Boskalis singapore

COMPANY PROFILE

2014

Boskalis Singapore

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Boskalis Singapore has seen the benefits of ongoing investment in infrastructure and offshore projects on the island state. In recent times, the company has invested heavily in new equipment and also completed major projects in and around the region. Regional Business Manager, Pranab Choudhury explains more…

Singapore is at the forefront of the global offshore industry; whether it’s with jack-up rigs, Floating Production Storage Offloading units (FPSOs), marine services or deepwater technology, Singapore has well and truly cemented its position as one of the world’s leading offshore geographies.

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world market for jack-up rigs and 70 per cent of the global market for the conversion of FPSOs. In 2011, Singapore’s marine and offshore industry’s total output grew to S$12.9 billion and its value-added was some S$4.5 billion. The marine and offshore industry employed almost 75,000 workers in 2011.

To top things off, the Singapore government is expecting the offshore industry, and the related supply chain that has subsequently developed, to grow further in the future, saying: “The marine and offshore industry is on a roll, buoyed by high oil and gas prices and an ageing offshore fleet. Singapore has been a big

Boskalis Singapore beneficiary of the boom, having carved a reputation for consistent high quality and timely delivery.

An expert cluster of marinerelated service companies such as those providing classification services, maritime law and insurance services, and offshore support services has developed here. The industry also reaps significant gains from the country’s robust and dynamic supply chain and precision engineering infrastructure.”

So considering that Singapore is widely recognised as an offshore and maritime hub, it makes sense for the world’s biggest offshore organisations to have a presence here; and this is exactly why Boskalis set up here in 1983. Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. is a leading global maritime services company operating in the dredging and inland infra, and offshore energy sectors. Headquartered

in the Netherlands, the company is active in projects in the energy and ports markets. Its main clients include oil companies, port operators, governments, shipping companies, international project developers, insurance companies and mining companies.

Regional Business Manager for Boskalis in Singapore, Pranab Choudhury tells Total World Energy that the local business is contributing greatly to the overall strategy of the group.

“Boskalis Singapore was set up in the year 1983 to execute projects in Singapore and the region. It is a 100% subsidiary of the head office in the Netherlands.

Over the years we have completed several very large projects such as the land reclamation works in the Tuas and Jurong areas of Singapore and the phase 2 expansion of the Port of Tanjung Pelepas in Malaysia.

“Globally, Boskalis has more than 11,000 employees, including our share in partner companies.

We operate in over 75 countries across six continents. Our versatile fleet consists of over 1,100 vessels and equipment.

“The strategic vision for Singapore and the region is intricately interwoven with the overall strategy of the Boskalis group, which is built on three core principles; Focus, Expand and Strengthen.”

LOCAL PROJECTS In Singapore, Boskalis has already announced its intention to actively participate in the country’s upcoming land reclamation and infrastructure expansion projects in the energy and port industries and Choudhury explains where the company has already been successful, demonstrating its unique and wide-ranging

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capabilities.

“We have been through several challenging projects which have been intellectually stimulating and technically challenging.

“We completed two very challenging projects for Petrofac and Petronas in their offshore fields in the Gulf of Thailand. The locations were some 140 km offshore and subject to high swells.

The work required precise dredging to replace soft materials near one of the foundations of the platform.

A very high degree of safety was required due to the proximity of dredging to the platform which needed to be operational during the execution of the dredging

works. Also a very high degree of precision dredging work was required as the sea bed was at 65m water depth. The work was carried out by The Queen of the Netherlands very smoothly. In fact The Queen of the Netherlands is only one of the handful of Trailing Suction Hopper Dredgers (TSHDs) that’s capable of dredging at that water depth.

“In the Changi Outfall project, we placed 2.8 m diameter concrete pipes at more than 40m water depth. Not only were these elements placed with great accuracy; they had to have watertight joints. Therefore, preparation of the gravel bed and the joining

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of the elements had to be done with great accuracy. As in many other projects, we came up with several innovative designs and work methodologies in the Changi Outfall project.”

Choudhury recognises the recently completed work done on the Shell Bukom Single Point Mooring Pipeline Replacement project as one of the most technically challenging projects in the region.

“The work on the Shell Bukom Single Point Mooring Pipeline Replacement project has been successfully completed.

The scope of works included dredging, removal, replacement and protection of the Single Point Mooring (SPM) 48” subsea pipeline. This project was located within close proximity to the Shell Bukom refinery and also in the vicinity of a coral reserve.

“One of the highlights of the project was the strict safety and environmental standards within which Boskalis had to execute the project. Our TSHD, Conellis Zanen, successfully completed the trenching works for the SPM and Zinkoon 6 did the rock protection works on top of the replaced pipeline. The fall pipe vessel Zinkoon 6 was selected due it’s capability to place gravel with accuracies as high as 10cm. A very special technique called the ScradingTM technique was used for placing of the rock with Zinkoon 6. This technique ensures that the rock/gravel is placed with highest level of accuracy and with minimum impact to the pipeline.”

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announced in the area will present big opportunities that the company intends to capture.

“Singapore and South East Asia is a strategic market for the company and is expected to grow in the medium to long term,” says Choudhury. “Singapore has already announced several large land reclamation projects in the next two to five years and we are keen to participate in and add value to these projects. Similarly, the other countries in the region have national plans for expanding their infrastructures in the energy and port sectors. Our strategic vision is to be the leading service provider in the field of innovative and competitive all-round solutions to our customers in this region.”

The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Singapore expanded 2.4 per cent in the second quarter

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“One of the highlights of the project was the strict safety and environmental standards within which Boskalis had to execute the project”

of 2014 over the same quarter of the previous year. The GDP Annual Growth Rate in Singapore averaged 6.86 per cent from 1976 until 2014, reaching an all-time high of 19.80 per cent in the second quarter of 2010 and a record low of -8.90 per cent in the first quarter of 2009. It’s because of this fantastic growth that many infrastructural projects have been given the go-ahead in the country.

“The growth of Boskalis Singapore has been, quite literally, directly related to the growth of the island state,” explains Choudhury.

“We have been fortunate to be involved in almost all major land reclamation projects in Singapore; thereby helping Singapore to grow in size. Singapore is also a major player in the energy sector due to its petrochemical hub on Jurong Island. Most the land

Boskalis Singapore for this petrochemical complex was created by land reclamation works, in which Boskalis played a prominent role. Similarly the expansion of the Shell Bukom refinery was done by combining two islands and reclaiming the land in between these islands; again Boskalis was involved in this reclamation work.

“Boskalis was also involved in the land reclamation of the Changi area; wherein the present airport is located. We are happy that we could be a partner in Singapore’s vision to be the aviation hub in the region.

“Another sector where Boskalis has been involved in Singapore is the maritime and port sector. Since 1983, Boskalis has been involved in dredging and deepening of the most of the fairways in Singapore straits; thereby helping the ports to grow in capacity and allow bigger vessels to call in Singapore.”

Dredging is vitally important to the flow of vessels through waterways, not only in Singapore, but around the world. Without the many and almost non-stop dredging operations worldwide, much of the world’s commerce would be impaired, often within a few months, since much of world’s goods travel by ship, and need to access harbours or seas via channels. Recreational boating also would be constrained to the smallest vessels.

from our overall strategy of Focus, Expand and Strengthen. Therefore expanding and strengthening our fleet to provide superior value to our customers is an ongoing process. In this regard, we are modernising some of our existing vessels with more enhancements such as the latest navigation and survey systems. There are also a number of new-builds in the pipeline.”

Naming just a few of these newbuilds, Choudhury explains that the company will be investing in a new self-propelled megacutter, new trailing suction hopper dredgers and new floating sheerlegs.

“We are planning for a new

large size cutter-suction dredger with a total installed power of 23,700 kW and a pump ashore capacity of 15,600 kW. This new megacutter has been designed by our own engineers from the central technical department. It also follows our NINA safety standards during design and construction.

“Boskalis has been investing in both the large size and small size dredgers. Recently, two trailing suction hopper dredgers of 4,500 m3 capacity, named the Causeway and the Strandway, have been commissioned. In 2015, a third 4,500 m3 trailing suction hopper dredger will be added.

“We are also expanding

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SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT To ensure that the company’s capabilities remain in line with need of the industry, significant investment is always taking place for Boskalis. Choudhury says that investment in the fleet will be a continually ongoing part of the company’s overall strategy.

“Investments in our fleet follow

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our capacity in the heavy lift section with the addition of the Asian Hercules III. It is a highly manoeuvrable floating sheerleg crane with a hoisting capacity of 5,000 tons. Delivery is scheduled for end 2014.”

In January this year, the company celebrated the naming of two of its newest vessels, NDURANCE and the NDEAVOR at the Keppel shipyard in Singapore.

“The NDEAVOR and NDURANCE are two new additions to the Boskalis fleet. They are truly multipurpose and very versatile vessels that can be used for a broad range of projects. This fits in with our goal to take on a wider range of projects and to provide our clients with even better value and options in execution. The versatility of these vessels helps us to provide clients with wide ranging flexible solutions that other vessels in the market are not able to provide easily,” explains Choudhury.

“These DP-2 vessels can be outfitted for cable-laying or a wide range of other tasks including;

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diving support, subsea rock installation, offshore construction support, salvage assignments and even dredging. The large accommodation houses up to 98 persons.

“As in many other projects, we came up with several innovative designs and work methodologies in the Changi Outfall project” “Both new 7,500 DWT vessels have a length of 99m, a breadth of 30m and a design draught of 4.7m.

A six point mooring system is part of the standard outfitting of the vessels. The NDEAVOR is equipped

with a helicopter deck. With its 5,000 tons capacity turntable, the NDURANCE will undertake cablelaying activities in a wide range of project situations.

“The NDEAVOR was commissioned in the later part of 2013, and played a pivotal role in the Melampaya project in the Philippines, for Shell Philippines. In this project we used the NDEAVOR to execute the seabed excavation and rock installation work. As the project was carried out next to an operating platform, it was very important to reduce the number of vessels and to have one versatile vessels which can perform diverse range of activities.

“The NDURANCE was commissioned for a cable laying project in Indonesia which she completed in record time under very difficult site conditions,” he says.

THE FUTURE As we move through Q4 towards the end of 2014, Boskalis in Singapore has one significant project on the horizon which is

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exciting everyone at the company.

“The Tuas Mega Port development comes from one of key recommendations by the Strategic Economic Planning Committee of Singapore. The plan was one of the highlights of the National Day Rally speech 2013 by the Prime Minister of Singapore,” says Choudhury.

“By implementing this plan, Singapore would consolidate the port capacities in the deeper waters of Tuas from the present locations in Tanjong Pagar, Keppel, Brani and Pasir Panjang terminals. This would serve two major objectives; firstly to free up some very prominent high value land banks in the Central Business District and secondly to increase capacity of Singapore ports almost by a factor of two. The capacity is also planned to be increased from 35 million TEUs per annum to 65 million TEUs per annum. It is expected that this increment would come from building four large size integrated terminals in the Tuas

area called the Tuas Mega Port.

“We in Boskalis have been keenly following the development of the Tuas Mega port and are equally keen to be a partner with Singapore in the development of the various phases of the port.

We are happy that Boskalis and our partners have been awarded the works for the first phase; also called the Finger One.” Boskalis will work alongside Hyundai, Samsung, Penta Ocean, and Van Oord on the project involving land reclamation work, dredging and construction of 3.4 kilometres of quay wall.

“Tender process for the second phase i.e. Finger Two is in progress,” says Choudhury. “The remaining two phases are expected to come in the next few years. We are very keen to the involved in all the phases of the Tuas Mega Port development as we strongly believe that our experience in delivering large and complex projects would be valuable strengths for this challenging project.”

So it seems that there is much to be excited about at Boskalis in Singapore and as this exciting island state continues to develop, there is no doubt that the scope of work that the company undertakes will grow and develop. Hopefully, the journey into the future will mirror Choudhury’s personal experience over the past 13 years with the company. “I joined the Boskalis team in 2001, after spending several years in both the private and the government sector. Since then, it has been a tremendous journey of excitement and fulfilment.”

The Regional Business Manager is in no doubt that the company has the ability to service its clients across all of their dredging, inland infrastructure, offshore energy, towage and salvage needs.

“With the complementary strength of the group companies; Boskalis group has evolved into an organisation that can provide a one-stop fully integrative service to its customers,” he concludes

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