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Port development
and maintenance

Boskalis provides integrated solutions for a fully operational port - from the development of new ports to the improvement or expansion, maintenance and protection of existing ports. We cover all project phases from (pre-) feasibility and design through to construction, including dredging access channels, environmental monitoring, soil remediation and financing. We offer comprehensive infrastructure solutions (quay walls, roads, railways, tunnels and bridges) and have over a century experience in land reclamation to accommodate it. We also deliver cost-effective sea defense.

Port development – expertise managing complexity

Boskalis has a proven track record delivering complex port development projects. We use our vast experience and expertise to assess the economic and environmental impacts of your project, and manage the numerous disciplines and contractors involved in the design, planning and time-critical construction phase. We specialise in developing greenfield facilities in remote locations with limited access and infrastructure, and a heightened environmental focus.

Port protection – cost-effective, sustainable solutions

Boskalis designs, constructs and maintains breakwaters and revetments to protect your port. This may involve seabed preparation and rock installation. Our expertise in quarry management, logistics and in-situ production of concrete elements, enables us to optimize the construction process to deliver an integrated, cost-effective sea defense. Through our subsidiary Boskalis Hirdes, we can also remove unexploded ordnance.

Port infrastructure – streamlining execution

Ensuring excellent connections with the hinterland requires a wide variety of port infrastructure solutions. We streamline execution by managing subcontractors, communicating with stakeholders, eliminating interfaces and/or acting as a specialist subcontractor. We have the expertise to create new land required for development and new infrastructure.

Involve Boskalis early on and we can improve your processes, mitigate risks, minimize uncertainties and deliver the solutions you seek.

Our port development solutions

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Land reclamation through rainbowing

We use various techniques to reclaim land and protect shorelines.

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Environmental monitoring

Environmental opportunities and concerns are incorporated early on.

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Land reclamation through pump ashore

We use our state-of-the-art fleet of dredging vessels and specialized equipment.

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Dredging access channel through shore

This technique was put into practice at Açu Port, Brazil.

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Soil improvement by compacting and vertical/horizontal drainage

Cofra is our ground improvement specialist.

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Soil remediation by separation and dewatering plant

Boskalis Environmental processes contaminated dredged material.

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Land reclamation through bottom doors discharging

One of the techniques we use to reclaim land and protect shorelines.

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Dredging access channel/turning circles/berth pockets

With our fleet of trailing suction hopper dredgers, cutter suction dredgers, backhoes.

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Drilling, blasting and dredging of hard rock

Boskalis Rock Fall is our specialist in marine drilling and blasting.

Our port protection solutions

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Quarry management

We can provide a complete mining package.

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Concrete blocks fabrication

For the Cotonou project Xbloc elements were produced under our own management

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Revetment design, construction and maintenance

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Transportation of rock to site

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Breakwater design, construction and maintenance

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Detached breakwater design, construction and maintenance

Seabed preparation and rock installation can be essential activities.

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Clearance of unexploded ordnance

Boskalis Hirdes EOD Services has in-depth knowledge and extensive experience.

Our port infrastructure solutions

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Combi-wall design, construction and maintenance

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Retaining wall design, construction and maintenance

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Land reclamation

We use various techniques to reclaim land and protect shorelines with our versatile fleet.

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Blockwall design, construction and maintenance

Foundation preparation and installation of scour protection and blocks.

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Construction of rail(roads), tunnels and bridges

Our projects

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Dredging and construction, Pluto LNG project

The Pluto LNG project is located about 190 km northwest of the coastal town Karratha, in the Northern Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. The project is a joint venture between Woodside Burrup Pty. Ltd., the operator, with a 90% interest, and Tokyo Gas (5%) and Kansai Electric (5%). The A$12 bn project will process gas from the Pluto and neighboring Xena gasfields.

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Creating two berths pockets, NCIG terminal

For 200 years the Port of Newcastle has been Australia’s premier coal export harbor. Of the 95 Mtpa of various commodities such as steel, aluminum, minerals and so forth exported from Newcastle in 2008-2009, 90.5 Mtpa were attributable to coal. Average annual growth rate of coal exports from 1990 to 2006 was 6.1%. This constant increase has caused a spike in ships queuing to enter the harbour to be loaded. To increase capacity and avoid these traffic jams, a decision was made to develop a new coal stockpile area and construct a third coal terminal.

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Port expansion, Balboa

The plans to expand the Panama Canal represent one of the most important infrastructure improvements of the 21st century. Since its opening in 1913 the Canal has provided the shortest and most economically viable shipping route from Pacific to Atlantic seaports. With the ever-increasing size of modern-day vessels, it was inevitable that the Canal would need to be widened and deepened. The expansion of the Canal has made the extension of the Port of Balboa at the mouth of the canal on the Pacific Ocean a necessity. The Phase 4 projects included Marine Works and Civil Works to improve two existing berths and to build a completely new berth capable of handling not only Post Panamax but also Super Post Panamax ships.

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Port environmental mitigation measures, Hamina

Hamina, which is close to the Russian border in south-east Finland, is a home port for the oil industry and a transit harbor for timber, cars and other goods on their way to Russia. To provide access for larger vessels it had to deepen the existing channel by two meters to 12 meters and create a new channel section. Terramare Oy, a subsidiary of Royal Boskalis Westminster, won this assignment in late 2008. The project started in July 2009.

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Port development, Raahe

The Raahe project is the largest dredging contract in Finnish history. Access for larger ships is economically important for the clients using the port of Raahe, such as the steel company Ruukki.

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Salvage operation, Full City

On July 30, 2009 bulk carrier Full City, (in ballast and at anchor off the port of Langesund, Norway, awaiting her berth) was trapped in a sudden storm, causing her anchor to drag. She went aground off the port of Langesund. This vessel was refloated by a SMIT Salvage team in mid-August, following the successful completion of a challenging operation.