2006  Independence Hub Project
With the completion of the Independence Hub project in the Gulf of Mexico, Heerema Marine Contractors installed the deepest mooring piles ever. The Independence Hub is a floating platform that gathers gas from various fields of independent oil companies. Mooring piles are a kind of anchor points for mooring lines. The water depth record for installation of mooring piles was set at 2,440 m and was executed with the Balder in mid-2006. Balder set another world record when commencing pipelay in the Atlas field at a water depth of 2,740 m (8,990 ft).

2005  Shell Mars Project
After hurricane Katrina, Heerema Marine Contractors was asked by Shell to do support work on Shell Mars Tension Leg Platform (TLP) in the Gulf of Mexico. This fast-track project, which involved the removal of the drilling tower, was successfully executed by the Hermod. In addition, HMC received an award in 2006 for the installation of the same drilling tower on top of the Mars Platform.

2005  Benguela Belize Project
In May 2005 Heerema Marine Contractors successfully completed the installation of the first Compliant Tower in West African / Angolan water. A Compliant Tower is a kind of reed that gives with the wind and water. A remarkable job considering the amount of records that were broken and the circumstances under which the project was done. Not only did HMC install the heaviest Compliant Tower in the world (total weight of 85,000 tons), but records were also broken with the installation of the heaviest single piece foundation pile and a record lift of 10,700 tons. The project was executed with its biggest crane vessel, Thialf.