Edward Heerema (born 1947[1]) is a Dutch engineer, businessman and he was the sole owner of Allseas, a major offshore oil business company.
[4] He spent his childhood in Venezuela where his father, after service in the Waffen-SS, had exiled himself after World War II[5] and worked as an engineer in Maracaibo.
[8] In 2018, he unveiled plans to build an even larger ship called by now Amazing Grace which would be able to also decommission large off shore oil platforms with a tonnage of up to 72'000 metric tons.
[11] Edward Heerema was also targeted by the fraudster Paul Sultana,[12] who persuaded him to agree to deliver £88m through Allseas, which would be placed in an investment which promised very high returns.
[12] He was the target of repeated criticism for naming the largest ship in the off shore oil business in memory of his father Pieter Schelte, offshore oil industry pioneer and member of the Waffen-SS during World War II[6] At first he defended his decision as it was his company who developed and built the ship and he seemed to be convinced his father should be remembered in this way.