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Channel expansion, Suez

Boskalis, Van Oord, NMDC (Abu Dhabi) and Jan de Nul (Belgium) had the task of dredging the 35 km long New Suez Canal parallel to the existing canal. This involved dredging a record breaking 200 million m3 of sand, clay and rock in less than 9 months. In addition, two Service Channels (80 m wide... Canal. Enormous scale Dredging 200 million m3 of material in a period of 9 months required the deployment of the world’s largest dredging fleet

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Land reclamation

and protect shorelines using our state-of-the-art fleet of dredging vessels and specialized equipment. Soil can be improved through drainage and compacting... to project completion. Our state-of-the-art dredging vessels and specialized equipment ensure performance and cost efficiency. Their large capacity means... that trail over the bed as the ship sails. Cutter section dredger Dredging with a cutter suction dredger takes place while the vessel is moored with spuds

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Hydrogen-powered dredging in Rotterdam

Hydrogen-powered dredging in Rotterdam During 2023, Boskalis carried out a successful pilot project that demonstrated the ability of one of its vessels to run on hydrogen and conduct dredging activities completely emission-free. The Medusa 2 – a converted excavator pontoon. To progress towards its... that demonstrated the ability of one of its vessels to run on hydrogen and conduct dredging activities completely emission-free. The Medusa 2 – a converted

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Boskalis joint venture awarded dredging contract for Santos port, Brazil

Boskalis joint venture awarded dredging contract for Santos port, Brazil Papendrecht, 8 February 2017 Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis... and maintenance dredging of the port of Santos, the largest port of South America. The contract carries a total value for the joint venture of approximately.... Subsequent dredging operations are expected to commence later this year with the deployment of various trailing suction hopper dredgers and a backhoe

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Port expansion LNG terminal, Cuyutlán

for dredging an access channel and turning basin at the Cuyutlán liquefied natural gas import terminal on the west coast of Mexico. Scope of work... to two existing bridges it was required that the dredging equipment was mobilized to Cuyutlan on top of pontoons so it could be offloaded onto the shore and  transported over land for several hundreds of meters and launched into the lagoon before the dredging operations could commence. This port

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Port access channel dredging, Walvis Bay

Port access channel dredging, Walvis Bay The port of Walvis Bay is a naturally sheltered deepwater harbor on the west coast of Africa. The port... for the dredging works was awarded to Boskalis International in mid-2010. The works included capital dredging in the entrance channel, allowing larger vessels.... A total of 1.8 million m3 of material was dredged during the four-month execution period. All the dredging works were executed with a Trailing Suction

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