boskalis headquarters in papendrecht the netherlands type naamloze vennootschap traded as euronext boka industry construction services founded 1910 headquarters papendrecht netherlands key people peter berdowski ceo herman hazewinkel chairman of the supervisory board products dredging land reclamation maritime infrastructure offshore construction revenue 2.674 billion 2010 1 operating income 401.9 million 2010 1 profit 310.5 million 2010 1 total assets 4.315 billion end 2010 1 total equity 1.599 billion end 2010 1 number of employees 13 830 end 2010 1 website www.boskalis.com royal boskalis westminster n.v. is a netherlands based company that provides services relating to the construction and maintenance of maritime infrastructure on an international basis . 2 the company has one of the world s largest dredging fleets . 3 contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit boskalis bos & kalis was founded as johannes kraaijeveld en van noordenne in 1910 by johannes kraaijeveld and elizabeth van noordenne . in the thirties it was renamed nv baggermaatschappij bos & kalis when gerrit jan bos wilhelm bos egbertus dingeman kalis and kobus kalis took over . in between the two wars boskalis contributed to the zuiderzee project . the company inked a contract in 1931 for the dredging of bromborough dock . in 1933 boskalis partnered with the westminster dredging company based in fareham england which opened business opportunities with west africa . boskalis became a public company in 1970 . 4 boskalis received the designation royal in 1978 . 5 in the 1980s economic and political circumstances forced boskalis to concentrate on its core dredging business . 6 more acquisitions followed in the 1990s . it also acquired a 40 % interest in archirodon group . 7 during this period boskalis was also involved in several major land reclamation projects . in hong kong the company worked on the major land reclamation project for the new chek lap kok airport 6 and in singapore it cooperated on a multi year development program . 8 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 contract to expand the harbour at newcastle . 9 10 the company is also involved in a 1.1 billion contract to develop a new port in abu dhabi . 9 on 15 september 2008 boskalis offered 1.11 billion for fellow dutch maritime company smit international . 11 despite the offer being promptly rejected by smit s board boskalis subsequently built a stake of over 25 % in the firm 12 and expressed a continuing desire to buy a number of its business units . 13 a revised offer of 1.35 billion was accepted by smit in january 2010 with boskalis declaring its offer unconditional that march . 14 in 2011 boskalis acquired mno vervat in the netherlands . 15 boskalis has around 15 600 employees including their share in partner companies . they operate in over 75 countries across six continents with a fleet that consists of over 1 100 vessels and equipment . boskalis is accused of bribing mauritian politicians to obtain the contract to dredge the canal anglais . 16 in november 2012 boskalis made an offer for dockwise a heavy transport shipping company . 17 see also edit queen of the netherlands shoalway dockwise vanguard references edit a b c d e f annual report 2010 pdf . boskalis . retrieved 3 april 2011 . company profile boskalis westmin . nyse euronext . retrieved 2008 02 20 . dredging ciria.com boskalis history boskalis.com bouwens en sluyterman verdiept verleden 2010 p. 243 a b bouwens en sluyterman verdiept verleden 2010 p. 323 bouwens en sluyterman verdiept verleden 2010 p. 397 bouwens en sluyterman verdiept verleden 2010 p. 361 a b lucas clay ; ben schneiders 2008 01 29 . exposed 500m bill for dredging . melbourne the age . retrieved 2008 02 19 . boskalis wins 100 mln eur jv contract to expand coal export harbour in australia . cnnmoney.com . 2008 01 22 . retrieved 2008 02 19 . dead link marine services company boskalis to bid for smit . associated press . cnbc . 15 september 2008 . retrieved 2008 09 15 . dead link gray block aaron 2 february 2009 . boskalis ups stake in smit could buy more shares . reuters . 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 . retrieved 2009 05 30 . dead link roumeliotis greg 27 march 2010 . boskalis clears smit takeover milestone . reuters . retrieved 29 march 2010 . boskalis completes acquisition of mno vervat http www.boskalis.com press news archive news page boskalis completes acquisition of mno vervat.html boskalis a relative of siddick chady accused mopays 23 june 2012 boskalis announces intended offer on dockwise http www.boskalis.com press news archive news page boskalis announces intended offer on dockwise.html external links edit official website v t e aex companies of the netherlands aegon ahold air france klm akzo nobel aperam arcelormittal asml boskalis corio dsm fugro heineken ing kpn philips postnl randstad relx royal dutch shell sbm offshore tnt express unibail rodamco unilever wolters kluwer retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title royal boskalis westminster & oldid 737045615 categories companies of the netherlandsconstruction and civil engineering companies of the netherlandsmultinational companies headquartered in the netherlandsdredging companiesdutch brandspapendrechthidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from august 2010articles with dead external links from october 2010articles with dead external links from september 2010 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutsch fran aisnederlands portugu s edit links this page was last modified on 31 august 2016 at 12 15 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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