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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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Salvage operation, Mighty Servant 3

In the morning of 6 December 2006 semi submersible vessel Mighty Servant 3 developed a list and sank off the port of Luanda, Angola, after the offloading of drilling platform Aleutian Key. The vessel was resting at the sea bottom in approximately 52 meters of water.

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Dredging, reclamation,
reconstruction and environmental
monitoring works, Vilufushi

The Republic of the Maldives consists of 1,190 small coral islands grouped into 26 atolls. Only 200 islands are inhabited. On 26 December 2004, a tsunami originating from Indonesian waters struck the Maldives. This natural disaster had major economic, social and environmental consequences. Of the 200 inhabited islands, 13 were totally destroyed and 56 suffered major damage, including the island of Vilufushi in Thaa Atoll. Houses and infrastructure were heavily damaged. All the surviving residents had to be evacuated to the neighboring island of Buruni to the west of Vilufushi. The government of the Maldives decided to reconstruct the entire island and to extend it considerably by landfilling the shallow reef. Boskalis International was appointed for this work.

Installation gas pipeline, Balgzand-Bacton

BBL Company was established to design, construct, operate and exploit the Balgzand-Bacton Pipeline (BBL) for the transmission of natural gas from Balgzand, the Netherlands to Bacton in the United Kingdom. The overall length of the 36" offshore pipeline is some 230 kilometers. The capacity is around 42 million m3 of gas a day. As part of the pipeline installation, Saipem UK Ltd awarded Boskalis Offshore the contracts for the shore approaches at Julianadorp, the Netherlands and Bacton in the United Kingdom and the presweeping and rock dumping works along the pipeline route on the North Sea.

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Platform installation,
De Ruyter field

The De Ruyter field, discovered in 1996, straddles Blocks P10a and P11b in the North Sea, which are both operated by Petro-Canada. The development consists of a Gravity Base Structure (GBS) with wellhead and lattice towers supporting an Integrated Production Deck (IPD). De Ruyter joins Hanze as Petro-Canada’s second operated offshore field in the Dutch North Sea. Heerema Zwijndrecht was awarded the fabrication, installation and hook-up of the GBS and IPD. The transportation, installation and stabilisation of the GBS was subcontracted to a consortium between Smit Marine Projects and Boskalis Offshore.

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Removal of overburden for bauxite mine, Klaverblad

Surinam’s alumina exports accounted for 70% of the total export figures. Aluminum is produced from bauxite and so bauxite mining was one of the country's vital industries. Growing demand for metals in fast-growing economies led BHP Billiton Maatschappij to open up a fourth mine alongside the three bauxite mines they already operated in Surinam. The mine location on the banks of the River Surinam was covered by a thick layer of clay. Borehole information and surveys showed that an area of about 130 ha needed to be cleared of bush, followed by the removal of the top layer and dewatering to an average depth of 14 meters. Safety and the prevention of dredging-related turbidity in the river were areas requiring particular attention.

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Bridge construction, Stralsund

SMIT’s 1,200 tonnes sheerlegs Taklift 7 completed a major German bridge building programme during 2006. The sheerlegs had spent several months at the new Stralsund Bridge, on the German Baltic coast. This suspension bridge links the mainland with the island of Rügen.