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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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Coastal protection, Delfland coast

In August 2008 Van Oord and Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. have been awarded a contract by the Dutch Directorate General for Public Works and Water Management to reinforce a weak link in the Delflandse coast . The contract is worth EUR 120 million of which Van Oord and Boskalis have an equal share.

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Cleanup, Zellingwijk area

The Zellingwijk quarter of the village of Gouderak was built in the middle of the last century. In the early 1980s it became clear that the soil underneath this residential area was heavily contaminated as a result of the dumping of waste - mainly mineral oils and pesticides. The homes built on the site were subsequently demolished in the mid-1980s. Pending definitive remediation work, a layer of concrete / asphalt was applied to seal the site.

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Overview activities, Bahrain

The Kingdom of Bahrain is an island located in the Gulf, east of Saudi Arabia and north of Qatar and connected with its neighbour Saudi Arabia since the year 1980 with a 25 km long causeway. The archipelago consists of some 30 islands with a total of 160 km of shoreline and has a population of 800,000. Whereas the surface of Bahrain in the year 1960 was around 650 km2, the last decennia have seen a steady increase in the surface till a respectable figure of 740 km2 in 2007. This increase has been achieved by a various number of small and mayor reclamation projects.

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Early works for LNG plant, Brass Island

The Brass LNG Project’s objective is to construct a LNG Complex on Brass Island, Bayelsa State, Nigeria, and in so doing, develop Nigeria’s abundant gas resources, reduce the adverse effect of gas flaring on the environment, and provide social-economic benefits to the local and wider Nigerian communities. The LNG complex will be designed to produce approximately 10 million tons per annum (MTPA) of LNG, as well as LPG and Residual NGL products.

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Port expansion, Gijón

The Spanish port of Gijón on the Bay of Biscay processes more than 12 million tonnes of bulk goods annually. With the expansion of global trade and increasing ship sizes, the terminal was lacking capacity to handle the traffic. The maximum draft for the ships of 18 meters is another obstacle to the development of the port. So the Port Authority of Gijón developed a plan for additional modern facilities in an area measuring 145 hectares to the north of the existing port. This includes a bulk terminal with a transfer capacity of more than 25 million tons and a storage area measuring 60 hectares for a maximum of 2 million tons of coal and iron ore a year.

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Construction wind farm, Belwind

SMIT sheerlegs Taklift 4 installed the final element for one of Belgium’s first offshore wind farms, Belwind, the wind farm’s high voltage transformer substation. SMIT also provided the transport of the element and other marine support services to assist the construction of the wind farm.

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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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