Boskalis Annual Report 2018

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BOSKALIS BREAKS RECORDS ON DUQM PROJECT

In 2018 Boskalis was still at work in the south of Oman. The challenge there can compare in terms of size and complexity with major projects such as Maasvlakte 2 and Gorgon. This Duqm Liquid Bulk Berth Project is breaking records in terms of both productivity and safety.

The project involves the creation of an enormous port area that will house, among other things, a bulk terminal and a refnery. Boskalis is executing this engineering, procurement & construct contract for the Special Economic Zone Authority Duqm. “What makes this project unique is that we frst drained a large part of the future port by constructing a temporary ring dike, pump and keep out all water and then building all the structures in this so-called polder,” project director Bart Pröpper said. Operations began in 2017 with an intensive design and preparation phase, and extensive soil surveys. The work included the construction of a large port basin and an entrance channel with a depth of 18 meters, and the construction of a kilometer-long quay wall and two 400-meter-long jetties. Boskalis will start the second phase of the major land reclamation for the port area in the frst half of 2019. The perimeter of the area will be protected with geotextile and a total of 1 million tons of rock.