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Creating Long-term Value CSR 2016 – Boskalis 8

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PROFILE

Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) is a leading dredging and marine expert creating new horizons for all its stakeholders. In addition to our traditional dredging activities we offer a broad range of maritime services for the offshore energy sector. 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 a sustainable design and realization of our solutions. Demand for our services is driven by growth in global trade, growing energy consumption, growth in world population and climate change. Boskalis operates worldwide but concentrates on those regions that have the highest growth prospects. 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 sustained growth. Our main clients are oil, gas and wind energy companies, mining companies and related EPC contractors and subcontractors, governments, port and terminal operators, shipping companies, insurance companies and international project developers. Boskalis has 11,700 employees including associated companies. The safety of our own 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. We operate on behalf of our clients in over 90 countries across six continents. Our versatile fleet consists of more than 900 vessels and floating equipment. Our head office is based in the Dutch city of Papendrecht. Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. shares have been listed on Euronext Amsterdam since 1971 and are included in the AEX-Index.

ACTIVITIES

Boskalis is renowned for its innovative approach and specialist knowledge of environmentally-friendly techniques. With our great expertise, multidisciplinary approach, versatile state-of-the-art fleet and extensive experience in engineering and project management we have proven time and again that we are able to realize complex projects on time, safely and within budget, anywhere in the world.

DREDGING & INLAND INFRA

Traditionally, the core activity of Boskalis is dredging. This involves all activities required to remove silt, sand, clay and other layers from the sea- or riverbed and reusing it elsewhere where possible, for example for coastal protection or land reclamation. The services we provide also include the construction and maintenance of ports and waterways, and coastal defense and riverbank protection. In addition, Boskalis is active in the extraction of raw materials using dredging techniques and dry earthmoving. In the Netherlands, Boskalis also operates as a contractor of dry infrastructure