The renowned Rotterdam-based maritime companies HEBO Maritiem Service and Bonn & Mees Drijvende Bokken are merging. This partnership marks an important milestone in the maritime sector and lays the foundation for sustainable growth, a broader range of services, and a stronger market position.
With 170 years of combined experience, HEBO and Bonn & Mees are Europe’s most versatile maritime service provider. Together, the companies are even better equipped to offer reliable, sustainable solutions that meet the ever-changing needs of their customers. In addition, the partnership ensures an efficient and specialized focus in the areas of heavy lifting, special transport, salvage services, and emergency response.
Effective immediately, HEBO and Bonn & Mees are combining their knowledge, expertise, and specialization, and—with their fleet—ensuring better availability and predictable outcomes for clients throughout Europe. In addition, this creates opportunities to further expand their broad range of maritime services. Marius Punt (CEO of HEBO) and Peter Leenheer (owner of Bonn & Mees) aim to capitalize on new opportunities for growth, scaling up, sustainability, and international expansion. As part of this, the parties are actively pursuing acquisitions and the integration of new companies, thereby further rounding out their service offerings.
About HEBO
HEBO specializes in a wide range of maritime services. With a large and diverse fleet of vessels, HEBO carries out projects in various markets related to integrated infrastructure, emergency response, salvage, transportation, wind energy, and decommissioning. HEBO is always seeking the most reliable, efficient, and attractive solutions for various European clients in sectors such as petrochemicals and civil engineering.
About Bonn & Mees
With over 135 years of experience, Bonn & Mees operates floating cranes out of Rotterdam to meet the challenges of offshore installation and decommissioning, heavy lifting, and civil construction, among other fields. With a fleet of three seagoing derricks, with lifting capacities ranging from 400 to 1,800 metric tons, Bonn & Mees offers 24/7 safety, expertise, flexibility, and quality.