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Dredging and construction, Pluto LNG project

. Work took place from late November 2007 through early May 2008 with the removal of 2,100,000 m3. In the second phase, from 1 September, 2009 through

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Refloating, Zhen Hua 10

Refloating, Zhen Hua 10 In the night of Friday to Saturday 2 February 2008, due to heavy wind, heavy cargo vessel Zhen Hua 10, carrying five gantry cranes, grounded alongside the beach, just outside Rotterdam on the Maasvlakte. Saturday early in the morning SMIT Salvage was awarded a LOF contract to refloat the unfortunate vessel. Immediately a Salvage Master was brought on board by helicopter to assist the captain. A salvage crew from

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Coastal protection, Delfland coast

Coastal protection, Delfland coast In August 2008 Van Oord and Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. have been awarded a contract by the Dutch Directorate General for Public Works and Water Management to reinforce a weak link in the Delflandse coast . The contract is worth EUR 120 million of which Van Oord and Boskalis have an equal share. The project entails the engineering and construction of extra dunes and the widening of the beach from

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Port environmental mitigation measures, Hamina

in late 2008. The project started in July 2009. Minimizing the impact of dredging operations on the environment becomes increasingly important

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Full City

such as the ‘Rockness' and most recently in December 2008 the ‘Crete Cement'.MobilisationA salvage team from Rotterdam was immediately mobilised by charter plane

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Harwich Maintenance Dredging

Harwich Maintenance Dredging Boskalis Westminster (previously Westminster Dredging Company) have undertaken the maintenance dredging at Harwich for many decades. After a tender process in 2008, the works were again awarded to a joint venture involving Westminster Dredging. The works are split into two parts with Boskalis Westminster (BWL) as the lead company. Major Works: Maintenance dredging in the approaches and berth pockets

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