Boskalis CSR report 2017

CSR 2017 – BOSKALIS 35

EQUIPMENT PORTAL – EFFICIENT AND SUSTAINABLE USE OF EQUIPMENT In recent years, in part as a result of the acquisition of SMIT, Dockwise, Stemat, VBMS and STRABAG Wasserbau, much equipment has been added to our organization. Worldwide, we now have several storage locations, each with its own registration systems. In 2017, an initiative of Boskalis employees led to the creation and launch of the Boskalis Equipment Portal. This portal enables all Boskalis colleagues to check whether we have a particular item of equipment. The value of the portal has already been proven with projects such as Makassar and Duqm where smaller equipment and consumables – which otherwise would have been procured externally – were sourced through the portal. It not only represents considerable cost savings, but is a significant contribution to a more sustainable way of working. The portal has been linked to the Boskalis Way of Working.

We support the development and facilitate the testing of new treatment systems. This year, pilots were conducted with an in-tank treatment system for our heavy transport fleet and an in-tank / in-line combined system on our trailer suction hopper dredger Medway. For the latter, the goal is US Coastguard type approval, as well as the IMO Ballast Water Management Convention D-2 Standard. For the first, we are awaiting final Class approval. Within Boskalis, there is a Ballast Water Work Group that aims to develop and share knowledge on this subject. This work group also collaborates with the European Dredging Association (EuDA) and the Dutch Vereniging van Waterbouwers branch organization.

Heavy transport vessel converted to heavy lift vessel: Bokalift 1.