Safeway makes definite breakthrough in Taiwanese offshore wind sector with second Safeway Seagull type of gangway
Safeway, the Dutch specialist in the design and manufacture of offshore transfer equipment, has signed an important contract with Van Oord to supply the latest version of its Safeway Seagull type motion compensated gangway system for installation on the subsea construction vessel Topaz Tangaroa. This contract marks Safeway’s second contract in Taiwanese waters within a period of just a few...
Safeway passes 10,000 safe people transfers for Total in the Danish North Sea
Between March 2019 and March 2020, one of the unique Safeway motion compensated offshore access systems of the Dutch Van Aalst Group completed over 10,000 safe personnel transfers for Total E&P Denmark AS (“Total”) during the redevelopment campaign of the Tyra field in the North Sea about 220 km offshore of the west coast of Denmark. The Tyra Field is the largest gas condensate field in...
Navigating in the trillion dollar offshore wind opportunity
Wijnand van Aalst, CEO of Safeway Gangway was a keynote speaker at the Korean Offshore Wind Hydrogen Summit. He touched upon the challenges ahead regarding Walk-to-Work operations in Asia and the lessons learned in Taiwan. He also spoke about the future of offshore wind, floating wind and Walk-to-Work challenges on moving offshore structures. He was...
Intelligent SOV/gangway concept ensures unrivalled workability in offshore wind
To meet the future requirements of the offshore windindustry in the overall project logistics and turbine related O&M activities,Spanish engineering company Marcelo Penna Engineering and Safeway, the Dutch specialist in the design and manufacture of offshore transfer equipment, have joined forces to design an intelligent Service Operation Vessel with a very high focus on crew comfort,...
Wij geloofden meteen in de kansen van offshore wind
Van Aalst is een familiebedrijf dat wendbaar (‘agile’ heet dat tegenwoordig) inspeelt op veranderende marktomstandigheden. Zo ontwikkelde de onderneming onder meer de Safeway, waarmee technici op grote hoogte veilige passage kunnen maken naar bijvoorbeeld offshore windmolens. CEO Wijnand van Aalst spreekt over de kansen en uitdagingen in de offshore wind en de kracht van de regio Rijnmond. IN...
