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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 towage services, emergency response and salvage through SMIT and our strategic joint venture 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.

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Installation gas pipeline, Gelugor Mainline

The Gelugor transportation system is a 24'' gas pipeline from the Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) Prai Power Station, Mainland Peninsular Malaysia across the Strait of Pinang to the TNB Gelugor Meter Station on Pinang island. The pipeline has a length of 6.4 km and was put into use in the beginning of 2000. Boskalis Offshore has constructed the protection of the pipeline with rock material. The function of the protection differs along the chainage of the pipeline. A shipping channel is situated between the island and the peninsular. The pipeline in the shipping channel has been covered for to protect against ship anchors (drop and drag).

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Fixed Link between Rosario and Victoria

The Joint Venture Boskalis International - Ballast Nedam JV was a subcontractor to the Consorcio Impregilo, Hochtief, Roggio and Techint which was awarded the construction of the fixed link between Rosario, in the province of Santa Fe and Victoria, in the province of Entre Rios. The Client in this project was the Argentine Government, and the leader of the Consorcio was Impregilo. The Consorciol executed all the civil constructions such as bridges while the JV Boskalis International – Ballast Nedam (BKI/BND) constructed, using sand only, the road embankments, connecting the several bridges.

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Cleanup, Westergasfabriek

The Westergasfabriek was built by the British firm Imperial Continental Gas Association (ICGA) in 1883, and was at the time the biggest coal-fired gas factory in Amsterdam. The project site, covering four hectares, housed coal storage yards, gasometers, purification plants, a water tower and office buildings, all designed by the famous Dutch architect Isaac Gosschalk. The municipal energy company used the site for storage into the early 1990s.

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Land reclamation, Shaikh Khalifa Bin Salman Causeway

The Shaikh Khalifa Bin Salman Causeway is located in the State of Bahrain in an expanse of water called the Khawr Al Qulayah. It connects the Hidd Drydock Highway to the Mina Sulman Port. This major infrastructure project is carried out in advance of the planned expansion of the Bahrain port activities. This New Port project is planned at the Hidd side and via the Shaikh Khalifa Bin Salman Causeway direct connected with the existing Mina Sulman port and Saudi Arabia. The total length of the Shaikh Khalifa Bin Salman Causeway is approximately 6,500 m, including a bridge of 400 m, which was constructed in 2000.

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Tunnel construction Øresund, Denmark - Sweden

The Øresund Tunnel forms part of the Øresund Link that connects the cities of Copenhagen in Denmark and Malmö in Sweden across the Øresund.

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Land reclamation Check Lap Kok airport Hong Kong

In 1996 Hong Kong was a modern city-state with almost 6 million inhabitants where air traffic was a very important component for economic activity. The old airport Kai Tak, with a single runway, was no longer able to cope with the growing number of passengers and amount of freight.  The authorities decided to build a new, bigger airport at a new location in Hong Kong, a 350 hectares hilly island off the coast about 28 km west of the city center.

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Fleet and equipment

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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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