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AYOP for professional services to the oil and
gas,
offshore wind, and port related industries
Profile
Amsterdam Ymuiden Offshore
Port related industries was founded in the
late 1970s by the Amsterdam Port Management and the Amsterdam
Ports Association. Subsequently, a large number of other companies
and organizations from the North Sea Canal region between
Amsterdam and Ymuiden joined our newly-formed association.
AYOP currently has some twenty six members. In The Netherlands
and abroad we aim to promote the products, services and facilities
our members offer. In addition, we draw the attention to the
many possibilities for interested industries to establish
themselves in the Amsterdam-Ymuiden region.
Over the years, AYOP has developed into a unique organization,
because our membership list now not only includes many oil
and gas, offshore wind, and port related industries, but a
number of government institutions as well. This means that
the communication lines between the business community and
government authorities are very short, and that these parties
can in unison respond swiftly and effectively to new developments.
In addition to this advantage, AYOP members also dispose of
an ocean of maritime, and oil and gas, and offshore wind related
know-how on which their wide range of special port and other
maritime services are based. Their excellent capabilities
and facilities have turned the Amsterdam-Ymuiden region into
the bustling nerve centre for oil and gas, offshore wind,
and port related industries in The Netherlands.
Nerve centre
The Amsterdam-Ymuiden region is one of Europe's most significant
shipping port areas. It is an ideal region for high-class
domestic and foreign companies to set up shop. For these,
there already are many ancillary industries here. Attractive
establishment conditions, ideal locations and excellent accessibility
are the fortes of this region. It has been a prominent international
trade and industry hub for many centuries now.
Major advantages of the ports in the Amsterdam-Ymuiden region
are their ideal location in relation to the primary West European
shipping routes, and their excellent motorway, railway and
waterway connections with a vast hinterland. Moreover, Amsterdam
Schiphol Airport is only a fifteen-minute drive away, enabling
fast air transport of cargo, emergency supplies, executives
and personnel.
Fully geared to the shipping trade, the region features numerous
modern storage, transshipment, loading and offloading facilities
as well as a number of fabrication, construction, repair and
maintenance yards. There are also many facilities in this
region for the processing or disposal of both solid and fluid
ships' waste products, and for cleaning tanks. In short, this
shipping port region has everything necessary to serve the
maritime sector swiftly, competently, effectively and efficiently.
Service
centre
The Amsterdam-Ymuiden region is ideally situated in relation
to the many oil and gas fields in the southern sector of the
North Sea. This is why the majority of the oil companies operating
on the Dutch continental shelf have set up a supply base in
this very area. Located in this area are also over a hundred
companies providing products and services to the oil and gas
industry. The most significant of these ancillary industries
have become an AYOP member, giving our association a leading
role here in the serving of the offshore trade. A distinct
advantage of said ancillary industries is that they dispose
of ample pertinent know-how, experience and facilities. Also,
virtually everything needed for onshore and offshore mining
is readily available right within the Amsterdam-Ymuiden region.
Partly thanks to the AYOP efforts, this region has now become
one of the most significant oil and gas service centres on
the continent. Greatly conducive to this success is that our
region still offers ample room and possibilities for new oil
and gas related activities. The port of Ymuiden, for example,
can accommodate even the largest rigs, and the nontidal port
of Amsterdam offers significant advantages when it comes to
loading materials. Furthermore, inspection, repair and maintenance
work can be carried out on all kinds of offshore vessels,
structures and equipment. Moreover, the nearby Amsterdam Schiphol
Airport offers helicopter flight services and there are special
roll-on/roll-off liner services in this area to UK and other
European ports.
Scope of
AYOP services
Within the Amsterdam-Ymuiden region, our AYOP association
offers all kinds of special services to the oil and gas, offshore
wind, and port related industries. These services range from
a singular operation to an all-embracing combination for,
amongst others, turn-key projects. Substantially expanded
through the years, our current comprehensive package of services
includes:
engineering: from consultancy
up to realization;
construction: jackets, production
platforms, windfarms, accommodation and process modules, skid-mounted
units, cranes, hook-up and maintenance;
transportation: supply, towage,
salvage, ship brokerage, and onshore support services;
repair and maintenance: general
maintenance, painting, ship and rig repair, cleaning, and
oil recycling;
general services: banking, fuel
and equipment supply, supply-base facilities, forwarding and
shipping, and stevedoring;
regional authorities: port information,
consultancy, and industrial-site leasing;
port-related industries:
decommissioning: jackets, decks,
modules, templates and pipelines.
new offshore: Developments are
taking place in the field of new "exploration" of
"offshore" energy production, such as for example
offshore wind energy. The specialist knowledge our members
can offer in the field of offshore operations in the oil and
gas industry guarantees a sound approach in tackling these
"new" offshore developments. The integrated participation
by government bodies and the private sector in AYOP will optimise
project processes through improved harmonisation in respect
of location, design, construction and maintenance.
AYOP for professional services
to the oil and gas, offshore wind, and port related industries
The Amsterdam-Ymuiden area:
the small Dutch region where big support is offered to the
maritime, and oil and gas, and offshore wind industries.
AYOP
Havengebouw De Ruijterkade 7 1013 AA Amsterdam The Netherlands
Phone: 31 (0)20 627 37 06 Fax : 31 (0)20 626 49 69
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