Boskalis subsidiary acquires port contract in India


      

Royal Boskalis Westminster nv has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Zinkcon Marine (Singapore) Pte Ltd has been awarded a contract from Gujarat Pipavav Port Ltd for the expansion of Pipavav port in India.
The contract value is € 40 million and the work is scheduled to be completed by mid 2009.

Pipavav Port is an existing container port which is expanding its handling capacity by increasing berth capacity as well as allowing larger vessels to approach.
The assignment includes the dredging of new berth pockets, turning and departure basins and an access channel and will be executed with a jumbo cutter suction dredger.

Source: Royal Boskalis Westminster, 30 October 2008