Three decades since his emotional departure from the Heerema Group, Allseas president Edward Heerema — armed with the gargantuan new vessel that will soon rewrite the record books — is making a sensational return to the heavy lift industry. His main competitor will be the company built by his father and now run by his brother, but the restless engineer insists there is no longer a rivalry between them.
It has been a long and bumpy road for Edward Heerema, but the idea he hatched 28 years ago — to build a giant twin-hull vessel designed to install and remove offshore oil and gas platforms — is now only weeks away from completion.
“It is a coming-back-home experience, emotionally,” the 67-year-old confides in an exclusive interview with Upstream on board his new flagship.
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