Royal Boskalis Westminster Information & Royal Boskalis Westminster Links at HealthHaven.com

Royal Boskalis Westminster NV
Type	Public (Euronext: BOKA)
Founded	1910
Headquarters	Papendrecht, the Netherlands
Key people	Peter Berdowski (CEO), Bert Heemskerk (Chairman of the supervisory board)
Industry	Construction, services
Products	Dredging, land reclamation, maritime infrastructure, offshore construction
Revenue	€2.094 billion (2008)
Operating income	▲ €339.1 million (2008)
Profit	▲ €249.1 million (2008)
Employees	10,200 (2008)
Website	www.boskalis.com

Royal Boskalis Westminster NV (Euronext: BOKA) is a Netherlands-based company that provides services relating to the construction and maintenance of maritime infrastructure on an international basis.^[2] The company is claimed to have the world's largest dredging fleet.^[3] In 2007 the company was engaged in two major contracts in Australia - a €300 million contract to deepen the shipping channels of Port Phillip in Melbourne utilising its dredge the Queen of the Netherlands, and a €50 million contact to expand the harbour at Newcastle ^[3]^[4] The company is also involved in a €1.1 billion euro contract to develop a new port in Abu Dhabi.^[3]

On 15 September 2008 Boskalis offered €1.11 billion for fellow Dutch maritime company Smit International.^[5] Despite the offer being promptly rejected by Smit's board, Boskalis has subsequently built a stake of over 25% in the firm^[6] and has expressed a continuing desire to buy a number of its business units.^[7]

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Annual Report 2008". Boskalis. http://www.boskalis.com//media/downloads/en_US/Financial/Recent/eng_jaarverslag_volledig.pdf. Retrieved 2009-05-30.
^ "Company Profile: BOSKALIS WESTMIN". NYSE Euronext. http://www.euronext.com/trader/companyprofile/companyprofilev2-18661-EN-NL0000852580.html?selectedMep=2. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
^ ^a ^b ^c Lucas, Clay; Ben Schneiders (2008-01-29). "Exposed: $500m bill for dredging". The Age. http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/exposed-500m-bill-for-dredging/2008/01/28/1201369037380.html?page=2. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
^ "Boskalis wins 100 mln eur jv contract to expand coal export harbour in Australia". CNNMoney.com. 2008-01-22. http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/newstex/AFX-0013-22417302.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
^ "Marine services company Boskalis to bid for Smit". Associated Press (CNBC). 15 September 2008. http://www.cnbc.com/id/26716978/for/cnbc/. Retrieved 2008-09-15.
^ Gray-Block, Aaron (2 February 2009). "Boskalis ups stake in Smit, could buy more shares". Reuters. http://uk.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idUKL226998020090202?sp=true. Retrieved 2009-05-30.
^ van Tartwijk, Maarten (14 May 2009). "Boskalis CEO: Ambition To Buy Several Smit Units". Dow Jones Newswires (The Wall Street Journal). http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090514-712958.html. Retrieved 2009-05-30.

[edit] External links

Official site

This Dutch corporation or company article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[AR2008-0] "Annual Report 2008". Boskalis. http://www.boskalis.com//media/downloads/en_US/Financial/Recent/eng_jaarverslag_volledig.pdf. Retrieved 2009-05-30.

[1] "Company Profile: BOSKALIS WESTMIN". NYSE Euronext. http://www.euronext.com/trader/companyprofile/companyprofilev2-18661-EN-NL0000852580.html?selectedMep=2. Retrieved 2008-02-20.

[Lucas-2] Lucas, Clay; Ben Schneiders (2008-01-29). "Exposed: $500m bill for dredging". The Age. http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/exposed-500m-bill-for-dredging/2008/01/28/1201369037380.html?page=2. Retrieved 2008-02-19.

[3] "Boskalis wins 100 mln eur jv contract to expand coal export harbour in Australia". CNNMoney.com. 2008-01-22. http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/newstex/AFX-0013-22417302.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-19.

[4] "Marine services company Boskalis to bid for Smit". Associated Press (CNBC). 15 September 2008. http://www.cnbc.com/id/26716978/for/cnbc/. Retrieved 2008-09-15.

[5] Gray-Block, Aaron (2 February 2009). "Boskalis ups stake in Smit, could buy more shares". Reuters. http://uk.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idUKL226998020090202?sp=true. Retrieved 2009-05-30.

[6] van Tartwijk, Maarten (14 May 2009). "Boskalis CEO: Ambition To Buy Several Smit Units". Dow Jones Newswires (The Wall Street Journal). http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090514-712958.html. Retrieved 2009-05-30.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]