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- Major new developments in the activities of P.C. Jansen Marine Agencies
04-01-2011
We are very pleased to inform you that we will undergo a number of major chances in the months to follow. First of all, as per 31-12-2011 we are no longer agents for J.D.T., the lifting chain manufacturer with which we started our cooperation more than 35 years ago. This is not the end of the cooperation however, as we have come to an agreement to continu working closely together as their distributor in the Netherlands and Belgium.
Although we will not cover the entire range of products (meaning chain assemblies, welded chains slings and large orders with longer delivery time), we will keep a substantial stock of lifting points, hooks and other products.
Obviously, we require space for warehousing and consequently we have bought a new premises in the village of Leek, approximately 15 kms south-west of Groningen. We have bought a unit in a larger building that will house several other companies and is currently under construction. We expect to receive the key on March 1 and estimate that we would require around two weeks to be fully operational.
Apart from the lifting equipment of J.D.T., we will stock products from other manufacturers as well. At this stage we can confirm that we will stock the following items:
- lifting / attachment points, hooks, spare parts and large hammerlocks from J.D.T.
- load links and load cell shackles from Strainstall / ScotLoad
- spare parts for Tideland Signal lanterns, including lamps, gaskets and lenses for the lanterns typically used on oil rigs
- ATEX approved flashlights
Furthermore we are discussing the possibility to stock items from the FenderCare portfolio as well. Also, we are discussing to introduce new products to our portfolio as well. More information to follow in due course.
Another exiting development is the agreement we reached with load cell manufacturer Strainstall and her daughter company ScotLoad. Strainstall is - just like FenderCare - a James Fisher Group company, and their product and service range fits very well within our existing portfolio.
In order to handle all the new activities in an efficient manner, we will establish a new company just for the warehousing and trading. Both this new company and P.C. Jansen Marine Agencies will be run from the new office/warehouse. This means that our contact addresses will change over the next couple of months.
The new company will get it's own website and contact details. The name of the new company will be revealed shortly.
There are several other developments in progress as we speak, but unfortunately, we cannot reveal anything about it yet. As soon as more details have been worked out, we will keep you informed.
In case you have any questions, please let us know.
- GN Rope Fittings opens new factory and office building
01-11-2011
P.C. Jansen Marine Agencies congratulates GN Rope Fittings with the opening of their very impressive new company premises in Nieuwkoop. The new address can be found on their website www.gnweb.com.
- P.C. Jansen Marine Agencies to book a number of orders for floating fenders
12-04-2011
P.C. Jansen Marine Agencies is very pleased having received a number of orders for in total 26 floating fenders, both foam elastomer and Yokohama fenders. All fenders, purchased by a number of clients, will be used for Ship-to-Quay applications.
- Totally revised website JDT
12-04-2011
Last but not least, JDT also decided to revise their website. The new site is more up to date, easier to navigate and offers links to 3D drawings.
The new site can be reached through this link www.jdt.de
- GN Ropefittings's revised website.
12-04-2011
GN Rope Fittings also changed their website recently. Interesting features: complete catalogue available for download and pictures of the new premises.
The new site can be reached through this link www.gnweb.com
- Major upgrade FenderCare Marine website
12-04-2011
FenderCare has coompletely changed their website to reflect the new company logo and colours.
The new site can be reached through this link www.fendercare.com
- New website for Orbilan
12-04-2011
Orbilan recently updated their website. The new site can be reached through this link www.orbilan.de
- New owner Venrooy Cable Equipment
19-03-2011
After going bankrupt, the remains of Venrooy Cable Equipment have been bought by a supplier of Venrooy. It seems that all business will be continued. More information to follow soon.
- New agency added to the PC Jansen Marine Agencies portfolio
19-03-2011
P.C. Jansen Marine Agencies BV is very proud to announce that we have been appointed as the agent for Expandi Systems. Expandi Systems is a manufacturer of oil spill response equipment and has production facilities in Sweden and Spain. Over the next weeks, new information about the products range of Expandi will be made public on our website.
- Venrooy Cable Equipment gone bankrupt
01-03-2011
We regret to inform you that our principal, for whom we've been agent for more than 25 years, has gone into bankruptcy as per February 1, 2011. More information to follow.
- New product developments at Tideland Signal
28-01-2010
Over the last couple of years, Tideland Signal has shown to be an innovative leader in the Aids to Navigation (AtoN) industry. In order to reduces power consumption, Tideland has launched a entire range of LED lanterns and LED flashers. The marine lanterns come in various types, both GMU and ATEX certified. The LED lanterns are available are available as external powered and as self-contained lanterns. Tideland also released the new corporate brochure, which will be available for download from our website soon.
- Visiting the SSCV Thialf
28-01-2010
On the 22nd of January, Robin Jansen joined Young PIANC Netherlands for a tour around Heerema Marine Contractor's SSCV Thialf. Visiting this huge "vessel" is spectacular. The size is breathtaking and the lifting capacity of over 14,000 metric tonnes is very hard to grasp. It was also nice to see Yokohama pneumatic fenders and Tideland Signal ML-155 and ML-300 marine lanterns installed at one of the decks. I'd like to thank HMC and Young PIANC for this splendid opportunity.
- Another batch of fenders supplied to a navy force
28-01-2010
Due to the vulnerable hull, most navy vessels are fendered with foam elastomer fenders. Compared to rubber fender systems, foam elastomer fender offer a very favourable performance curve, minimizing hull pressure especially during the first stages of compression. As a result, Hippo Marine supplies rather a lot of foam elastomer fenders to navy forces around the world. P.C. Jansen Marine Agencies is also very active with naval forces, and was able to be awarded to supply 10 small onboard fenders.
- P.C. Jansen Marine Agencies to hire and sell more racons
28-01-2010
More news about racons. We are pleased to announce that we have been able to supply a number of racons for various offshore projects. A number of racons were purchased by the customers, while we also have one racon out for hire for an offshore platform in German territorial waters. Once again, the proven quality of Tideland's Seabeacon 2 System 6 racon, has allowed us to close the deal.
- P.C. Jansen Marine Agencies sells 3 racons to Rijkswaterstaat
28-01-2010
We are very pleased to announce that P.C. Jansen Marine Agencies BV was awarded, as agent for Tideland Signal Ltd., to supply 3 pieces SeaBeacon 2 System 6 racons to Directie Noordzee – Rijkswaterstaat in Rijswijk, The Netherlands. The racons are going to be installed on buoys which are deployed in the Dutch part of the Northsea as a navigation tool for vessels. Rijkswaterstaat currently operates 20 of these racon buoys. A significant number of them have Tideland Signal racons installed on them, both the older System 5, as well as the state-of-the-art System 6 version.
- Increased interest in casted foam elastomer lightweight fenders
09-11-2009
Over the last 12-18 months we have seen a significant increase in the interest for Hippo's lightweight foam elastomer fenders. This has resulted in a number of orders for newbuild fast crafts, like pilot boats, water taxi's and ferries. More detailed photographs to be revealed at a later stage, but the following page will give you an indication of the type of fenders concerned: Vessel Fendering
- Floating fenders remain popular, even during economic crisis
09-11-2009
Despite the ongoing financial and economic crisis, the requirement for floating fenders has not decreased. We are happy to inform you, that we have been able to secure order for several foam filled Hippo fenders, as well as original Yokohama pneumatic fenders through FenderCare.
The foam fenders are becoming more and more popular especially for short sea shipping vessels. Yokohama pneumatic fenders are - of course - the preferred option for any large offshore vessel, whether that be FPSO's, heavy lifting vessels or oil tankers.
- Seaway Heavy Lifting AtoN's kit upgraded
09-11-2009
In cooperation with P.C. Jansen Marine Agencies, Tideland Signal's subsidiary Dabbrook, has recently upgraded the Aids to Navigation kit aboard the Stanislav Yudin. The Yudin is the first heavy lifting vessel of Seaway Heavy Lifting and will soon be joined by the newbuild Oleg Strashnov.
A new GDF Suez North Sea based gas platform, installed by SHL, required temporary marking untill installation of the top structure. The existing AtoN kit of the Yudin, consisting of an ML-300 marine lantern, an AB-560 fog signal and a lot of batteries, required an upgrade and general maintenance. We have supplied and installed a Sentry Fog Detector, to allow the fog signal to be switched on automatically whenever visibility drops below 2 n.m. Furthermore, we replaced the batteries and lamps in the ML-300 with new ones. After cleaning the lens, and a full system check witnessed by engineers of SHL and GDF Suez, the system was installed on the offshore structure.
(Picture courtesy of Seaway Heavy Lifting and/or GDF Suez)
- GN Rope Fittings to manufacture biggest forged sling protector shackle
09-11-2009
We are proud to inform you that our principal GN Rope Fittings recently have manufactured the largest forged Sling Protector Shackle ever. These shackles have an astonishing WLL 2000 tonnes, with a factor of safety of 4:1. We congratulate GN Rope Fittings with this excellent result.
More info can be downloaded here: WLL2000Ton.pdf
- Hr.Ms. Urania participates in Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge 2009
23-05-2009
The Hr.Ms. Urania participates in the Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge 2009 and we wish them a safe trip, lots of fun and all the best during this - over 7,000 nm - voyage.
More info can be found at www.tallshipsraces.com/atlanticchallenge
The crew keeps a log up tro date, which can be found here: www.kim.nl - Dutch only
(Picture courtesy of www.kim.nl)
- P.C. Jansen Marine Agencies sponsors Royal Dutch Navy Training vessel Hr.Ms. Urania
23-05-2009
We are proud to announce that we (PCJMA, Hippo Marine and Manuplas) are sponsoring the Royal Dutch Navy by supplying the Hr.Ms. Urania with Hippo Marine foam-elastomer fenders. They replace the inflatable fenders the Urania was using, but which got damaged regularly.
The Crew seems delighted with the new fenders! (Picture taken at Tenerife, courtesy of Hr.Ms. Urania - May, 2009.
- P.C. Jansen Marine Agencies to equip
mooring dolphins BP BAT Theseus jetty
20-02-2009
We are pleased to announce to have supplied a number of 100 tonne X.A-type (T-head) bollards on behalf of E.J. Bean for the BP Amsterdam (BAT) Theseus Terminal in Amsterdam. The order was granted to us by BAM Civiel and BAM Project Support. The terminal is used for fuel transfer.
- De Haan Special Equipement agency ended
01 January 2009
After more than 25 years of cooperation between De Haan Special Equipment (formerly known as De Haan Musselkanaal), we inform you that De Haan Special Equipment and P.C. Jansen Marine Agencies have decided in full agreement, to end the cooperation as per the first of January 2009.
Since De Haan Special Equipment was acquired by GN Rope Fittings, the latter has taken over most of the rigging equipment (eg sockets and snatch blocks). De Haan S.E. has taken the opportunity to become even more involved in the crane industry, resulting in a number of extraordinary crane blocks over the last couple of years.
We will remain selling the original De Haan sockets and snatch blocks, but from now on solely through GN Rope Fittings.
We thank De Haan Special Equipment and all it's employees for so many good years of cooperation and we wish them all the best for the future!
- Major revision new website
24 September 2008
Even though the new website is online for less than a week, the first major changes already have been made:- In order to avoid unnecessary scrolling, a navigation menu was added to the right side of the screen
- In the "Principal" section, a page is dedicated to the FenderCare Integrated Mooring (IMS) concept
- In order to give a better view on the possibilities we can offer, I added photo albums with pictures of projects some of our principals were involved in
- De Haan Special Equipment manufacturers monster block
24 September 2008
De Haan Special Equipment has manufactured a special block for the largest mobile crane in the world. The block is 4.5 m wide and 9.5 m tall, and weighs an astonishing 55 tons. The block can lift up to 2000 tons.
- Tideland Signal suffers from hurricane IKE
19 September 2008
The recent hurricanes in the US did have an impact on Tideland Signal as well. The Louisiana office is still recovering from Gustav, whereas the Houston head quarters has lost power during and after Ike hit the Houston area. Due to power failures, generators are being used at the moment, and production lines have been set up on the parking lot. Check the Tideland website for up-to-date information.
The press release can be read here: Hurrican-Ike.pdf
- Launch new website
19 September 2008
We are proud to be able to present our completely revised website. We would appreciate any feedback. Please check the Contact page for more information on how to reach us.
- Venrooy launches new range of mobile winches
June 2008
In addition to the introduction of the LTV-R en ZW-R Drum Carriers, Venrooy Cable Equipment is proud to announce the introduction of the ML mobile winches. They are available in 2, 3, 4 and 5 tons pulling force and offer great advantages over other types of mobile winches.
Venrooy has been very active in changing the organisation over the last two years and this is most visible in the very modern and appealing design of the LTV-R, ZW-R and ML series.
For more information, please visit www.venrooy.nl
- Name change of De Haan Musselkanaal
June 2008
In order to improve overall performance to serve the customers at an even higher level, De Haan Musselkanaal (100% subsidiary of GN Rope Fittings), has changed the organisation significantly over the last 12 months. New staff has been hired, and the production facility will be expanded. In order to reflect the objectives of De Haan as a leading partner in blocks and other specialised lifting equipment, the management of De Haan has decided to change the name of the company.
As per the 26th of May the new name of the company will be
De Haan Special Equipment BV
Please note that the URL of the website has changed, as well as the e-mail addresses. For more information, please visit www.dehaan-se.com
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