All Boskalis articles – Page 7

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    Boskalis to report impairment charge

    2017-02-17T00:00:00Z

    February 17 - Citing the strongly deteriorated market conditions in the offshore energy sector and the resulting outlook, Royal Boskalis Westminster (Boskalis) will report a non-cash impairment charge of EUR840 million (USD891.6 million) in its annual res

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    Boskalis converts heavy lift vessel

    2017-02-06T00:00:00Z

    February 6 - Royal Boskalis Westminster (Boskalis) is converting one of its semi-submersible heavy lift vessels into a self-propelled crane vessel.

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    Bolloré on the double in Africa

    2017-01-31T00:00:00Z

    January 31 - Bolloré Logistics has completed the transport of a floating production unit (FPU) for Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) in the Republic of Congo and has been contracted by Siemens to coordinate transport and logistics operations for the Azura Ed

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    Industry prepares for widespread consolidation

    2017-01-17T00:00:00Z

    Consolidation was the word on everybody's lips at the Breakbulk Americas 2016 exhibition held from September 26-29 in Houston, USA. Annie Roberts reports from the show.

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    Cranes sail into Savannah

    2016-12-14T00:00:00Z

    December 14 - Dockwise's semi-submersible heavy lift vessel Teal has transported four new ship-to-shore cranes from Finland to the Port of Savannah in Georgia, USA.

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    No change for Boskalis outlook

    2016-11-11T00:00:00Z

    November 11 - Royal Boskalis Westminster (Boskalis) closed its third quarter of 2016 in line with expectations.

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    Boskalis wins Hornsea contract

    2016-10-26T00:00:00Z

    October 26 - Royal Boskalis Westminster (Boskalis) has been awarded a contract by Dong Energy for the transport and installation of the foundations for part of the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm in the North Sea.

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    Boskalis gets Works Council approval

    2016-09-20T00:00:00Z

    September 20 - Royal Boskalis Westminster (Boskalis) has confirmed that its Works Council has unanimously rendered a positive advice on its fleet rationalisation plan.

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    Huisman wins heavy lift orders

    2016-08-24T00:00:00Z

    August 24 - Huisman has secured new crane contracts with a total value of around EUR300 million (USD338 million) from various contractors, including two 900-tonne capacity heavy lift ship cranes for BigLift Shipping.

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    Profits tumble at Boskalis

    2016-08-19T00:00:00Z

    August 19 - Royal Boskalis Westminster (Boskalis) realised a net profit of EUR147.5 million in the first half of 2016, less than half of the EUR 306.5 million it achieved in the corresponding period of 2015, with the spot market in its Offshore Energy dep

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    Boskalis wins Aberdeen contract

    2016-07-22T00:00:00Z

    July 22 - Royal Boskalis Westminster (Boskalis) has been awarded the offshore balance of plant contract by Vattenfall for the construction of an offshore wind farm in Aberdeen, dubbed European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC).

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    Boskalis to axe ships and staff

    2016-07-08T00:00:00Z

    July 8 - Royal Boskalis Westminster (Boskalis) is making good on its prediction in March and has announced that it will go ahead with plans to retire ships and make wholesale redundancies across the company.

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    Boskalis ship attacked in Guinea

    2016-07-08T00:00:00Z

    July 8 - Earlier this week, according to the International Maritime Bureau's Piracy Reporting Centre, six robbers in a boat armed with machine guns and knives boarded an anchored heavy lift vessel - believed to be the Boskalis ship Teal - at Conakry Ancho

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    Heavy load fleet set to contract, says Dynamar

    2016-05-26T00:00:00Z

    May 26 - According to shipping consultancy provider, Dynamar, the top 15 heavy load shipping lines operate just over 80 percent of the worldwide fleet of such vessels.

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    ALE loads out TLP

    2016-05-16T00:00:00Z

    May 16 - ALE has completed the load out of the Malikai tension leg platform (TLP), which weighed 27,500 tonnes, at Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering in Johor Darul Takzim.

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    Boskalis results 'as expected'

    2016-05-10T00:00:00Z

    May 10 - Royal Boskalis Westminster (Boskalis) closed the first quarter of 2016 in line with expectations, with EBITDA margins down compared with the same period of 2015 and the order book showing slight year-on-year increases.

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    Griebel & Mahncke invests in crane

    2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

    May 3 - Hamburg-based Griebel & Mahncke Schwertransporte has replaced an existing crane with a Liebherr LTM 1095-5.1 model, which has a lift capacity of 95 tonnes and is now the company's largest mobile crane.

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    Blue Water plays Wikinger role

    2016-04-19T00:00:00Z

    April 19 - Blue Water Shipping is providing port handling, stevedoring and agency services in Lindo and Aalborg for 41 jackets and a number of piles destined for the 350 MW Wikinger offshore wind farm in the German sector of the Baltic Sea.

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    Boskalis inks Johan Sverdrup deal

    2016-04-01T00:00:00Z

    April 1 - Royal Boskalis Westminster has secured a USD40 million contract to transport topside modules for the Johan Sverdrup project from South Korea to Norway.

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    Boskalis weathers the storm

    2016-03-09T00:00:00Z

    March 9 - While the company's revenue rose 2.3 percent year-on-year in 2015, Royal Boskalis Westminster achieved a net profit of EUR440 million (USD482 million), compared with EUR490 million (USD537 million) in 2014.