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Activities

We have expanded our activities from our traditional dredging-related operations, which include the construction and maintenance of ports and waterways, land reclamation, coastal defense and riverbank protection. Today, Boskalis also offers a wide variety of marine services and contracting to the offshore energy sector. In addition, we provide emergency response and salvage through SMIT and terminal services through Smit Lamnalco.

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Dredging & Inland Infra

Our dredging activities include port construction and maintenance, land reclamation, coastal defense and riverbank protection. We also operate as a contractor of dry infrastructure projects.

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Offshore energy

We are involved in the development, construction, maintenance and decommissioning of oil and LNG import/export facilities, offshore platforms, cables and pipelines, and offshore wind farms.

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Salvage

We provide assistance to vessels in distress, wreck removal and salvage related services, including environmental care.

Our activities

Boskalis realizes complex projects on time and within budget even in difficult locations. We are renowned for our innovative approach, progressive safety program and environmentally friendly techniques.

Dredging & Inland Infra
Offshore Energy
Salvage

Project overview

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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.

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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.).

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Dredging & Inland Infra

Offshore Energy

Salvage

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Fleet and equipment

Find out more about our fleet and equipment

More about Boskalis

Organizational structure

An overview of Boskalis’ organizational structure including board of management, supervisory board, divisional structure and offices.

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Fleet and equipment

Boskalis has an extensive and versatile fleet of around 600 vessels which can be deployed in the optimal configuration for each project.

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Careers

If you are interested in finding out more about what it is like to work for us, take a look at our dedicated Careers website. Here you will find our current vacancies, information about our traineeships, and much more.

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