqueline Van Bouwel-Van Ginderen, wife of Mr Marcel Van Bouwel, Area Director of DEME. Click here for complete article
	April 2006 Latest issue of P&D nr 165 A success story originating from ship research Mundra Port A new training centre for cutter suction dredger operators High efficiency cutter special pumps: HR-CS^® First job for D’ARTAGNAN On Order Recently delivered Click here for complete article
	April 2006 Announcement IHC Holland Merwede BV is proud to announce that it received the order for the design and construction of a custom-built Cutter Suction Dredger with 1100kW cutter power for the Emirates Dredging Company, U.A.E. Click here for complete article
	April 2006 Press release: Successful start in 2005: profits more than doubled Highlights Positive market developments: sales 40% higher than in 2004 Profits more than doubled: € 9.8 million Order portfolio worth more than € 500 million Turnover and result In 2005, turnover (production value) was generated worth € 438.4 million (as compared with € 385.5 million 2004). Click here for complete article
	March 2006 Press release: Launch of the Delta workboat SMIT BRONCO on 22 march 2006 by IHC Holland Beaver Dredgers in Sliedrecht On Wednesday 22 March 2006 the launching of the Multi Purpose Pusher Tug (DMPT) SMIT BRONCO took place at the yard of IHC Holland Merwede in Sliedrecht. The ship was lifted into the water. Click here for complete article
	March 2006 Press release: Minister L.J. Brinkhorst visits IHC Yard in Sliedrecht On Wednesday 1st March 2006, the Dutch Minister for Economic Affairs, Mr L.J. Brinkhorst, visited the shipyard of IHC Holland Merwede BV in Sliedrecht. This visit was part of a tour initiated by the Economical Advisory Body of Dordrecht. Click here for the complete article
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	January 2006 Quality is everybody’s business including ours! IHC Holland Beaver Dredgers BV is proud to announce that her quality management system has been certified according to international quality standard ISO 9001:2000. Click here for the complete article
	January 2006 Press release: Flying start for IHC Holland Merwede BV in 2006 New booked orders totally amounting to € 250 million! IHC Holland Merwede is proud to announce new orders booked end 2005 / early 2006 representing a value of € 250 million. The orders imply that the yards’ capacities will be utilised for a mayor part of the year 2007. Click here for the complete article
	December 2005 Press release: New President-Director Upon the privatisation of IHC Holland Merwede BV the shareholders decided to start the process of selecting a new President-Director as the current President-Director Mr J.J.C.M. van Dooremalen was due to retire in the near future. We are now in a position to inform you that ... Click here for the complete article
	November 2005 Latest issue of P&D nr 164 D’ARTAGNAN Mega Cutter Suction Training simulator for cutter suction dredgers Cutter Suction Dredger FU MIN 9 HAO IHC Dredgers involved in dredging ‘THE WORLD’ in Dubai Life Cycle Support Wear Management and wear-resistant materials D’ARTAGNAN Biggest Booster yet for Abu Dhabi Two Mining Dredgers for Mozambique IHC Holland Delta Workboats On Order Recently delivered Click here for complete article
	November 2005 Press release: IHC HOLLAND MERWEDE DONATES BOWLER HATS TO S.G. WILLIAM FROUDE DURING EUROPORT MARITIME 2005 On Tuesday November 2nd at 2 pm the President of IHC Holland Merwede BV, Mr. Ir. J.J.C.M. van Dooremalen, presented new bowlers to the board of Scheepsbouwkundig Gezelschap “William Froude”. “William Froude” is the study association of the students of Marine Technology at Delft University of Technology. Click here for the complete article
	October 2005 Press release: Name-giving Ceremony of the Mega Heavy Duty Cutter Suction Dredger D’ARTAGNAN On Friday 21 October 2005, the name-giving ceremony of the mega self-propelled cutter suction dredger D’ARTAGNAN built for S.D.I. (Société De Dragage International), part of the DEME group (Dredging, Environmental & Marine Engineering) at the yard of IHC Holland Merwede in Kinderdijk took place in Dunkirk (France). The ceremony was officiated by Mrs Ann De Smedt-Peeters, wife of the Flemish Minister for Public Works, Energy, the Environment and Nature, Mr Kris Peeters. Click here for the complete article
	August 2005 Tewaterlating vakantieschip Zonnebloem Op de werf van IHC Holland Dredgers in Kinderdijk is zaterdag 27 augustus het nieuwe vakantieschip van de Zonnebloem te water gelaten. Het 115 meter lange casco van het schip is om 14.45 uur van de helling gegleden. Na de tewaterlating wordt het casco afgebouwd bij het zusterbedrijf Merwede Shipyard in Hardinxveld-Giessendam. Click here for the complete article
	June 2005 Press release: Subsea 7 Order New Reeled Rigid Pipe Laying / Offshore Construction Vessel with IHC Holland Merwede IHC Holland Merwede BV is proud to announce that its subsidiary Merwede Shipyard received the contract for the design and construction of a new Reeled Rigid Pipe laying / Offshore construction vessel for Subsea 7. The pipe laying equipment will be designed and built by Huisman Itrec. Merwede Shipyard was granted the order because of its ability to design and offer the vessel fully complying with the owner’s requirements, including the integration of the complete pipe laying spread and cranes, within the required short delivery time. Delivery of the vessel will take place in the second quarter of 2007. Click here for the complete article
	April 2005 Latest issue of P&D nr 163 PEARL RIVER gets deep dredging installation A new integrated bridge training simulator for Zeebrugge, Belgium A sophisticated electro-hydraulic position controller for the J.F.J. DE NUL J.F.J. DE NUL all around the world 'Wild Dragon^®' rules the sediments Cutter Suction Dredger PULAU TUJUH latest in a long tin line IHC Cutters IHC Teeth and adapters IHC’s multidisciplinary champions - Forty years of IHC Holland Engineering & Renovation SOUMAR beats its former self A new concept for accurate and efficient dredging in deep water On Order Recently delivered YASIN DIYA-KOWULLA back into the water Click here for complete article
	April 2005 PEARL RIVER gets deep dredging installation Although the world craves large infrastructural improvements, sand is ever more difficult to get at, for instance for political reasons, as in the Far East. Elsewhere in the world, genuine fear of environmental effects, for instance the effect of apparent rises in sea level when dredging takes place close inshore, makes governments apprehensive about large scale sand winning near their shores. Political as well as environmental obstacles can only be avoided by winning sand offshore and on larger depths, above 100m. Click here for complete article
	April 2005 Press release: Flying start for IHC Holland Merwede BV new booked orders totally amounting to € 120 million! Launch of the mega heavy duty cutter suction dredger D’ARTAGNAN New booked orders IHC Holland Merwede has booked the following orders: From DEME (Dredging, Environmental & Marine Engineering) for the construction of 2 (two) identical trailing suction hopper dredgers with a hopper capacity of 5,400m³. Both ships are copies of the formerly constructed trailing suction hopper dredger PALLIETER. The first ship will be built at the IHC Holland Merwede yard in Sliedrecht and delivered in 2006. The delivery of the second ship will take place in 2007. Launch of the mega heavy duty cutter suction dredger D’ARTAGNAN On Friday 22 April 2005, the launching of the mega self-propelled cutter suction dredger D’ARTAGNAN built for S.D.I. (Société De Dragage International), part of the DEME group (Dredging, Environmental & Marine Engineering) took place at the yard of IHC Holland Merwede in Kinderdijk. Click here for the complete article
	March 2005 Press release: Grab Hopper Dredger DIYA-KOWULLA back into the water On Saturday 12 March 2005 the DIYA-KOWULLA was lifted back into the water. One day earlier, on Friday 11 March, she was lifted from the quay by means of a heavy lift crane ship. The DIYA-KOWULLA stranded on the quay during the tsunami on 26 December 2004. The 300m³ dredger was delivered to the Sri Lanka Ports Authority by IHC Holland Merwede in 2003. Click here for the complete article
	March 2005 Press release: Grab Hopper Dredger DIYA-KOWULLA lifted from the quay On Friday 11 March 2005, the grab hopper dredger DIYA-KOWULLA was lifted from the quay. She is now on board of the crane ship which performed the operation. Tomorrow the dredger will be lifted back into the water. The DIYA-KOWULLA was stranded on the quay of the port of Galle (120km South of Colombo) during the tsunami on 26 December 2004. The 300m³ dredger was delivered to the Sri Lanka Ports Authority by IHC Holland Merwede in 2003. Click here for the complete article
	March 2005 New TID Agenda and course brochures available as of now As of now the TID course agenda for 2005 as well as the new brochures for the Pumps and Slurry Transport Course and the General Dredging Course are available. Click here for the complete article
	March 2005 Press release: Solid future for IHC Holland and Merwede The merged companies IHC Holland and Merwede Shipyard will continue operating under the new name IHC Holland Merwede B.V. Ownership of all the shares of IHC Holland Merwede was transferred today to Rabo Private Equity, a division of the Rabobank Group, the company's management and employees and Parkland, a part of the Indofin Group. The original owner IHC Caland decided to divest the company due in part to the lack of synergetic value between the parent company's offshore oil and gas activities and the group's shipyards. Click here for the complete article
	January 2005 Change in the business structure of IHC Holland NV The business structure of IHC Holland NV has changed. Click here for the complete article
	January 2005 IHC Holland Dredgers BV achieves Quality Management Registration to ISO 9001: 2000 Certificate IHC Holland Dredgers BV, part of IHC Holland Merwede BV, recently achieves the ISO 9001:2000 Certificate for the development, design, assembly and life cycle support of advanced dredging equipment. Click here for the complete article
	January 2005 Press release: New order for three (3) IHC Delta workboats from SMIT On Thursday 13th January 2005, IHC Holland Delta Shipyard received the order for the engineering, construction and delivery of three (3) Delta Multi Purpose Pusher Tugs from SMIT Transport Europe B.V. Click here for the complete article