Boskalis News


Statoil Reccommends Van der Veer for BoD

Mar 15, 2016

The nomination committee in Statoil (OSE:STL, NYSE:STO) recommends that the company's corporate assembly elects Jeroen van der Veer as a new member of Statoil's board of directors.   Van der Veer was the Chief Executive Officer in the…

Boskalis Wins Abu Dhabi Dredging Contract

Mar 09, 2016

Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has won a contract from the National Petroleum Construction Company of Abu Dhabi, UAE for dredging work related to the installation of an offshore gas pipeline of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company as well as to an existing offshore gas pipeline…

Saam Smit Towage Kissing Around Vancouver Harbour

Feb 03, 2016

Saam Smit Towage Canada will support the Heart and Stroke Foundation during the month of February by donating a portion of its revenue from each vessel it assists in British Columbia. The company also plans to have various internal employee participation fundraising initiatives…

Boskalis, KOTUG Joint Venture Formalized

Dec 23, 2015

KOTUG and Boskalis reach agreement to merge European harbor towage operationsRoyal Boskalis Westminster N.V. and KOTUG International B.V. have reached a formal agreement to merge their European harbor towage operations following on a Memorandum…

Boskalis’ Fleet May Switch to Marine Biofuels

Oct 08, 2015

Boskalis today announced their collaboration with GoodFuels and Wärtsilä in a two-year pilot program to accelerate the development of truly sustainable, scalable and affordable marine bio-fuels. Bio-fuels today are not part of the marine fuel mix that operators and owners can choose from…

Boskalis Posts Highest Profit

Aug 20, 2015

Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) achieved a very busy first half year with historically high profit and realized a net profit of EUR 306.5 million in the first half of 2015, a rise of 21% (H1 2014: EUR 253.0 million).Revenue in the first half of the year rose 1…

NMDC Breaks Several Records on New Suez Canal Project

Aug 03, 2015

UAE dredging and marine construction firm National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC) has announced the completion of the New Suez Canal project. The $8bn (£5bn) project had been projected to take three years but on the orders of the president…

NMDC Completes New Suez Canal

Jul 27, 2015

National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC), the UAE's leading dredging and marine construction company, has announced the completion of the New Suez Canal project following its successful trial run on Saturday (July 25).  A total of six container…

Boskalis Wins Portsmouth Channel Expansion Order

Jun 30, 2015

Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has been awarded a contract from the Defence Infrastructure Organisation of the Ministry of Defence for the capital dredging of the approach channel to the port of Portsmouth in the United Kingdom…

Asian Lift Adds Fifth Sheerlegs

May 16, 2015

Asian Lift, a joint venture between Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) and Smit Singapore, a member of the Boskalis group of companies, celebrates the naming of Asian Hercules III, which is the largest and most versatile heavy-lift sheerlegs of its kind in the world…

Suez Canal Dredging to Complete in July

Apr 13, 2015

Egypt's Suez Canal Authority has confirmed its massive expansion of the Suez Canal is on schedule and that dredging will be completed in July. According to a state government communiqué, Head of the Suez Canal Authority Mohab Mamish said…

Fugro Opposes Boskalis Legal Action

Mar 11, 2015

Fugro received a writ of summons from Boskalis to force a shareholder vote at its annual shareholders meeting scheduled for 30th April 2015 on a recommendation in respect of one of Fugro's three protective measures, i.e. the Foundation Continuity Fugro ('Stichting Continuïteit Fugro')…

Boskalis Sells Dutch Road Maintenance Biz

Feb 12, 2015

Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has sold its road maintenance company Aannemingsbedrijf De Jong en Zoon Beheer B.V. and the associated De Jong subsidiaries (De Jong) to the management and Foreman Capital. The De Jong activities…

Boskalis Raises Stake in Fugro

Jan 09, 2015

Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) announced that it has increased its holding in Fugro N.V. to 20.01%, stressing that the move is not a step towards making an offer. Boskalis said views Fugro as “an interesting company with strong market positions in its core activities…

Boskalis, KOTUG Merge Harbor Towage Operations

Dec 15, 2014

Boskalis, KOTUG agree to merge European harbor towage operations Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. and KOTUG International B.V. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to merge the companies’ European harbor towage operations. The…

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