From then to now.
History has proven it. In just over a century, Boskalis has grown from a local dredger in Sliedrecht into the international market leader. Read the history:
The origins of Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. go back a long way: to the 19th century. The first chapter of the company's history really began in the early 20th century in Sliedrecht, the birthplace of the Dutch dredging industry. It was there that a group of families set up a new dredging business in 1910. The official establishment of Boskalis was a fact. After the First World War came the first significant development for the dredging industry as a whole: the Zuyder Zee project. This was a new step forward in the historical struggle against the sea. Boskalis was among the contractors whose skills, inventiveness and equipment were to be pushed to the utmost.
The once-small dredging company enjoyed steady growth in the 1930s, both in the Netherlands and abroad. The establishment of the Westminster Dredging Company Ltd in the UK was a major factor here. It led to the involvement of Boskalis in major land reclamation projects in West Africa. In the 1950s, both contractors were at work in Australia, Canada, Middle East and elsewhere in the world.
Meanwhile, back in the Netherlands, Boskalis was a player in a major coastal protection scheme designed to protect the low-lying Netherlands from the ravages of the North Sea. These "Delta Works" were initiated following the disastrous floods of 1953. The scale of the works, in particular the giant storm surge barrier in the Eastern Scheldt estuary, was awesome. During the project, Boskalis developed numerous refined, complex techniques. Global demand for them continued to expand.
In the early 1970s, Boskalis became a public company and, in 1978, the achievements of the company were recognized with the addition of the Royal prefix to the Boskalis name.
Economic and political conditions led Boskalis to concentrate on its core activities: dredging and dredging-related work. The company has since developed into a versatile and widely recognized player on the global dredging market. Its strong market position is partly the result of the acquisition of some well-established dredging companies: Breejenbout (in 1985) and Zanen Verstoep (in 1988).
More acquisitions followed in the 1990s: in the Netherlands (Baggermij Holland), Germany (Heinrich Hirdes), Finland (Terramare, Juslenius), Sweden (the Skanska dredging activities) and Portugal (Dragapor). Boskalis also acquired PVW's dredging equipment in the United Kingdom and the Mexican state-owned dredging fleet, as well as a 40% holding in Archirodon Group nv.
At that time, Boskalis expertise was also in much demand in Hong Kong, with the company being active in the major land reclamation project for the new airport of Chek Lap Kok. In Singapore also, Boskalis is engaged in a multi-year development program.
In the new millennium, the global concern remains as dynamic as ever, acting with the decisiveness needed to maintain a leading role in the highly competitive global dredging market.
In late 2003, Boskalis improved its market position in the area of soil improvement activities by collaborating with the Cofra group, the global leader in vertical drainage and foundation engineering. Boskalis is the full owner of the new company. The most recent Boskalis acquisitions were the dredging activities of the Finnish company Wasa and the Dutch company Blankevoort in 2006 and in 2010 Smit Internationale N.V.
Animation of a Trailing Hopper Dredger here
See for a lot of videos's : http://www.isaris.nl/ppm/dredging (via google)
Type | Number | Power | Volume |
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Trailing suction hopper dredgers | 17 | 190065 kW | 224130 m³ |
Cutter suction dredgers | 8 | 101957 kW | |
Backhoe dredges | 15 | 18146 kW | |
Bucket ladder dredgers | 1 | 912 kW | |
Grab dredgers | 7 | 2471 kW | |
Water injection dredgers | 1 | 1185 kW | |
Hopper barges | 39 | 5369 kW | 37594 m³ |
Suction dredges | 4 | 15736 kW | |
Stone dumping and fallpipe vessels | 3 | 31597 kW | 15500 m³ |
Special and other equipment | 13 | 19431 kW |
Name | Type | Built | Power | Volume |
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Adam | HB | 150 m³ | ||
Aquila - handling crane | SP | 1968 | ||
Attila | BH | 2003 | 900 kW | |
Baldur | BH | 2009 | 3161 kW | |
BB 652 | HB | 650 m³ | ||
BD 3 | SP | 1984 | ||
Beachway tshd | THSD | 2010 | 7350 m³ | |
BKA Endeavor | HB | 2000 | 650 m³ | |
BKA Goomai | GD | 1394 kW | ||
BKA Resolution | HB | 2000 | 650 m³ | |
Causeway | TSHD | 2013 | 9472 kW | 4500 m³ |
Coastway | TSHD | 2002 | 6365 kW | 4906 m³ |
Colbart | GD | 1986 | 1312 kW | |
Cork Sand | HB | 1988 | 1000 m³ | |
Cornelius | BD | 1978 | 637 kW | |
Crestway | TSHD | 2008 | 6776 kW | 5600 m³ |
D2 | SP | 1979 | 120 kW | |
David | HB | 150 m³ | ||
Dieze | HB | 604 m³ | ||
Dina M | SP | |||
Dommel | HB | 604 m³ | ||
Dorsch | SP | 1976 | ||
Drechtstad 2 | HB | 754 m³ | ||
Edax | CSD | 1984 | 9262 kW | |
Elisa | CLD | 2001 | 677 kW | |
Erik | HB | 1981 | ||
Fairway | TSHD | 1997 | 27567 kW | 35508 m³ |
Freeway | TSHD | 2014 | 9472 kW | 4500 m³ |
Gateway | TSHD | 2009 | 13870 kW | 12000 m³ |
George | HB | 1977 | 500 m³ | |
Goodwin Sand | BD | 1977 | 349 kW | |
Hans | HB | 1981 | 500 m³ | |
Hansa HKS 9 | BLD | 1974 | 912 kW | |
HEIN | BH | 1996 | ||
Helios | CSD | 2017 | 23684 kW | |
HH 2003 | SPEC | 1961 | ||
HH 2006 | SPEC | 1990 | ||
HH 201 - HH 203 | HB | 1977 | 440 kW | 660 m³ |
HH 2015 | GD | 1979 | 400 kW | |
HH 204 | HB | 1980 | 298 kW | |
HH 205 | HB | 1980 | 660 m³ | |
HH 206 - 207 | HB | 1971 | 660 m³ | |
HH 210 - 211 - 212 | HB | 1974 | 282 kW | 450 m³ |
HH 47 | GD | |||
HH 48 | BD | 1976 | 584 kW | |
HH 52 | HB | 1975 | 570 m³ | |
HH 53 | HB | 1975 | 570 m³ | |
HH 57 | HB | 1964 | 229 kW | 750 m³ |
HH 58 | HB | 1964 | 229 kW | 750 m³ |
HH 59 | HB | 1964 | 229 kW | 750 m³ |
HH 69 | HB | 1974 | 440 kW | 660 m³ |
Hollandsch Diep | SD | 2002 | 2350 kW | |
Jan van Gent | WID | 1984 | 1488 kW | |
Jupiter | HB | 1977 | 660 m³ | |
Kahmari 2 | GD | 1990 | ||
Kreeft | SPEC | 1984 | ||
Krios | CSD | 2020 | 23886 kW | |
Kuokka-Pekka 2 | BD, | 1982 | ||
Long Sand | HB | 1988 | 1000 m³ | |
Magnor | BHD | 2016 | 4100 kW | |
Manifour | HB | 772 m³ | ||
Manithree | HB | 772 m³ | ||
Manu Pekka | BD, | 1982 | 1077 kW | |
Mars | HB | 1977 | 660 m³ | |
Martina | CSD | 1997 | 2285 kW | |
Medway tshd | TSHD | 2012 | 6760 kW | 7350 m³ |
Meri-Pekka | GD | 1962 | ||
Mosa | SD | 1965 | 4079 kW | |
MPP scraderpontoon | SP | |||
NDeavor | SP | 2014 | 7200 kW | |
NDurance | SP | 2014 | 7200 kW | |
New TSHD Boskalis | TSHD | 2026 | 31000 m³ | |
Nordic Giant | BD, | 1999 | 2000 kW | |
Nordland | SD | 1989 | 6454 kW | |
Norma | WID | 1981 | 1185 kW | |
Nosta-Pekka | SP | |||
Oceanus | GD | 1995 | ||
Odin (ex MP 40) | BD | |||
Oranje | TSHD | 2004 | 19500 kW | 22205 m³ |
Phoenix | CSD | 1978 | 15800 kW | |
Prins der Nederlanden lengthened | TSHD | 2004 | 19500 kW | 22205 m³ |
Queen of the Netherlands | TSHD | 1999 | 27634 kW | 35500 m³ |
Rhenus | BUD | 1963 | 2853 kW | |
Rhône | CSD | 2007 | 2889 kW | |
Rockpiper | SDFV | 2011 | 15192 kW | 15500 m³ |
Sandpiper | STFV | 1971 | 16405 kW | |
Seine | CSD | 1977 | 2541 kW | |
Shoalway | tshd | 2010 | 6666 kW | 4500 m³ |
Shoreway | TSHD | 2009 | 6776 kW | 5600 m³ |
Stier | HB | 2336 m³ | ||
Strandway | TSHD | 2014 | 9472 kW | 4500 m³ |
Taurus II | CSD | 1983 | 21610 kW | |
Terra 1 | HB | 1976 | 660 m³ | |
Terra 2 | HB | 1976 | 660 m³ | |
Terra Plana | WID | 2016 | 3423 kW | |
Terraferre 301/302 | HB | 2000 | 2300 m³ | |
Terraferre 501/502 | HB | 1995 | 3822 m³ | |
Terraferre 701/702 | HB | 2009 | 10000 m³ | |
Texel | BH | 1973 | 276 kW | |
Tower Reach | HB | 600 m³ | ||
Uranus | HB | 1977 | 660 m³ | |
WADDEN 1 | HB | 1980 | 1074 kW | |
WADDEN 2 | HB | 1980 | 1074 kW | |
Wadden 3 | HB | 1980 | 1074 kW | |
Waterway | TSHD | 2001 | 6365 kW | 4906 m³ |
Willem van Oranje | TSHD | 2010 | 13870 kW | 12000 m³ |
Wodan | BD, | 2004 | 3750 kW | |
Zinkoon 6 | SDFV | 1999 |