Peter Berdowski, CEO Boskalis:
“Financially, the past six months have been the most successful we have achieved in Boskalis’ long history. There was an exceptionally good performance across the board. EBITDA increased by nearly 50% to more than half a billion euros and net income by 65% to almost 300 million euros.

In the Dredging & Inland Infra division, our large vessels were well utilized, particularly on projects in the Middle and Far East. We are in the completion phase of the extensive Manila International Airport project and are gradually shifting to new projects in Southeast Asia and the Middle East. Closer to home, we did a lot of work in the Netherlands on the reinforcement of the Markermeer dikes north of Amsterdam and on the Zuidas public transport hub in Amsterdam.

At Offshore Energy, we have invested heavily in recent years in equipment that can be deployed in both the offshore wind market and the traditional fossil energy market. This has given us a strong position in the lifecycle chain from development, installation and maintenance to decommissioning of offshore structures. Thanks in particular to this strategy, we again achieved excellent results in the past six months.

The ALP Maritime vessels acquired at the beginning of this year have been fully integrated into our fleet and have, among other projects, contributed to the transport of a 50-year-old FPSO from an oil field in Brazil to a recycling yard in Europe.

Salvage once again carried out several special assignments. For example, a very complex wreck removal operation off the coast of Malaysia was successfully completed. This involved a sunken jack-up platform that was completely removed from the seabed.

The volume of work in the order book is still at a healthy level. With 5.3 billion euros of work in the portfolio and a strong financial position, we look to the future with confidence.”