Timeline
Allseas’ celebrates its 35th anniversary Pioneering Spirit removes Shell UK’s 17,000-tonne Brent Alpha platform from the North SeaPioneering Spirit completes a successful processing and accommodation topsides and flare jackets removal campaign as part of the Tyra Redevelopment Project for Total E&P DenmarkPioneering Spirit lifts the Ninian Northern topside of the North Sea’s 14,200 t
2020
Gates open at Allseas’ new state-of-the-art fabrications yard in Heijningen, the Netherlands With all major fabrication scopes awarded, in January production starts on key elements of Pioneering Spirit ‘s Jacket Lift System Lorelay executes four above water tie-ins in the Black Sea – an industry first for a dynamically positioned pipelay vesselPioneering Spirit sets offshore lift record during Johan Sverdrup P1 and LQ topsides installation offshore Norway
2019
Allseas adds state-of-the-art multipurpose offshore construction vessel Fortitude to its fleet Pioneering Spirit executes the single-lift installation of Equinor’s 22,000 t Johan Sverdrup DP topsides on its jacket offshore NorwayPioneering Spirit completes the record-breaking TurkStream pipeline a month ahead of scheduleConstruction starts on Nord Stream 2, the longest pipeline in Allseas’ history 2018 is a record year for Allseas, with 2500 km of pipeline installed
2018
2017
2016
Pieter Schelte arrives in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on 8 January 2015Pieter Schelte renamed Pioneering Spirit Statoil awards Allseas an installation contract for three topsides for the Johan Sverdrup field in the Norwegian North Sea Pioneering Spirit christened in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on 27 February 2015Allseas celebrates its 30th anniversary
2015
2014
Allseas announces plans to build Amazing Grace , a single-lift vessel larger than Pieter Schelte Opens a new fabrication yard in Heusden , the Netherlands Shell awards Allseas the contract for removal of the Brent field platforms
2013
Allseas opens fabrication a yard in IJmuiden , the Netherlands, and an Innovations office in Eindhoven, the Netherlands
2012
Allseas acquires long-time Dutch supplier Machinefabriek Schaap First steel cut for Pieter Schelte at the Daewoo shipyard
2011
2010
2009
Allseas installs 150 km of umbilical on the Reliance KGD6 project offshore India Becomes the world’s first vessel owner to equip its fleet with heavy arms in protection of its crew
2008
Audacia starts her first project in the North Sea for ShellAllseas announces plans to build Pieter Schelte
2007
Audacia conversion gets underway in Rotterdam, the NetherlandsSolitaire and Lorelay set new depth records, laying 8-inch and 10-inch pipes in 2775 m and a 24-inch pipe in 2550 m water depth in the Gulf of Mexico
2006
Calamity Jane conversion commences in Rotterdam, the Netherlands10,000 km of pipeline laid and 2800 km trenched since 1986 Solitaire undergoes a major upgrade to increase her pipelay capability for greater water depths and heavier pipes
2005
Execution of first project in the Persian Gulf
2004
Allseas opens office in Perth , Australia Solitaire sets a new world record, laying 9.3 km of 20-inch pipe in 24 hours
2003
Allseas develops a dual-head welding system for Phoenix Tog Mor lays her first pipe, offshore IrelandSolitaire sets a new depth record on the Shell Nakika project, reaching 1920 m
2002
Tog Mor conversion gets underway in Rotterdam
2001
Execution of first project offshore South East Asia
2000
Execution of first project offshore Canada Contractor with highest number of kilometers of pipe installed in the Gulf of Mexico in this year
1999
Solitaire completes her first project: Statoil Europipe II in the North Sea
1998
Solitaire christened, becoming the largest pipelay vessel in the world
1997
Lorelay sets a new world record for deepwater pipeline installation, laying a 12-inch rigid steel pipe in 1650 m of water for Shell on the Mensa projectSolitaire arrives in Newcastle for completion
1996
Lorelay lays the Auger pipeline for Shell, her first deepwater project in the Gulf of Mexico2000 km pipeline laid and over 1000 km trenched since 1986
1995
Allseas opens a USA office in Houston , USA
1994
Allseas’ automatic welding system Phoenix , developed wholly in-house, becomes operational Solitaire conversion gets underway in Singapore
1993
Purchase of Trentwood for conversion to Solitaire Opening of the Delft office
1992
Lorelay lays the Santa Ynez pipeline for Exxon offshore California in the Pacific Ocean, Allseas’ first USA project
1991
Opens office in Essen , Belgium
1990
Allseas launches Trenchsetter, a DP support vessel for Allseas’ mechanical subsea pipeline trencher Digging Donald Allseas executes the Mossgas project in South Africa, Allseas’ first contract outside the North Sea
1989
Allseas acquires a prominent position in the North Sea pipelay market
1988
Allseas launches the concept for Pieter Schelte , a platform installation/decommissioning and pipelay vessel
1987
Lorelay executes Allseas’ first pipelay contract, for Unocal in the North Sea
1986
Allseas, founded in January 1985, opens offices in Châtel Saint-Denis, Switzerland, and The Hague, the Netherlands Allseas invents the concept of pipelaying on DP (dynamic positioning) and builds Lorelay , the world’s first DP pipelay vessel
1985