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Publicatie datum 16 jun 2010 - 14:17
Statutaire naam Koninklijke Boskalis B.V.
Titel Boskalis combats oil spill in Gulf of Mexico
Bericht Papendrecht, 16 June 2010 In line with the recently approved sand berm plans by the President of the US, the State of Louisiana has contracted Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. to deliver sand for berms to protect the Louisiana coast from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The Boskalis trailing suction hopper dredger Stuyvesant, which sails under the American flag, has been deployed as the first US hopper as of today. The sand berms, which will be approximately 75 km long, will be positioned to the south of New Orleans, in line with the Chandeleur Islands and stretching from East Grand Terre island to Sandy Point. The sand berms, 6 feet high, will help block the oil from entering the state's more fragile and harder-to-clean marshes.