Boskalis order book slips from record highs
Boskalis saw its order book slip slightly from the record levels reported in the previous quarter. The company noted its order book stood at €5.1 billion at the end of September, down from the €5.53...Read more
Boskalis scores cable job for German offshore wind farms
Boskalis has been tagged by Ørsted for an inter-array cable job at the German Borkum Riffgrund 3 and Gode Wind 3 offshore wind farms. The contract includes the transport, installation and burial of a combined...Read more
Greater Changhua 1 & 2a topsides reach Taiwan on Mighty Servant 3
Topsides for Ørsted’s Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore substations have completed their journey to the Taiwan Straits where they will be integrated with the jacket foundations.Read more
Boskalis busy with heavy lift ops in Dardanelles strait
The dredging and heavy lift specialist, Royal Boskalis Westminster, has recently been busy at the construction site of the longest suspension bridge in the world. The company’s floating sheerleg crane, Asian Hercules III has been...Read more
Boskalis order book hits new high
The dredging and heavy-lift specialist, Royal Boskalis Westminster, has seen its order book reach a new high, boosted by the dredging and inland infrastructure business. Read more
Ever Given is free, traffic at Suez Canal to resume
ShippingThe container ship Ever Given, which ran aground in the Suez Canal, has been refloated. After the stern of the ship came loose on Monday, the bow has now also been freed. Eyewitnesses reported to...Read more
Ever Given’s stern is free but bow remains firmly stuck
ShippingThe container vessel Ever Given, which has been blocking the Suez Canal, has been refloated again. The vessel is not completely free yet but according to the Suez Canal Authority, the stern of the ship...Read more
Two dredgers are trying to free container ship Ever Given
ShippingThe Suez Canal Authority has deployed two dredgers to help free the container ship Ever Given, which grounded in the Suez Canal on Tuesday 23 March. It concerns the cutter suction dredgers Tenth of Ramadan...Read more
Boskalis CEO: “Refloating of Ever Given can take days to weeks”
ShippingWhile ten tugboats are still trying to free the container ship Ever Given, which grounded in the Suez Canal on Tuesday morning, Boskalis has sent a team to assist in the operation. The operation could...Read more
Boskalis’ order book reaches record high
OffshoreBoskalis has a record amount of work in the pipeline despite the impact of Covid-19. The value of the company’s order book stands at EUR 5.3 billion euros at the end of last year, reflecting...Read more
Boskalis: Kincardine is a prelude to more floating wind projects
Offshore windApproximately 15 kilometres off the coast of Aberdeen in Scotland, Grupo Cobra is working on the Kincardine project, one of the first commercial floating wind farms in the world. Being involved as the transport and...Read more
Boskalis acquires Rever offshore’s subsea services business
offshorePRESS RELEASE – Boskalis has acquired Rever Offshore’s subsea services business. Rever, formally known as Bibby Offshore, offers a broad range of solutions in the area of subsea construction, inspection, repair and maintenance.Read more
Boskalis performs float-over of 11,500-tonne topsides
Oil & GasSurgical precision, that’s how the float-over installation of the 11,500-tonne Bokor CPP-A platform topsides offshore Sarawak, Malaysia, can be characterised. For this incredibly precise operation, Boskalis’ semi-submersible heavy transport vessel Forte was fitted out with...Read more
Boskalis scores its largest construction project to date
ConstructionBoskalis has been awarded a contract worth an estimated EUR 1.5 billion for the design and construction of Manila International Airport in the Philippines, marking its largest project to date.Read more
Boskalis tows out first floating turbine for Kincardine
Boskalis’ anchor handler Manta is currently towing the first of five 9.6 MW floating wind turbines to the Kincardine floating wind farm off the coast of Aberdeen. It will be the largest floating wind farm...Read more
Floating wind and bridge sections contracts for Boskalis
PRESS RELEASE – Boskalis has been hired for the transport and installation of five floating wind turbines for a Scottish offshore wind farm, a first for the company. The second contract it won involves the...Read more
Boskalis in red due to write-offs on ships and goodwill
OffshoreOffshore contractor Boskalis has recorded a net loss of more than EUR 96 million in the first half of the year as a result of a substantial write-off on ships and goodwill of almost EUR...Read more
Saipem, Boskalis and Bouygues win EUR 552 million OWF contract
Offshore windSaipem, Bouygues Travaux Publics and Boskalis together have won a contract to design, build and install 71 concrete Gravity-Based Structures (GBS) as foundation for the Fécamp offshore wind farm in Normandy, France.Read more