Rotterdam, NL
HQ
+5,700
Employees
2011
Investment
Minority
Ownership
International contractor active in dredging and marine services for onshore and offshore infrastructure development.
Performance 2024
2024 remained an extremely busy year for Van Oord, with a leadership transition, the completion of major dredging projects, a continued high level of activity in the offshore energy segment, and the christening of new-generation vessels. Following the challenges experienced over the previous year, markets are steadily stabilizing, but still reflect some of the pressures experienced due to supply chain disruptions and price increases.
Strong cashflow generation continues to enable the ongoing strategic strengthening of the fleet. Van Oord’s perspectives for the next years remain promising as reflected by its strong order book and positive market outlook for all end-segments.
Hybrid vessel Calypso makes its debut on offshore wind farm
Calypso is a vessel designed to install inter-array and export cables for offshore farms. It is equipped with a large battery pack, advanced energy management system and an engine capable of running on biofuels. It is currently laying 360km of cables in the Sofia Offshore Wind Farm in the North Sea. With a capacityof 1.4GW, the wind farm is expected to generate enough renewable energy to power 1.2 million UK homes. Calypso is Van Oord’s second cable-laying vessel after Nexus.
360km
Cables in Sofia Offshore Wind Farm
1.4GW
Capacity Sofia Offshore Wind Farm