Jan Albert Westerbeek News

IHC IQIP, part of Royal IHC, is expanding its global presence with a new office and yard in Perth, Australia. With the acquisition of its Australian agent Machinery Supply on May 4, IHC IQIP reaches a new milestone in her aim to be a strong local partner for its clients. The facility provides the rental and sale of foundation, installation and decommissioning equipment and aims to increase its service level to clients active in the oil and gas as well as coastal and civil market in Australia and New Zealand. Increasing its local presence globally is an important part of the overall IHC IQIP strategy, stated Jan Albert Westerbeek, Executive Director of IHC IQIP: “As our existing customer base grows to include clients that operate all over the world…

Royal IHC (IHC) has integrated four of its business units – IHC Hydrohammer, IHC Handling Systems, IHC Sea Steel and IHC Fundex Equipment – into one new organization, which will operate under the name IHC IQIP. IHC said the merger aims to offer a fully integrated solution for on- and offshore installation, foundation and decommissioning to customers in the oil and gas, offshore wind and coastal and civil markets. “Many of our customers are already working with one or more of the four IHC business units now integrated under the IHC IQIP umbrella.

IHC Hydrohammer, part of IHC Merwede has developed and tested a new technology which uses seawater instead of hydraulic oil. This sustainable product development minimises potential oil spill hazards in the marine environment and presents new opportunities for deep-water offshore pile driving that will be beneficial to the future growth of offshore construction. The S-90W IHC Waterhammer has been utilised in conjunction with Swiber Offshore Construction. The installation contractor used the advanced pile-driving hammer to install four foundation piles on the subsea PLEM (pipeline end manifold) located approximately 210km off the west coast of Mumbai, India.