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Inland ports
and waterways

Boskalis designs, builds and maintains inland ports and waterways. We construct channels and canals, quay walls, locks and sluices. We also offer solutions to combat high river water levels and the effects of severe rainfall. Options include widening rivers, creating secondary channels, upgrading dikes, constructing overflow areas and creating new areas for nature.

Creating cost-effective opportunities

Boskalis specializes in creating opportunities for inland ports and waterways. Costs are always crucial in any large infrastructure project. Our team of specialists not only carefully assesses your project’s economic feasibility and potential risks. We also identify the opportunities – such as re-using dredged material for building material, or to create new recreation and nature areas.

Our inland ports and waterway solutions

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Channels and canals

Design, construction and maintenance.

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Acqueducts, bridges and sluices

Design, construction and maintenance.

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Inland ports

Design, construction and maintenance.

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Quay walls

Design, construction and maintenance.

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Channel

Construction of a channel.

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Shore protection

Design, construction and maintenance.

Our projects

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Road enlargement motorway A1-A6, Diemen-Almere

The A1/A6 project is one of the five sub-projects for Rijkswaterstaat that are included in the upgrading of the road network linking Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, and Almere (SAA). The total length of the SAA link is 40 kilometers. Boskalis, together with partners, is responsible for the section from the Diemen intersection to Almere, a distance of approximately 23 kilometers.

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Coastal development, Hondsbossche and
Pettemer Sea Defense

A joint venture of Boskalis Nederland and Van Oord has been commissioned by the Hollands Noorderkwartier water control board to reinforce the Hondsbossche and Pettemer Sea Defense between the villages of Petten and Camperduin on the coast of the Dutch province of Noord-Holland.

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Cleanup sediment treatment, Fox river

As a result of industrialization the riverbed of the Fox River (Wisconsin, USA) had become contaminated with PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls). Joining together a number of large paper mills based on the banks of the river have established the Fox River Cleanup Group to handle the remediation project. The site is on the federal Superfund program’s National Priorities List.

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Construction motorway, A4 Delft-Schiedam

Boskalis Nederland was involved in the construction of the A4 motorway from Delft to Schiedam. The client is Rijkswaterstaat. After 40 years, the construction of this final section will bring to an end the public debate about whether this new road was needed.

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Channel expansion, Suez

The Suez Canal is one of the world’s main shipping links and thus of major importance to world trade. The canal extends from Suez on the Red Sea to Port Said on the Mediterranean. Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority awarded the contract to double the canal’s capacity to a consortium, which was aptly named the Challenge Consortium by the Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority, Admiral Mohab Mamish.

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Onshore co-mining project, Lelydorp

Suralco L.L.C., an indirect joint subsidiary of Alcoa Inc. and Alumina Ltd., has awarded Boskalis a contract for the mining of bauxite in Lelydorp, Suriname. Boskalis is responsible for the entire mining process, from engineering and overburden removal to bauxite mining and ore delivery.

More infra solutions

Land reclamation

Boskalis reclaimes land, improves soil, protects shorelines and realizes coastal contruction projects.

Coastal protection

Boskalis constructs traditional hard sea defenses and innovative soft sea defenses.

Environmental services

Boskalis provides a broad range of environmental services including remediation of contaminated land and dredged sediment.

Roads and railways

Boskalis develops, supervises and realizes multidisciplinary road and railway projects.

Tunnels and bridges

Boskalis designs, develops and constructs bridges and tunnels, providing solutions covering the entire process.