Boskalis and Dredeco to Do Newcastle Dredging
Royal Boskalis Westminster and DEME Group’ s Australian subsidiary Dredeco have secured a large scale joint venture dredging contract for the expansion of the coal export harbour at Newcastle in Australia.
The client is Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group, a consortium of coal producers BHP Billiton, Centennial Coal, Donaldson Coal, Peabody Energy, Felix Resources and Whitehaven Coal.
The project will take approximately 18 months to complete and should be finished in mid-2009. The value is approximately €100m, split equally between Boskalis and Dredeco.
