founded 1985 founder edward heerema headquarters ch tel saint denis switzerland number of employees 2 500 citation needed website www.allseas.com allseas group sa is one of the largest offshore pipelay companies with 2500 employees . when the company is privately owned by founder edward heerema . not verified in body allseas sign on a building in perth western australia . overview edit founded in 1985 1 the dutch firm allseas is headquartered in ch tel saint denis switzerland and has offices in the netherlands belgium usa australia brazil uk and portugal . not verified in body allseas operates three pipelay vessels the audacia the lorelay and the solitaire one dual purpose vessel for heavy lifting and pipelay the pioneering spirit one support trenching vessel the calamity jane one survey ship the manta and one pontoon the tog mor . not verified in body controversy allseas in 2007 took the decision to build a new pipelay and offshore platform removal ship pieter schelte 2 which is scheduled to enter service in 2014 . at 382 metres 1 253 ft in length and 117 metres 384 ft in width it will be the largest ship by area ever built . the ship is named after the late father of the founder of allseas pieter schelte heerema who was renowned as a maritime engineer . however he was also a member of the nazi ss and convicted of war crimes after the second world war . he served one year and two months in prison . he was assistant director of a dutch company that conscripted slave laborers for the nazi war effort according to the dutch national institute for war documentation . 3 the choice to name the ship after a nazi ss member provoked an outcry from some politicians and jewish groups around the world . the dutch government gave allseas netherlands subsidiary a 1 million tax break for its part in designing the ship which added to the controversy . the netherlands governmental institute for war documentation said that while mr heerema s father had been recognized by the courts as providing very important services to the resistance he was earlier a prominent figure among dutch collaborators with the nazis . 4 5 on february 9 2015 allseas stated that the name will be changed to pioneering spirit . 6 7 alleged victims of 73m fraud in an ongoing criminal trial in the uk it is alleged that allseas sa were victims of a 73m scam . in 2011 they invested 73m with investors claiming to have links to the vatican and spanish nobility and that their investment vehicle would double their investment in 30 days and provide returns of 1.2 billion euros within three years . unsurprisingly these returns did not materialise and it is alleged that the traders instead spent the money on themselves . as of december 2015 the ring leader is still on the run and other alleged participants are on trial . 8 references edit 1985 1989 . solitaire . company agrees to change nazi linked name of giant ship . yahoo news . 6 february 2015 . o connell dominic 17 december 2007 . leviathan takes shape . the times . london . retrieved 2008 11 20 . foreign our 7 november 2008 . dutch outcry over naming ship after nazi . the telegraph . london . retrieved 2008 11 20 . allseas gezwicht voor ophef rond pieter schelte http www.maritiemnederland.com nieuws de pieter schelte krijgt een andere naam item1569 allseas renames pieter schelte . 9 february 2015 . retrieved 9 february 2015 . city trader posed as a multi millionaire with links to the vatican in 73m fraud court hears . 11 december . check date values in date help offshore broers bevechten elkaar ter zee in dutch de volkskrant 17 march 2008 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title allseas & oldid 736727861 categories companies established in 1985construction and civil engineering companies of the netherlandsprivately held companies of switzerlandoilfield services companieshidden categories cs1 errors datesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from january 2016vague or ambiguous time from january 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschespa olnederlands edit links this page was last modified on 29 august 2016 at 12 58 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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