Annual report 2019

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COMPANY PROFILE

Boskalis is a leading dredging and marine expert creating new horizons for all its stakeholders.

Boskalis in vogelvlucht ANNUAL REPORT 2019 – BOSKALIS In addition to our traditional dredging activities we offer a broad range of maritime services for the offshore energy and renewables sectors. Furthermore, we provide towage services as well as emergency response and salvage-related services. As a partner we are able to realize complex infrastructural works for our clients within the chain of design, project management and execution on time, safely and within budget, even at vulnerable or remote locations around the world. We strive for sustainable design and realization of our solutions. Demand for our services is driven by structural growth and rising prosperity of the global population, which in turn drives growth in global trade and demand for raw materials and energy. Furthermore, the required energy transition and climate change adaptive measures increasingly create business opportunities for Boskalis. Collectively these macro trends drive demand for maritime infrastructure and as such constitute key drivers of sustainable growth for our activities. Boskalis operates worldwide

but concentrates on those regions that have the highest growth expectations. This spread gives us both a solid foundation and the flexibility to be able to secure a wide range of projects, as well as providing good prospects for balanced and sustainable growth. Our main clients are governments, port and terminal operators, oil, gas and wind energy companies, mining companies and related EPC contractors and subcontractors, shipping companies, insurance companies and international project developers. Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has 9,604 employees, including associated companies. The safety of our employees and those of our subcontractors is paramount. Boskalis operates its progressive global safety program No Injuries No Accidents (NINA), which is held in high regard in the industry and by our clients. Our versatile fleet consists of more than 700 vessels and floating equipment, including associated companies. Our head offce is based in the Dutch city of Papendrecht. Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. shares have been listed on Euronext Amsterdam since 1971.