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Ports

Around 80% of world trade is carried by the international shipping industry. Seaborne trade is expected to continue to grow. At the same time container ships, bulk carriers, tankers and cruise vessels get larger. For these reasons ports have to increase their draft and handling capacity and improve efficiency.

Boskalis designs and develops new ports, or deepens, expands and maintains existing ports for governments and port operators around the world. We utilize our wealth of experience applying dredging and earthmoving expertise, at times combined with civil engineering. In addition, Boskalis also transports port-related equipment such as container cranes. Through SMIT and its joint ventures, we are a global leader in providing day-to-day in-port services such as harbor towage and salvage.

What sets us apart

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Our ability to manage complexity

We have a proven track record delivering a wide variety of demanding projects from (pre-)feasibility and design through to construction.

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Unique range of integrated maritime services

Through optimal deployment of our unique range of expertise, vessels and activities, we realize complex infrastructure projects and provide in-port services around the world.

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Our commitment to safety and sustainability

Both our progressive safety program and our environmental expertise are held in high regard.

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A team built around your needs

With 10,700 experts, Boskalis has the resources to build a global team to meet the challenges you face.

Our projects

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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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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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Port development, Sevilla

Seville is located 80 km land inwards and it is Spain’s only commercial river port. Access is along the Rio Guadalquivir. The current dimensions and depth of the port impose limitations on the breadth and draughts of the vessels that use it, putting the future of the port at risk. So the Port Authority developed a New Maritime Approach that provides for the deepening and widening of the approaches to the port.

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Port expansion, Fremantle

Fremantle Ports is the Western Australian Government trading enterprise responsible for strategic management of the Port of Fremantle. The Port of Fremantle provides modern deep-water facilities for handling container trade, break-bulk vessels, livestock exports and motor vehicle imports as well as accommodating cruise ships.

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Extension cruise
terminal, the Bahamas

In April 2009 Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. was awarded the contract for the extension of the cruise terminal in Nassau from the Ministry of Works and Transport of the Government of the Bahamas. The contract was worth approximately USD 44 million and the project was completed in the first six months of 2010.

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Dredging and reclamation, Port of Peterhead

The project consisted of capital dredging, reclamation, quay construction and breakwater extension works for Peterhead Smith Embankment Development, in order to develop the area in the north of the harbour at Smith Embankment to provide sheltered berths for vessels ranging from 20 to 160 m in length.

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