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“In the space of a few years we have grown to become a leading contractor
of offshore cable-laying projects,” said managing director Arno van Poppel.
“Our strength lies in safe working practices and listening carefully to our
clients. Our 300 employees take pride in contributing to the development of
wind energy.” VBMS deploys three state-of-the-art cable-laying vessels and
innovative equipment developed in-house, such as the BSS-I and II burial
tools and the Trenchformer, a specialized unmanned vehicle developed
to lay and bury long interconnector and export cables in a single run.
“By investing a lot of time in engineering and simulations we deliver all
projects on time and within budget. We owe our success to the fact that we
do what we promise,” said Van Poppel.
Offshore cable-laying company VBMS became
a 100% subsidiary of Boskalis in July 2016.
In a short space of time the company evolved
to become a leader in the European offshore
cable market. Based on the credo ‘We do what
we promise’ VBMS has built an excellent track
record in recent years on projects in the areas
of offshore wind energy and the installation
and maintenance of interconnectors for the oil
and gas market. In 2016 VBMS posted an
80% rise in revenue.