Dockwise was a Netherlands-based holding company in the marine transport industry. It was acquired by

Boskalis Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. is a Dutch dredging and heavylift company that provides services relating to the construction and maintenance of maritime infrastructure internationally. The company has one of the world's largest dredging fleets, ...

in 2013 and was merged into the Boskalis brand name in 2018.

History

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

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

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), Belgium. Wijsmuller brought a fleet of seven semisubmersible vessels ( ''Mighty Servant'' 1, ''Mighty Servant'' 2, ''Mighty Servant'' 3, and ''Super Servant'' 3, 4, 5, and 6) and four dock-type vessels (''Dock Express'' 10, 11, 12, and 20). In 2001, Offshore Heavy Transport ASA joined the company, adding two heavy-transport vessels, and . In November 2010, to serve the emerging market for ultralarge transports, such as its Dockwise's Type 0 heavy lift vessel, it appointed Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) of Korea as its shipbuilding yard. HHI was scheduled to deliver the vessel during the last quarter of 2012. Type O was renamed the '' Dockwise Vanguard''. In 2013, Dockwise was acquired by

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NV, which provides services in dredging, inland infrastructure, offshore energy, towage, and salvage.

Dockwise Shipping BV

Dockwise is an oil and gas service company, providing logistical management of large and heavy structures. Key services are heavy marine transport, offshore transport, and installation and onshore industrial projects. The company transports various heavy marine structures, such as large production and drilling platforms weighing up to 85,000 tons. The company headquarters is in

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, the

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Dockwise fleet

* '' Dockwise White Marlin'' * '' Dockwise Vanguard'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * '' Mighty Servant 1'' * ''

Mighty Servant 2 ''Mighty Servant 2'' was a 29,000-ton semi-submersible, heavy-lift ship operated by Dockwise. The ship drew worldwide attention in 1988 for transporting the mine-damaged from Dubai to Newport, Rhode Island. The ship was built in 1983 by Oshima ...

'' * '' Mighty Servant 3'' * ''Transshelf'' * ''Transporter'' * ''

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'' * ''Treasure'' * ''Talisman'' * ''Trustee'' * ''Triumph'' * ''Swan'' * ''Swift'' * ''Teal'' * ''Tern''

References

{{Reflist Transport companies of the Netherlands Breda