OCEAN, OFFSHORE and ARCTIC ENGINEERING - Kivi Niria

Floating Supports for Offshore Wind: Small Structures – Big Challenges
Wim de Boom, Product Manager, SBM GustoMSC
The market outlook for offshore wind farms on
floating supports is very positive. However, large
scale application of floating support structures
requires careful planning based on offshore industry
knowledge. System dynamics, mooring configuration
and cable technology all have to be understood, while
in the end the overall concept has to fit within tight
commercial boundaries.
Wim de Boom started his career in 1976
with MARIN, the Maritime Research Institute
Netherlands. As a project manager in the Offshore
Section of MARIN, he was involved in many
frontier developments in the offshore industry. In
1986, he joined SBM Inc. in Monaco, dealing with
Managing Innovation in Salvage: R&D in an Increasing Complex Environment
Bert van der Velden, Manager, Innovation & Business Development, SMIT Salvage
There are three main drivers for innovation in
modern marine salvage. The first seeks greater
efficiency in the performance of a salvage operation.
The second one is public awareness for the necessity
of a sustainable marine environment. The third
(and perhaps the single most important stimulus)
addresses new challenges in salvage, particularly
those arising from the rapid growth of scale of
(container) ship design and the prospects of ever
larger and more complex vessels. This lecture reflects
on these technical developments in the salvage
industry related to the developments in the shipping,
offshore and subsea industry.
various types of mooring systems in SBM’s Concept
Department. In 1990, he relocated to the Netherlands
to GustoMSC, the Dutch operating company of
the SBM Offshore Group. Since 2009, he has been
responsible for product development at GustoMSC,
and liaises with SBM Inc. in Monaco for the group’s
interests in renewable energy, when it concerns
Offshore Wind.
Mr. De Boom has a Master’s degree in Civil
Engineering from the Delft University of Technology.
He currently chairs the Section Offshore Technology
of KIVI NIRIA, the Royal Institute of Engineers in
the Netherlands.
As Manager, Innovation & Business Development
at SMIT Salvage, Bert van der Velden is responsible
for the development and implementation of
innovative solutions in SMIT’s worldwide salvage
operations and environmental care services to the
industry. Prior to working for SMIT Salvage, he
worked for more than ten years in various positions
in the international port industry providing turn key
container handling systems. Mr. van der Velden has a
Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the
Delft University of Technology.
Conference Highlights
Wim de Boom
Bert van der Velden
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