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Boskalis creates new horizons, executing an extensive range of dredging and marine projects in 90 countries and across six continents. With a wide range of skills in numerous specialities, our experts work around the world, always adhering to the strictest safety standards. View a selection of some of our most ground-breaking projects. Filter your selection based on the relevant market (Offshore Energy, Ports or Infrastructure) or activity (Offshore Energy, Dredging & Inland Infra or Salvage). Narrow your search further by time and location.

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Land reclamation artificial island, Punta Pacifica

The shoreline of Panama has increasingly become densely populated and, as the economy has boomed over the past 10 years, there is strong demand for high-end products. The real-estate market has taken a revolutionary step with the completion of the the first artificial real-estate island in the Americas.

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Construction LNG port, Swinoujscie

The protective breakwater for Swinoujscie External Port comprises a 3 km long breakwater and groyne for a new outer harbor construction to facilitate a LNG tanker berth and other related activities in the Baltic Sea. The construction of the breakwater took 2 ½ years and was completed in December 2012. Boskalis International B.V. was the leader of a consortium consisting of Boskalis International B.V., Hochtief, Aarsleff and Doraco.

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Port expansion,
Maasvlakte 2

PUMA, the Project Organization for the Extension of the Maasvlakte, is a 50/50 joint venture between dredging and marine contractors Boskalis and Van Oord. The consortium has been contracted by the Rotterdam Port Authority to construct the first phase of the Maasvlakte 2 Project – the extension of the Port of Rotterdam – between 2008 and 2013. The new zone will encompass 2,000 hectares of new land, roughly the same size as the total surface area of Schiphol airport. Half of the area will become land for a future business park.

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Refurbishment water station, Olero Creek

In November 2010 Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) awarded the contract to refurbish this facility to Saipem Contracting Nigeria Limited (SCNL) with Nigerian Westminster Dredging and Marine Limited (NWDM) as subcontractor. The Olero Creek Restoration Project (OCR) is a 70 million US$ construction and commissioning subcontract. The scope of work is the refurbishment and reinstatement of the North Water Station (NWS) and its hook up to the interconnecting piping at Olero Creek.

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Riverbed and slope protection, Gbaran Ubie

The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) has constructed a gas processing facility in the Niger Delta on the outside bank of a bend of the River Nun at Gbaran Ubie, north of Yenagoa. To facilitate the importation of the processing modules, a Materials Offloading Quay was constructed, including a ro-ro ramp, a passenger jetty and a fire water station.

Provision and installation of submarine fiber optic cable, Strait of Magellan

In September 2011 Boskalis was awarded a contract worth approximately EUR 30 million to provide and install a submarine fiber optic cable across the Strait of Magellan, Argentina. The contract was awarded by the state-owned corporation AR-SAT (Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satelitales S.A.).