History

Dockwise was formed in September 1993 by the merger of two complementary companies, Wijsmuller Transport (a division of Heerema

Heerema Marine Contractors

Heerema Marine Contractors is a contractor most notable for operation of three of the largest crane vessels in the offshore industry.-History:...

) and Dock Express Shipping (a division of Royal Vopak

Vopak

Royal Vopak N.V. is a Dutch company that stores and handles various oil and natural gas-related products. The company was created by the merger of Van Ommeren and Pakhoed in 1999. In 2002, the distribution of oil and natural gas related products was split off; a new company Univar was created for...

), becoming the world's largest seagoing heavy transport shipping company. The combined company operated from a new headquarters in Meer (Hoogstraten

Hoogstraten

Hoogstraten is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the city of Hoogstraten proper and the towns of Meer, Meerle, Meersel-Dreef, Minderhout and Wortel,...

), Belgium. Wijsmuller brought a fleet of seven semi-submersible vessels (Super Servant 3, 4, 5 & 6 and Mighty Servant 1

Mighty Servant 1

Mighty Servant 1 is a 29,000-ton heavy-lift ship capable of carrying very large vessels and offshore platforms. built for Dutch shipping firm Wijsmuller Transport, which merged in 1993 with Dock Express Shipping to become Breda-based offshore heavy lifting group, Dockwise Shipping B.V...

, 2

Mighty Servant 2

Mighty Servant 2 was a 29,000-ton heavy-lift ship operated by Dockwise, noted for transporting from Dubai to Newport, Rhode Island, in 1988.The ship was built in 1983 by Oshima Shipbuilding Co. Ltd...

 & 3) and four dock-type vessels (Dock Express 10, 11, 12 & 20).

In 2001 Offshore Heavy Transport ASA (OHT) joined the company, adding two heavy transport vessels, and .

In November 2010,to service the emerging market for ultra-large transports, Dockwise’s Type 0 heavy lift vessel will be has appointed Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) of Korea as its ship building yard. HHI is scheduled to deliver the vessel during the last quarter of 2012

Group structure

The Dockwise group comprises four global companies that provide specialty heavy marine transport services. The companies are Dockwise B.V., Dockwise Yacht Transport LLC, Offshore Kinematics Inc. and Ocean Dynamics LLC.

Dockwise B.V.

Dockwise is an oil & gas service company providing logistical management of large and heavy structures. Key services are Heavy Marine Transport, Offshore Transport & Installation and Onshore Industrial Projects. The company transports vessels from yachts of 10 tons in weight, to a large production and drilling platform weighing up to 73,000 tons. Since 2001, the company headquarters has been in Breda

Breda

Breda is a municipality and a city in the southern part of the Netherlands. The name Breda derived from brede Aa and refers to the confluence of the rivers Mark and Aa. As a fortified city, the city was of strategic military and political significance...

, Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

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Dockwise Yacht Transport LLC

Since 1987, the company has transported over 9,000 motor and sailing yachts to various destinations around the globe with an exclusive boat transport service. Semi-submersible Super Servant 3 & 4 and MV Explorer were joined in October 2007 by the world's first specifically built yacht motor vessel, the 209m Yacht Express.

Offshore Kinematics Inc.

Offshore Kinematics, based in Houston, Texas, provide a full range of services for Floatover projects.

Ocean Dynamics LLC

Ocean Dynamics was acquired by Dockwise in July 2007 It specializes in engineering and consulting services to the offshore industry.