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Creating Long-term Value
CSR 2016 – Boskalis
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PROFILE
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) is a leading dredging and marine expert
creating new horizons for all its stakeholders.
In addition to our traditional dredging activities we offer a broad range of maritime
services for the offshore energy sector. Furthermore, we provide towage services as
well as emergency response and salvage-related services.
As a partner we are able to realize complex infrastructural works for our clients within
the chain of design, project management and execution, on time, safely and within
budget, even at vulnerable or remote locations around the world. We strive for a
sustainable design and realization of our solutions.
Demand for our services is driven by growth in global trade, growing energy consumption,
growth in world population and climate change. Boskalis operates worldwide but
concentrates on those regions that have the highest growth prospects. This spread gives
us both a solid foundation and the flexibility to be able to secure a wide range of projects,
as well as providing good prospects for balanced and sustained growth. Our main clients
are oil, gas and wind energy companies, mining companies and related EPC contractors
and subcontractors, governments, port and terminal operators, shipping companies,
insurance companies and international project developers.
Boskalis has 11,700 employees including associated companies. The safety of our
own employees and those of our subcontractors is paramount. Boskalis operates its
progressive global safety program No Injuries No Accidents (NINA), which is held
in high regard in the industry and by our clients. We operate on behalf of our
clients in over 90 countries across six continents. Our versatile fleet consists of
more than 900 vessels and floating equipment. Our head office is based in the
Dutch city of Papendrecht. Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. shares have been listed
on Euronext Amsterdam since 1971 and are included in the AEX-Index.
ACTIVITIES
Boskalis is renowned for its innovative approach and specialist knowledge of
environmentally-friendly techniques. With our great expertise, multidisciplinary
approach, versatile state-of-the-art fleet and extensive experience in engineering
and project management we have proven time and again that we are able to
realize complex projects on time, safely and within budget, anywhere in the world.
DREDGING & INLAND INFRA
Traditionally, the core activity of Boskalis is dredging. This involves all activities required
to remove silt, sand, clay and other layers from the sea- or riverbed and reusing it
elsewhere where possible, for example for coastal protection or land reclamation.
The services we provide also include the construction and maintenance of ports and
waterways, and coastal defense and riverbank protection. In addition, Boskalis is active
in the extraction of raw materials using dredging techniques and dry earthmoving.
In the Netherlands, Boskalis also operates as a contractor of dry infrastructure
value chain