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Projects

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.

Project overview

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Port environmental mitigation measures, Hamina

Hamina, which is close to the Russian border in south-east Finland, is a home port for the oil industry and a transit harbor for timber, cars and other goods on their way to Russia. To provide access for larger vessels it had to deepen the existing channel by two meters to 12 meters and create a new channel section. Terramare Oy, a subsidiary of Royal Boskalis Westminster, won this assignment in late 2008. The project started in July 2009.

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Port development, Raahe

The Raahe project is the largest dredging contract in Finnish history. Access for larger ships is economically important for the clients using the port of Raahe, such as the steel company Ruukki.

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Salvage operation, Full City

On July 30, 2009 bulk carrier Full City, (in ballast and at anchor off the port of Langesund, Norway, awaiting her berth) was trapped in a sudden storm, causing her anchor to drag. She went aground off the port of Langesund. This vessel was refloated by a SMIT Salvage team in mid-August, following the successful completion of a challenging operation.

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Port development, Pipavav

As a result of the booming container market in recent years, GPPL and APM Terminals introduced a long term investment plan to further develop the port’s facilities. Phase 2 of the expansion program included the reclamation of a new storage (container stacking) area and the extension of the port’s capacity by deepening the approach, channels and berths, allowing larger (container) vessels to enter the port. Zinkcon Marine Singapore, a subsidiary of Boskalis International B.V., won the contract for the dredging and reclamation works for Phase 2. In the beginning of 2009, however, the client re-evaluated the investment against the background of the dramatic effects of the economic crisis, which seriously affected the global container market. GPPL, APMT and ZMS agreed to optimize the project in such a way that all parties would benefit.

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Reclamation, dredging and excavation, The Wave

Through Orascom, the Omani government is developing their tourist and real estate sector in order to diversify its economical drivers. The Wave, Muscat is the first freehold tourism and residential development to be launched in the Sultanate of Oman. The USD 805 million project will stretch along 7 kilometers (4.35 miles) of beachfront land overlooking the Gulf of Oman and covers an area of approximately 2.5 million square meters (26.9 million square feet). It is located in Muscat, Oman's capital city, about 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) from Muscat’s Seeb International Airport.

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Landfall construction
Balearic submarine pipeline

As part of its network expansion program, Enagas undertook the installation of a submarine pipeline providing natural gas from the Spanish mainland to the Balearic Islands of Ibiza and Mallorca, integrating them into the Spanish gas system. This 20" nominal diameter pipeline was constructed in two distinct sections, one of 123 km between the mainland and Ibiza and another of 146 km between Ibiza and Mallorca.