It was reported from Boskalis HQ in Papendrecht on 10 October that the company together with partners Artes Roegiers, Artes Depret and Herbosch-Kiere, will renew the Europa Terminal in Antwerp for client Port of Antwerp-Bruges. This will ensure that the port can continue to receive the largest container ships and increase capacity by a third.

The work, which officially commenced on 7 October will take nine years and will be carried out in three phases, taking maximum account of nature and the environment. The project carries a total value of €335 million, it was reported.

Global container congestion calls for more efficient space for handling containers for larger ships. For this reason, the current draft of ships that can moor at the quay wall of the Europa Terminal will be deepened from 13.5 metres to the maximum draft of approximately 16 metres.

As the renewal requires extensive maritime works and to keep the terminal operational, the project will be executed in three phases, spread over nine years.

The current quay wall will be broken down and replaced by a new wall of 1,200 metres. A cofferdam will ensure that no parts of the old quay wall enter the Scheldt and will protect the works from passing ships and the  tides. The three phases have been carefully planned based on the expected shipping traffic in the coming years.

‎Royal Boskalis Westminster NV is a leading global services provider operating in the dredging, maritime infrastructure and services sectors. The company provides creative and innovative all-round effort to infrastructural challenges in the maritime, coastal and delta regions of the world. With core activities such as coastal defence, riverbank protection and land reclamation Boskalis is able to provide adaptive and mitigating methods to combat the effects of climate change, extreme weather  and rising sea levels.