MeeMaken becomes majority stakeholder in Blue Offshore

Dutch investment company MeeMaken BV has acquired a majority stake in basket carousels and tensioners supplier Blue Offshore Group.

MeeMaken said that the minority of the company’s shares remained in the hands of Blue Offshore’s management.

Blue Offshore supplies basket carousels and tensioners for the offshore installation, transportation, and storage of export cables, array cables, umbilicals and flexible pipelines in the offshore oil and gas industry, as well as the offshore renewable energy sector.

Blue Offshore director Evert-Jan van Wijk said: “So far, we have been able to develop Blue Offshore into what it has become today – a solid organization that stands firmly and sustainably in the offshore market. It is now time for the company to enter the next level, with another investor and shareholder, which I found in MeeMaken BV.”

According to MeeMaken, Van Wijk will remain the director of the company, which is headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands.

“Guided by Natasja Sesink and Roderik van Seumeren, MeeMaken BV and the management of Blue Offshore will work together to build on and grow the success of the company. Blue Offshore can expect commercial, technical and financial support from the MeeMaken group,” the company said.

As for MeeMaken group, it consists of Selmers, Eager.One, Kenz-Figee, Alltec Lifting Systems, BeOne Development, eWorks, and LiftWerx.