The document discusses Wagenborg's efforts to select and train cadets from around the world to become future ship officers, and shares stories from three new cadets, including Han Ngoc Pho from Vietnam who discusses overcoming seasickness during his first days working as an engineer cadet aboard the M/V Maineborg.

1. SCa and reining: P.4
together aiming for sustainability
Filter module from factory to
foundation P.16
blowing in the wind P.34
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2. ConTenTS
Preface - Sign of Solutions 3
SCa and reining 4
a day at Wagenborg Projects & Logistics 8
Sail the difference 12
Filter module from factory to foundation 16
Constructing Claus C powerplant 18
Silos from Schapen to Schüttorf 20
Trainee programme royal Wagenborg 21
new wind giants at rysumer nacken coast 23
reM-island becomes restaurant 24
Winterization Scarabeo 8 26
Maritime Simulator Training Center established in aktau 28
bicycle ambulances Project is booming 30
Customer is Coddled at Wagenborg Passenger Services 32
blowing in the wind 34
exhIbITIon
SCheDuLe
• 6th annual breakbulk europe
Transportation Conference & exhibition antwerp, 17 – 19 May 2011
• Powergen europe Conference & exhibition Milan, 7 – 9 June 2011
• offshore europe oil and
gas Conference & exhibition aberdeen, 6 – 8 September 2011
• 22nd breakbulk americas Transportation
Conference & exhibition new orleans, 25 – 27 october 2011
• PPI Transport Symposium amsterdam, 11 – 14 october 2011
• europort Maritime rotterdam, 8 – 11 november 2011
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3. PreFaCe
Our slogan, which was presented during the celebration of our 111th anniversary in 2009, becomes more and more
integrated in daily life within Wagenborg.
These challenging economic times need maximum creativity in finding the optimum solutions for our clients.
Although we saw a slight increase in the volumes, we still are not on the same level as before the crisis. This means
that we need to stay very cost effective and think about new and other solutions for our clients.
To ensure that our clients get the best Wagenborg Solution, we decided to broaden the scope of our current
Projects and Logistics organization. Wagenborg Projects & Logistics is the expertise centre of Wagenborg and is a
specialist in international (project) forwarding and supply chain management. By making intelligent, efficient and
quick links between our divisions and business partners we ensure a cost efficient and reliable logistic solution.
By giving a broader perspective to project and logistics we will make sure that not only our own assets can be used
but also the assets of our partners. Which also means that the market coverage of Wagenborg is expanded in that
way.
This edition of the Times contains articles about recent activities and projects we have carried out for our
customers. From all the articles you will learn that we are really living up to the “sign of solutions” and are active in
the market to offer our solutions to you, our current and future customers.
Rob Wagenborg and Egbert Vuursteen
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4. SCa anD Profile Wagenborg Reining
Reining is a provider of logistic services that continuously
searches for optimal solutions to logistic problems in
close co-operation with its customers. With its specialist
knowledge of transport, warehousing and intermodal
transport, the company is able to offer an integrated
package of logistic services. Wagenborg Reining is
always customer focused. Good personnel and advanced
ICT systems enable Reining to offer its customers an ever
better service. Reining operates through branches in
Hoogezand, Tilburg and Budapest. The company has
450 employees, 350 trucks and approximately
100,000 m2 of storage capacity.
The Reining Ecocombi with an overall length of 25,25 m.
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5. reInIng:
TogeTher aIMIng For
SuSTaInabILITy
Mega trailers to/from Sweden and Italy by rail
Project 1: green Care Transport this project, the producer of Libresse, Libero, Tena, Edet, Tempo and Plenty
started cooperation with a group of logistical service providers. Primary goal
Reining has been investing in its environmental strategy for more than five is to reduce CO2 emissions of all transport by means of reduction targets,
years now. Over these years many technical and behavioural improvements detailed action plans for transport companies and investments in sustainable
have reduced our CO2 emission by about 35%. In the near future, Reining energy projects’’, says Riny Strik, Regional Director Business Logistics at SCA
expects to be able to make further improvements in the field of load and founder of the concept. CO2 emission will be reduced by using advanced
occupancy and by using intermodal solutions. Next to that, Reining will truck engines and aerodynamics and by training drivers how to reduce their
invest in trucks with a higher transport capacity. Mid 2010 the first LZV fuel consumption. Besides technical and behavioural improvements on CO2
(Ecocombi) has been put into operation, which provides a CO2 reduction of emission the program challenges transport companies to work together to
24%. With these actions, Reining aims for a reduction of its CO2 emission in improve loading efficiency (for example by reducing empty kilometres). This
2011 of another 2,5%. collaboration is needed to achieve a continuous reduction of CO2 emission.
Of course there will always be a remaining amount of emission. SCA and her
One of our major customers, SCA Consumer Benelux, has initialised a transport companies will compensate for that by investing in sustainable
project called ‘Green Care Transport’. SCA Consumer Benelux will be the energy projects according to the Gold Standard where the conditions have
first retail supplier to supply her products in a 100% CO2 neutral way. In been set in cooperation with WWF.
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6. Project 2: Tork helps
Since early 2008 Reining provides fully integrated logistics for SCA Away
From Home Benelux (AFH). Products are being shipped from production
sites throughout Europe to 350 customers all over Benelux, partly through
our Warehouse in Tilburg. Recently, the partnership has been prolonged
for another two years. To make this happy event more cheerful, Reining
participated in the project TORK HELPS (for a better life in Sudan).
Sudan has been suffering heavily from a civil war between North and
South. The country is recovering since the peace agreement in 2005,
but there is still lack of basic facilities like drinking water, healthcare
and education. SCA Hygiene Products has a long tradition of taking
responsibility for her environment and help in improving hygiene
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7. conditions. In this project SCA (with its brands Edet, Tork and Libresse) in this project. Reining funded the project for full-range support of one
will cooperate with Oxfam Novib in the Netherlands and Oxfam school for one year, consisting of one rainwater collection system, 4 hand
Solidariteit in Belgium. Main focus will be on improving hand hygiene for washing facilities, soap for one year and training for the children and
schoolchildren by means of four solutions: teachers.
1. Rainwater collection: 11 schools will get a closed system to use
rainwater for washing hands in a safe way. Two beautiful projects in which Reining and SCA use their expertise to
2. Hand washing facilities: 55 schools will get water taps with soap. take their corporate social responsibility both in the field of environment
3. Soap: 55 schools will receive soap that has been produced by local and people!
suppliers once every month during a school year.
4. Educations: every year 120 teachers will be educated about hand
hygiene.
Tork invites customers, suppliers and other stakeholders to participate
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8. Profile Wagenborg
Projects & Logistics
wagenborg Projects & Logistics is the
expertise centre of wagenborg and
is a specialist in international project
forwarding. By making intelligent, efficient,
and quick links between our divisions, you
always find a solution under one roof. for
each transport chain you only need one
point of contact - wagenborg Projects and
Logistics.
Manager Arjan de Jong
a Day aT
Wagenborg
loading construction equipment in MV Hydra
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9. To ensure that our clients get the best Wagenborg Solution we decided
to broaden the scope of our current Projects and Logistics organisation.
By making intelligent, efficient, and quick links between our divisions and
business partners we ensure a cost efficient and reliable logistic solution.
Edwin de Vries has been appointed as Director of Wagenborg Projects &
Logistics with the assignment to expand the current business and to present
integrated solutions to our customers.
loading ship engine
ProJeCTS &
LogISTICS
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10. transshipment of heavy column with 400 tons sheerleg Matador at the port of Rotterdam
Monday 8 November 2010, 09.00 hours. The transport can be arranged from a distance, but even so Bert will go
Bert van Raaij and Arjan de Jong are on their way to Meerbusch, a satellite to the warehouse this evening to check up on the right identification
town near Düsseldorf. They are driving separately: Bert from Delfzijl, and dimensions. This way they will then immediately have the correct
Arjan from the Rotterdam region. In total, they will spend 11 hours in information on the work order at Stevedoring next morning. Long live the
their cars for 1.5 hours of consultation with a customer. But it could all laptop!
be very worthy: an assignment to transport boiler parts from Bucharest,
Romania, to Runcorn in England. But let’s not count our chickens before Arjan gets an e-mail from Curacao on his PDA early in the morning. That
they’re hatched... was evidently sent on Sunday evening. When are we going to get the tariffs
we’ve been waiting for so long?? But, unfortunately, this requires more
Bert is planning to travel back home via the Nedlift office in Schoonebeek time and patience. Sometimes it takes a while before Nedlift can give a
because he does a lot of work together with the people there. This means price quotation to a customer. The Caribbean mentality occasionally tests
that Bert will not be back at the office in Delfzijl for the rest of the day. us Dutchies! But this concerns a complex load, and it is certainly not an
But whether he’s in the office or not, work continues. A customer rings everyday job in that region.
and asks whether a so-called bed plate can be delivered the next morning
from our warehouse in Delfzijl to Zwolle. That’s possible, of course! At the office in Ridderkerk, Cock Molle is making the finishing touches to
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11. a quotation for a Turkish business partner. The transport offered begins
in South Germany with special transports by road to the Rhine. Then it
will be transferred on to barges and will go via the inland waterways to
Rotterdam where it will be transferred once again into a vessel for the
journey by sea to Turkey. The contact person in Turkey is a well-known
person from a project a couple of years ago. A very efficient, elegant lady,
which also helps….
Cock is also hoping for good news from a customer about the
transportation of a pile driving hammer to China. But, regular customer
or not, this time they have also approached a competitor. The life of a WPL
Project manager Mark Rijnders
employee is not always blessed by angels…
Mark Rijnders is also at the office in Ridderkerk and he is making a
booking with a container company for a 40ft sea container to Shanghai.
The container contains ship’s parts. During the past two years it has been
quite noticeable that many transports like this one have ended up in
China. This is of course connected to deliveries for our own ships that are
being built there, but it’s not only those.
In the meantime, yet another Wärtsilä ship’s engine is on its way for our
next ship in the A-series (m/s Andesborg). The m/s “Isis” has collected this
engine for us in Trieste. The ship will transport the engine to Rotterdam
from where it will be transported later on in a container ship to Shanghai. Project manager Bert van Raaij
And then …. the two gas cleaning modules have finally arrived in Iran! Just
before the weekend we received confirmation that the ship had arrived in
Bandar Abbas. Because of the EU/UN sanctions, this sea transport did not
go smoothly, even though the customer had a correct export license. Due
to political reasons, the modules could no longer be loaded in Antwerp
and so they had to be taken to another location. The options to still be
able to arrange a transport were running out fastly, but in the end we
managed. The result was a satisfied customer. And that’s what we do it
for!
Project manager Cock Molle
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Director Edwin de Vries

12. Profile Wagenborg Shipping
wagenborg shipping is international provider of safe and economic transport
solutions. across the seven seas. with over a hundred years of experience in
the northwestern part of europe, the mediterranean, trans-atlantic routes and
beyond, wagenborg shipping has every conceivable solution for the changing
transport needs of today. our fleet is modern and environmentally friendly, while
our capacity ranges from 2.000 to 20.000 tons deadweight. with this enormous
diversity in size and tonnage we are able to offer just-in-time shipments for almost
every cargo or cargo contract.
SaIL The
DIFFerenCe
Every officer still remembers his first days on board as a cadet. Most of them were excited and nervous.
All of them started their careers in a complete new world of which they had heard a lot about at their
naval academy but experienced this world for the first time as a cadet.
To ensure each cadet will have a good time on board, will learn his future job and fit in the company
culture, Wagenborg Shipping developed a structural policy for the selection and training of cadets in
her fleet. Every year Wagenborg Shipping selects approximately a hundred cadets to become officers in
future. Wagenborg selects and recruits cadets from The Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, China,
Philippines, Vietnam and Indonesia.
After an intensive training of 365 days the cadets can start their desired career in Wagenborg!
For Times magazine, we asked three of our new cadets to write down their experiences. Honest stories
about their personal backgrounds, motivation and daily work.
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13. han ngoC Pho
My name is Han Ngoc Pho. I am now sailing as an engineer cadet on board with the second engineer. In the first period we had some problems
of m.v. “|Maineborg”. I live in Quynh Lam in the Quynh Luu district in with communication because of my English but we could understand
Vietnam. There are five people in my family: my parents, my two younger each other. My first job was to learn about the daily rounds. Most of the
brothers and myself. My hometown is a small, quiet village. Life is difficult equipment in the engine room was new to me. Together with the second
there, people have to work hard every day and have a low income. That is officer I made a round on the ship to get familiarized. The bad thing that
the reason why all people work very hard to save money to support their happened on the second day was seasickness when we started sailing. I
children to go to school. That is the only way to escape the hard life in my tried to overcome the seasickness by eating and working. I always think
home town. I was aware of the importance of studying when I was a high the positive way. The crew on board helped me getting familiarized with
school student. The reason I chose to become an engineer on board of a feeling seasick as well as homesick. They encouraged me, talked to me and
ship is because my neighbour was also working as an engineer on board a also joked to me. This helped me to overcome seasickness.
ship. He had lots of good stories about life as an engineer on board. This
triggered me to start thinking about a career as an engineer. Learning every day
On board I work with the second engineer most of the time. Sometimes
how it all started they give me some exercises after we have finished a working day and ask
When I was a student in the UT I had the ambition to work for a foreign me some questions while we work together. This helps me to trigger my
company. That is the reason why I followed the information from mind about things that I need to know. The engineers are always willing
Maritime Education and Human Resource Centre (UT-STC), which was to answer my questions.
established by the co-operation between my school (UT) and the STC I have been sailing now for four months and I can say everything is going
group from the Netherlands. The teacher gave me the advice to choose well. I am finishing my Training Record Book step-by-step and learning
for Wagenborg. I decided to submit my registration to UT-STC for the and practicing competences. I learned a lot of new subjects and activities.
selection procedure. Luckily I was selected and joined the extra training in
the UT-STC training institute. Ice everywhere
When I travelled to the Netherlands it was the first time I traveled by plane The most exciting I experienced was the first time I saw ice when we were
and also the first time I went abroad, so I was a little nervous. One curious sailing to Kemi in Finland. The chief engineer called me to go outside with
thing I would like to tell you is that Vietnamese noodles were very useful him when I was working in the engine room. I was very surprised the ice
when I got seasick. For studying on board I brought some books with me. appeared to be everywhere. I couldn’t see water any more because there
was ice all around us.
My first days on board I can say I enjoy a good working and living environment. I am really
When I arrived on board everybody was very kind and friendly. The chief satisfied here on board. My favorite place on board is the poop deck where
officer took me up to my cabin and showed me the accommodation. we can sit and drink some coffee or tea and enjoy the splendid beauty of a
The next day was my first working day on board. I worked together sunset.
SHIPPING B.V. 13

14. My name is Marina F. Diagro, now serving an apprenticeship as an seasickness like, for example, chewing gum, talk to others in a humorous
engineer cadet on board of m.v. “Dongeborg”. I live in Tacloban city, way or just trying to enjoy what I am doing.
Leyte, Philippines. There are five members in the family. I have one elder On board, my training officer guides me during my training period.
sister, who recently started working as a certified public accountant. I am If it happens that there are jobs to be done, he firstly let me read the
the second daughter and I also have one younger brother who is still in instruction manuals or asks me if I have any idea about the job before I
secondary education. will be allowed to tackle the job. Then through that job he also explains to
me some matters or ideas I need to know. It really helps me a lot because
From the inside I can gain and share knowledge theoretically and in practice. In this way
Once I travelled overseas together with my family on a passenger ship. I am learning much more and I am getting well trained to become a
During that journey a question rushed into my mind: “How are things competent officer.
in this ship being operated?” That time I was already curious what was
inside the ship which kept her running efficiently and how things were My greatest challenge
being managed in there. So I got interested in machineries and for me The most exciting thing I have experienced on board was when we had
engineering seemed to be the best choice. I was very fortunate that the some problems with the heavy fuel oil transfer pump. We had not yet
staff of the Palompon Institute of Technology more or less offered the finished fixing the pump when there was a fire alarm because the air
course that I was interested in so I took the entrance examination. When compressor was overheated and broke down. The day after another
I passed the exam I was introduced into the world of seafaring and I problem occurred. The lubricating oil pressure of the main engine was too
discovered that it is not only about machineries that I should learn but low and we needed to clean the duplex and centrifugal filter of the main
also on how to be a good, skilled and trained engineer officer. engine. There were only three people in the engine room and the tasks had
During my college years, I heard about Wagenborg and about the to be divided. I was excited to do my part, mainly because the engineers
successful officers that were trained there. They have shared information trusted me to do my job well. As a cadet it is already a great achievement
which encouraged me to start my training period within Wagenborg. I when you have been able to do something as a part of the training
know that Wagenborg is the company where I might excel as a trained experience and by doing so to enlarge your knowledge.
officer and that they have good management for their crews.
My favourite place on board
My first day on board This surely is the engine room because that is the place where I perform
I was both excited and nervous, knowing that I would be encountering my daily routine duties. It is also the place where I learn about my field of
people of different nationalities. Sometimes on board one cannot guard interest as well as the place where we engineers should take good care of
against being seasick or just having a headache because of the wash. In the machineries so they run in a good and efficient way in order to make it
such a situation I try to do things that I think will help me to get through possible our vessel will be able to sail in good conditions.
MarIna F. DIagro
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15. ruTger van LuIJk
My name is Rutger van Luijk and I am sailing as a maroff cadet on board My first weeks at sea
of m.v. “Nassauborg”. I live in Ridderkerk, a place in the western part of To join my first ship, the “Maineborg”, I had to fly to Charleston (USA).
Holland, close to Rotterdam. My grandfather has been a deck officer in the Fortunately I was flying together with the second engineer and not alone.
merchant navy and on sea going trawlers. I liked the stories he was telling With a cargo of steel coils we had to cross the Atlantic Ocean to Europe.
me about his live at sea. During holidays I used to help on a small fishing No wonder the vessel was rolling quite a lot and I became seasick, luckily
vessel. only for a couple of days. I am a maroff cadet and therefore I have to do
practical training on the bridge and in the engine room. I started my
My school period training period on the bridge. It took me about three weeks to get used to
During one of the introduction days at STC Rotterdam I visited the stand seaman’s life in general. During these weeks the officers and the crew were
of Wagenborg Shipping and I got some information about the company very helpful to show me around and make me feel at home. Most of the
and the cadet program in the company. After 2 years of theoretical trips we did on the “Maineborg” were in Europe and across the Atlantic
training at school we had to do half a year of practical training on board. Ocean.After about 5 months I left the “Maineborg” and returned to school
Wagenborg invited me to do some tests and I had an intake interview for the last year of theoretical training. The second part of the on board
with some members of the crewing department. I was in the lucky training I served on board of m.v. “Nassauborg”. This ship is doing a Time
position that I could chose out of three companies. I decided to accept the Charter for ESL in the Baltic. This means short trips with bulk cargo: most
Wagenborg-offer for three reasons: Wagenborg has a very diverse fleet, of the times coal and iron ore. Although the trips and the cargo were not
is sailing worldwide and last but not least part of their ships are manned that interesting, I learned a lot on this vessel. There is a lot of traffic in the
with Dutch officers. Before I joined my first ship the company organized Baltic and during this winter there was a lot of ice. In the engine room I
an introduction day for all the new cadets in Delfzijl. During this day we learned a lot about two stroke engines and there were more repairs to be
got some useful information about the company in general. But we were done compared to the “Maineborg”. My last trip on the “Nassauborg” was
also informed about life on board of Wagenborg vessels. All in all the from Sint Petersburg to Flushing with a cargo of aluminium Ingots.
information we got during this day was useful.
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16. Profile Wagenborg Nedlift
wagenborg Nedlift is a specialist in heavy transport
and lifting. together with expert engineering and project
management, wagenborg Nedlift offers a complete
service for hoisting, heavy transport and assembly. with
more than 400 employees it operates throughout europe
In spring 2010, Wagenborg Nedlift carried
and beyond for clients from the oil and gas industry, out a challenging project. A filter module was
the petrochemical industry, the energy sector, and transported from the fabrication yard in Heijningen
construction and infrastructure. in the Netherlands to Germany’s largest oil refinery
in Karlsruhe, MIRO.
FILTer MoDuLe
FroM FaCTory To
FounDaTIon
lifting operation at site Karlsruhe
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17. transport onto Self Propelled Modular
Transporters from quayside
to refinery site
rapid preparation
The unloading operation was performed with a 650 tons mobile crane which
The time between obtaining the order and the execution phase was less positioned the module on the waiting SPMTs.
than a month and during that period, a lot of preparation and engineering Phase 3 – Bridge passage
work had to be done. In addition to the preparation of the transhipment During the next night the module had to be transported across the bridge.
operation, the inland waterway transport and the after-phase, an execution This skidding operation went completely according to plan and the road was
plan, drawings and TRAs were compiled for all the work on the site in free for use again at 08.00 hours.
Karlsruhe. Phase 4 – Passage high voltage cables
Once the agreements had been made about switching off the power and
Three challenges required procedures were performed right on schedule, the transport
The transport scope faced three challenges: underneath the high voltage cables was no longer a problem.
Phase 5 – Installation on foundation
1. The water level: The CC2200 350 tons crawler crane was used to install the module at the
To limit the risks of delay caused by high or low water a ship with the refinery. The crane placed the module in a temporary position first. Then
lowest possible depth was used. The Wendy Dua is a ship that has numerous both the CC2200 and a 650 tons mobile crane were used to install the
technical features and therefore meets these requirements perfectly. module on its foundation. A safe and efficient solution, that saved the use
2. A bridge: of a much bigger crawler crane. The lifting job was completed while the
One bridge along the route to the project location turned out to be refinery was in full operation. Therefore, the highest safety regulations were
insufficiently strong for the module including trailer. A choice was made applicable for the project.
to slide the module over the bridge so that the maximum permissible load
would not be exceeded. With this project, the
3. High voltage cables: Nedlift crew showed
The transport had to pass underneath 4 high voltage cables along the route its skills in every field.
from destination port to project location with only a few meters clearance. Project manager from
After long consultation with the network operator it was agreed that the MIRO Mr. P. Steveling
power would be switched off. wrote us afterwards:
“it has been a pleasure
The execution working with your crew
Phase 1 – Loading at Heijningen and your company. For
Two 500 tons mobile cranes loaded the filter module at Heijningen yard into the total performance at
the Wendy Dua. this job, you made a very
Phase 2 – Unloading at Karlsruhe good impression on our
bridge crossing with skidding operation
After a smooth water transport the module arrived on schedule in Karlsruhe. project team”.
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18. ConSTruCTIng
CLauS C
PoWerPLanT
In 2010, Essent extended its power generation capacity at Claus Power plant
Maasbracht with a new power unit, Claus C. Wagenborg Nedlift got involved
in heavy cargo logistics and installation works on site.
upgrading Claus b to Claus C
Essent has carried out a large modernization
project at Claus power plant in Maasbracht
in the southern part of the Netherlands. Claus
power plant is one of the largest power
generation sites owned by Essent.
Claus power plant formerly existed of two
identical gas fired power units of 640 MW
each, named Claus A and B. The modernization
project has upgraded the unit of Claus B to
Claus C, with a total output of 1.300 MW and
an efficiency of 58,5%.
Lifting boiler stack sections
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19. positioning of transformer with SPMT trailers
Power train
In total, three power trains had to be installed at the Claus C project. With
barge transports, the heavy parts of 300 to 400 tons each were transported
by river from Rotterdam to Maasbracht. By way of a roll-off operation, the
parts were brought on land. From there, SPMTs transported the items to
the turbine building. With a skid system the cargo was offloaded from
trailer and brought inside the turbine building.
boiler and boiler stack construction
The other part of the scope of work included the supply of heavy cranes
for the boiler installation works. Two giant crawlers were positioned to
lift the boiler parts, up to 130 tons each, into the boiler building. Working
closely together with the Spanish contractor on this scope, we were able
to speed up the installation works and thus finalizing the installation Roll-off operation of turbine
works ahead of schedule. The final part of the boiler construction works
involved the boiler stacks. Pre-assembled stack units of 157 tons each were
transported by barge to the site in Maasbracht. With conventional trailers,
roll-off operation was carried out. Lower sections of 157 tons were directly
transported under crane hook of a 400 tons crawler and a 120 tons mobile
crane. The other parts were brought to a storage area first. After assembly
of the lower sections, middle and top sections of 73 tons and 50 tons were
installed subsequently.
Boiler construction crew next to giant crawler crane
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20. Profile Wagenborg S&G
wagenborg s&g is the german branch office of wagenborg, specialized in heavy transport and lifting. with 60 employees, wagenborg s&g
offers a complete service for hoisting, heavy transport, and assembly for clients from the oil and gas industry, the petrochemical industry, the energy
sector and construction and infrastructure. wagenborg s&g has offices in dreierwalde and Lingen.
SILoS FroM
SChaPen To
SChüTTorF
During the night of 27 February 2011, an extraordinary convoy
travelled through Emsland. Six silos, with dimensions of 37.90m
long, 5.90m wide and 6.90m high, moved slowly through the
countryside from their fabrication yard in Schapen to their final
destination in Schüttorf. Normally, this distance of only 30 km
takes half an hour. However, with this kind of special cargo, such
Passage of the small roads on the route
a trip is a real challenge.
The preparation of the transport took nearly a
Slowy manoeuvring requires 100% concentration
month. First, a suitable route had to be found.
Instead of the shortest route of 30 km, the final
route that was accessible for the special cargo
appeared to be nearly 100 km! Now that the
route had been found, further preparations
on permits and route could start. All partners
along the route were contacted to discuss the
transport: local Telekom, the local energy
company, RWE, the police department and, of
course, the local authorities along the route.
Once all parties involved agreed with the plan,
the final go for the transport was given.
The easy route
The transportation of the silos started at 8:00
p.m. on Sunday, February 27th 2011. After a
smooth start, a big challenge began when the
trucks came to Lingen. A large crowd gathered
there to watch the unusual convoy passing
the roundabouts in the city. Moreover, some
branches appeared to hang a bit lower than
expected and it took some time to remove these.
Luckily, local police kept the road free of cars
and people so the convoy could move further
unhindered. After a smooth trip, the convoy
arrived in Schüttorf just before midnight.
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21. Traineeship: a combination of tie and work gloves
TraInee PrograMMe
royaL Wagenborg
Royal Wagenborg has developed a trainee programme for young graduates.
This programme aims to train employees who can be deployed flexibly (especially abroad)
and have long term potential to fulfil a management position within Wagenborg.
Five trainees have recently been taken on for
the trainee programme. During the next 2 years
they will complete 4 modules lasting 6 months
each. Besides regular duties, the trainees will
complete a division specific task during the
modules. Each trainee will get to know at least
3 different divisions and complete a module
abroad.
Max Tak and Paul Bakker are working as
trainees at Wagenborg Shipping. Niels de
Goffau, Sytse Sijperda and Tijmen Klamer are
working respectively at Wagenborg Projects &
Logistics, Wagenborg Reining and Wagenborg
Nedlift.
In addition to the traineeship at Wagenborg,
the trainees are also taking part in an off-the-job
programme focussed on personal development.
After completing the programme the trainees
the new trainees during their introduction at the head office in Delfzijl. From left to right: Niels de Goffau,
Max Tack, Paul Bakker, Tijmen Klamer, Sytse Sijperda. will commence employment in one of the
divisions.
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22. neW WInD
Profile
Wagenborg
Towage
wagenborg towage has
a modern fleet of tugs and
barges from 600t till more
than 15.500t deadweight.
wagenborg towage
tows in harbour, coastal,
inland and sea waters and
operates equipment for
salvage operations, for tug
services and for lifting and
transport of heavy objects.
for heavy lifts, a 300t
sheerleg with assisting
tugs is used.
roll on operation of nacelle onto barge.
project manager Wouter Siemerink managing roll-on operation
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23. gIanTS aT
rySuMer
naCken CoaST
In January 2011 the BARD-group started the test program for its hub and nacelle however were transported by so called SPMTs
new generation of enhanced offshore wind convertors at their (Self Propelled Modular Transporters). For each transport vehicle
onshore test centre at Rysumer Nacken, near Emden. Wagenborg the ro-ro-ramps had to be adjusted, even during ro-ro operation
Towage had the leading role in the transport by water and roll-on/ itself! With a well-planned schedule, Wagenborg Towage made it
roll-off (ro-ro) actions near the installation site. possible, thus saving a lot of time for the customer.
Preparations already started early 2010 for this multidimensional More news on wind energy developments: www.bard-offshore.de
project; not only 2 new 6.5MW wind energy convertors (WECs)
had to be installed, also the existing 5.0MW WEC had to be Used resources:
removed. This implicated a double ro-ro-operation and transport, • 2 tugs ;
a quite complicated action that required a well-thought and • 2 barges;
well-engineered operational plan. A perfect job for the people of • Pumps;
Wagenborg Towage. • Winches;
• Spud poles;
A real challenge when working in the Ems area is the combination • Ro-ro-ramps;
of tide and current. To deal with the heavy current during ro-ro • Forklift;
operation, a second barge, fitted with spud poles was berthed • Sea fastening;
next to the transport barge. The transport barge itself was • a ballast engineer;
outfitted with pumps, winches, and ro-ro-ramps. The blades were • a barge master and riggers.
transported onto the barge by special extendable trailers. The
transport of new blades
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24. water transport to Amsterdam
reM-ISLanD
beCoMeS
reSTauranT
reM-island
REM (Reclame Exploitatie Maatschappij) stands for Advertisment Operation Company. This
company started broadcasting commercial TV-programmes from an artificial island 6 miles out of
the Dutch coast in 1964. On August 12 of that year there was the first test-broadcast and from
August 15 broadcasts were on a daily base.
On December 17 1964, Dutch navy confiscated all the equipment on the island as the Dutch
government had accepted an emergency act which prohibited broadcasting from a “solid stucture
placed on the seabed”!
From 1974 up to 2004 the platform was used by the Dutch Department for the Maintenance
of Dikes, Roads, Bridges and the Navigabilty of Canals, as a weatherstation and as a place to
examine the height of waves, watertemperatures, salinity etc.
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25. skidding operation onto barge
After the Dutch government stopped operating
the REM island in 2004, it had been waiting for
demolishing a couple of years. In 2009, a housing
corporation saved it from the scrap yard to make
it a restaurant. Wagenborg Towage was awarded
to tow it to Delfzijl, where it has been rebuilt
to a restaurant. Early 2011 Wagenborg Towage
again was awarded to do the transport to its final
destination in Amsterdam, and place it on a 12
meter high jacket.
One of the challenges on this project was the
lift with 3(!) sheerlegs. Hoisting an object by 3
sheerlegs can be a tricky job. The center of gravity
was not exactly in the middle of the structure.
Therefore, detailed engineering on the lifting
procedure and extensive project preparation was
necessary.
For this job Wagenborg Towage asked their
colleagues from Wagenborg Nedlift to do the
transport out of the factory and the load out on
to the barge. A good corporation between the two
companies resulted in a smooth operation and
the REM-island stood on the barge quickly. After
sea fastening, Wagenborg towed it to Amsterdam
where the 3 sheerlegs hoisted the platform onto
its final destination. A huge crowd watched the
lifting operation in Amsterdam with 3 sheerlegs
spectacular operation.
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26. Profile Wagenborg Foxdrill
wagenborg foxdrill is expert in various activities within the oil
and gas industry. one of our most important activities is rig
The Scarabeo 8 is an ultra deepwater 6th
moving- the assembly, disassembly and transport of drilling rigs,
generation semi submersible drilling rig
both onshore and offshore. we also assemble new offshore rigs,
inspect and modify them. another activity is the installation of
currently finalized in Norway. In an earlier
conductors, both onshore and offshore. we invest continuously stage Wagenborg Foxrill installed the drilling
in the development of our own people, both in their knowledge package on this semisubmersible rig in Italy
and their professional skills. our own transport and hoisting for client Saipem.
equipment always complies with the highest standards and can
be deployed flexibly anywhere in europe. our enthusiastic and
The 3D drawings show the theoretical design
well-qualified team complies with regulations in the following
by Wagenborg Foxdrill, the photos show the
areas - Quality (iso 9001), safety (Vca**), environment (iso
critical lifts as executed in the beginning of
14001) and rope access (irata).
May.
WInTerIzaTIon
Overview of the Scarabeo 8 while installing the starboard
AFT-panel by board crane
Supervisor Erwin Bruins in front of the starboard AFT-panel while lifting
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27. SCarabeo 8
In the summer of 2010 Wagenborg Foxdrill started preparations for this job. A project team consisting out of project managers and engineers investigated
the possibilities to preassemble and lift the panels at a maximal size to shorten the installation time on board and to minimize working at height. Once
the working method was chosen for and confirmed by client Saipem, the team started making the lifting plans and designed the special lifting equipment
using state of the art 3D-modelling software.
The complexity of both the assembly and installation of the winterization is quite a challenge due to the used material (stainless steel duplex, light weight,
stiffness of the construction). Besides that, the time to install is very limited (95 working days) and the weather in Ølen quite bad (limited day light, heavy
showers, snow and wind). Moreover the installation is mainly based on rope access techniques and a special netting system.
December 2010 Wagenborg Foxdrill employees started preassembling the panels. Till this moment the project is executed exactly according plan with the
most important lifts still to come. The pictures show the lifts carried out so far.
FOXDRILL
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28. MarITIMe SIMuLaTor
TraInIng CenTer
eSTabLISheD In
akTau
Wagenborg Kazakhstan is extending it’s foothold in the Republic of Kazakhstan (RoK) by
(supporting) the establishment of a Maritime Simulation Training Centre in Aktau, the single
international sea-port of the RoK. Plan is to have the simulator equipment installed and the centre
ready for simulation trainings by April 30th 2011.
For the realization of the Maritime Simulation Training Centre we vessels must consist of officers and engineers with the Kazakh Nationality.
received financial support from Agentschap NL – Ministry of Economical The deadline for this requirement is 2015.
Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation of the Netherlands. Further we relied on
the expertise of Maritime Institute “Willem Barentsz”. We express our Another cause for the increasing demand for Kazakh mariners is the
gratitude for their support, which helped us greatly to achieve this goal. expansion of the total fleet of vessels sailing under Kazakhstan Flag. The
exploration and development of (expected) hydrocarbon reserves on the
This initiative was taken for the following reasons: Kazakhstan shelf of the Caspian Sea requires a considerable growth of
- The (further) development of the skills of our existing personnel in vessel capacity and thus maritime personnel.
vessel handling;
- The stimulation/ support of local maritime education, by providing All in all a challenging situation, but not uncommon to us.
the schools access to a maritime simulation facility, which they needed Since our entry into the country, Wagenborg Kazakhstan played an active
to provide the full education package to their students. role in the provision of knowledge:
- to the maritime authorities: concerning international rules and
During our 13 years of presence in the RoK, Wagenborg Kazakhstan regulations and their interpretation for example in the Netherlands;
experienced that it is difficult to attract local people with the appropriate - to the maritime and education authorities: as initiator of the
education and skills to be employed on board of our fleet. Especially restoration and/ or development of maritime education;
officers with experience on board of offshore support vessels are scarce. - to local nationals we employed: guidance and support in receiving
further education and training, in order to develop themselves and
One cause for this situation is that the RoK as a country does not have a increasing their competency.
maritime background. In the past, under the Soviet Regime, maritime
infrastructure and legislation were lead centrally. After the collapse of the The establishment of a Maritime Simulation Training Centre in Aktau, is
Soviet Regime, many people with maritime expertise fled the country and exemplary for a Company thinking in solutions to overcome uncommon
returned to Russia or their region of origin. In the mean time the RoK problems. It underlines our determination with respect to a long-term
chose to develop their own maritime legislation and infrastructure, based presence in the Kazakhstan part of the North Caspian as a provider of
on international rules and regulations. One of the effects we encountered, logistical services to our customers in the Oil and Gas Industry.
is the requirement enforced by law that the staff on board of RoK flagged
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29. Profile Wagenborg
Offshore
wagenborg offshore’s specialism
is to carry out complex logistical
projects in the oil and gas industry.
at wagenborg offshore we
simply don’t know the meaning of
the word ‘impossible’. as part of
royal wagenborg we have years
Shallow Draft Tug (SDT) Kaynarborg – Master in action during manouvering of experience in shallow water
transport and ice navigation and
knowledge of all oil- and gas
related transport disciplines all over
the world.
wagenborg Kazakhstan –
subsidiary of the division
wagenborg offshore – has been
active in the Kazakhstan sector of
the caspian sea since 1998. the
activities consists of the provision
of ice Breaking support Vessels,
shallow draft tugs and Living
Quarter Barges utilized in support
of drilling operations in the caspian
sea.
SDT and IBSV moored alongside an Ice Protection Structure (IPS)
in the North Caspian during IPS installation activities.
Arcticaborg location Sunkar
OFFSHORE B.V.
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30. Ever more villages in Malawi are getting medical transport thanks to Wagenborg Store
In the Netherlands, an ambulance is supposed to arrive at your door inhabitants of about 1500 small villages in Malawi have been able to get
within 15 minutes in case of emergency. In the poverty stricken their own medical transport: a bicycle ambulance.
African country of Malawi, very sick people often have to walk seven Each bicycle ambulance serves about 2 to 3 small villages and is
to ten kilometres to get to a medical first-aid post and much further administered by a local committee of women that, in cooperation with the
still to a hospital. Partly due to the revenues from Royal Wagenborg’s village chiefs and local development organisations, ensures that there is
own internet shop, the WagenborgStore, and contributions made by also enough money for maintenance and replacement of parts. The bicycle
the Transport4transport Foundation, during the past three years the ambulances are made locally by Sakaramenta, a social business enterprise
bICyCLe aMb
ProJeCT
Secretary of state Reen Kacheree tries a Tenga Car
Welder in a modern invironment
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31. set up by the Dutchman Peter Meijer. A complete Sakaramenta bicycle transport, such as handcars to transport water. Women now often have to
ambulance, a Carecar, costs (including a robust bicycle) about 350 Euros. walk long distances from the water pump to the village with a jerry can on
In the meantime, Sakaramenta employs about fifteen, mainly young their heads. A handcar can save about 10 journeys. Sakaramenta has also
people from Blantyre, who are also getting part-time education alongside developed a ‘mobile shop’. This is going to be produced with the aid of
their work. Sakaramenta encourages its employees to follow a training microcredits.
course. The level of education in the country is low. Many people cannot Further details? See www.transport4transport.nl and www.sakaramenta.
read or write and have to live on just a little bit more than one Euro per com
day. At www.wagenborg-store.nl you can find the whole range of Wagenborg
Sakaramenta has also started to make other kinds of small means of products you can purchase to support this initiative.
uLanCeS
IS booMIng
A bike-ambulance donated by Wagenborg
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32. CuSToMer IS
Wagenborg
Passenger
Services takes
CoDDLeD aT
care of ferry services to
the islands ameland and
schiermonnikoog in the
wadden sea, north of
Wagenborg
the dutch mainland. a
dedicated crew of 85
members operates a
PaSSenger
modern fleet of ferries
and organizes about
10.000 sailings a
year, taking 1.8 million
ServICeS
passengers to the islands
and back. since last
year, also a water taxi
can be used for the
wadden sea crossing.
Do you want to book a crossing on-line? Reserve a place for your car by further improve the handling of the traffic to and from Ameland and
smartphone? This will soon be possible at Wagenborg Passenger Services. Schiermonnikoog. The user-friendliness has been enhanced by combining
Advanced automated applications are becoming part and parcel of the several facilities, such as the use of automatic ticket vending machines and
operations at WPS, which annually ferries about 1.8 million passengers to the possibility of making on-line reservations. This is an important means
and from Ameland and Schiermonnikoog. of support for the processes in which the human aspect of the service
A new point-of-sales and reservation system has recently been continues to have top priority. Because your holiday already starts before
implemented at WPS in which the latest ICT techniques will help to the boat departs!
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33. screenshot of new booking system
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34. Profile Wagenborg Stevedoring BARD Offshore 1 is a 400 megawatt
wagenborg stevedoring operates modern multi-purpose North Sea offshore wind farm that is
terminals in the ports of delfzijl and eemshaven in the presently under construction and is
north of the Netherlands. the quays with a length of
expected to be fully operational by
1,400 metres, have roll-on/roll-off facilities and a deep
2012. It will be an 80-turbine wind
draught. our storage capacity is 140,000m2.
farm, located 100 kilometres northwest
from both delfzijl and eemshaven the connections
with the hinterland, germany and the Netherlands are
of the island Borkum, in Germany,
excellent. this means that wagenborg can guarantee a in water which is 40 metres deep.
seamless transport chain. goods from the Netherlands Wagenborg Stevedoring Eemshaven
and germany are stored and transshipped in sea-going yard is the onshore logistic hub for BARD
vessels via wagenborg stevedoring. cargo destined for Offshore 1. Windmill parts are stored
the northwest european markets finds its way over land
and pre-assembled here before leaving
and water via the modern transshipment terminals in
to their offshore destination.
delfzijl and the eemshaven.
bLoWIng
loading operation at quayside
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35. storage of windmill blades
In The WInD
giant rotor stars waiting for transport to their offshore destination
STEVEDORING B.V.
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36. Wagenborg Project& Logistics B.V. Wagenborg traNsPort Kft
Phone + 31 (0)596 63 69 66 Phone + 36 (1) 289 7081
email logistics@wagenborg.com email reining@reining.hu
Wagenborg NedLift B.V. Wagenborg PassagiersdieNsteN B.V.
Phone + 31 (0)50 36 28 00 Phone + 31 (0)519 54 61 11
email nedlift@wagenborg.com email info@wpd.nl
Wagenborg NedLift sPaiN Wagenborg towage B.V.
Phone + 34 (0)917 26 02 03 Phone + 31 (0)596 63 62 30
email nedlift@waveship.com email towage@wagenborg.com
Wagenborg s&g gmBH wageNBorg offsHore B.V.
Phone + 49 (0)5978 9166-0 Phone + 31 (0)596 63 64 17
email nedlift@wagenborg.com email offshore.dirdz@wagenborg.com
Wagenborg sHiPPiNg B.V. Wagenborg foxdriLL B.V.
Phone + 31 (0)596 63 69 11 Phone +31 (0)541 58 05 00
email info@wagenborg.com email foxdrill@wagenborg.com
Wagenborg sHiPPiNg NortH america iNc. Wagenborg KazacHstaN
Phone + 1 514 288 8282 Bautino office:
email info@wagenborgna.ca Phone +7 (8) 32938 24941
aktau office:
Wagenborg sHiPPiNg swedeN a.B. Phone +7 (8) 3292 515171
Phone + 46 409 371 00 atyrau office:
email info.sweden@wagenborg.com Phone +7 (8) 3122 255402
Wave sHiPPiNg Ltd BaHwaN Wagenborg
madrid: Phone + 34 917 253 763 tel. + 968 (0)24790305
tarragona: Phone + 34 977 252 380 bwhlos@omantel.net.om
email nedlift@waveship.com
Wagenborg oiLfieLd serVices
Wagenborg steVedoriNg B.V. wagenborg oilfield services
Phone + 31 (0)596 63 69 11 Noyabrsk
email stevedoring@wagenborg.com Phone: +7 (3496) 35 48 42
Wagenborg reiNiNg B.V.
Phone + 31 (0)598 34 33 07 roYaL
email info@reining.nl marktstraat 10
P.o. Box 14
9930 aa delfzijl
the Netherlands
Phone + 31 (0)596 63 69 11
email info@wagenborg.com
www.wagenborg.com
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