Baggerbedrijf De Boer – Dutch Dredging

What Baggerbedrijf De Boer – Dutch Dredging does

Baggerbedrijf De Boer – Dutch Dredging is a family-owned Dutch dredging contractor founded in 1960 and headquartered in Sliedrecht, Netherlands. The company operates a specialized fleet of approximately 30 vessels — including trailing suction hopper dredgers (sleephopperzuigers), plow boats (ploegboten), survey boats (peilboten), bucket dredgers (bakkenzuigers), water/air injection dredgers (water/lucht injectie baggervaartuigen), a self-propelled crane vessel/unloader (Rival), tugboats, service boats, and split barges — together with the 1965-built bucket ladder dredger Aalscholver, which remains operational for precision work at 5cm tolerance.

Its service portfolio spans maintenance dredging of harbors, fairways, and navigation channels; capital deepening projects; land reclamation; beach nourishment; foreshore supplementation; and hydrographic survey and monitoring using multibeam and singlebeam echosounders, ADCP current profiling, and water-bottom sampling. The QHSE system is certified to ISO 9001, ISO 14001 (including CO₂ Performance Ladder) and VCA**, with multiple vessels (Rival, Bertus, Airset) certified at Green Award Gold level. The company maintains four wholly-owned operating entities: Van der Waal B.V., Zeker Zand B.V., Egyptian Dutch Dredging Company (EDDC), and Dutch Dredging NZ Ltd.

The business model is enterprise field sales to government port authorities, ministries of infrastructure, and commercial port operators, primarily through public procurement (EMVI-BPKV tenders) and direct engagement, supported by a 5-person tender team. Revenue is generated through professional services contracts, with a backlog anchored by multi-year deals including the Suriname River Dredging Project (Joint Venture with Boskalis B.V., running through October 2030), Waddenzee maintenance dredging (2021-2028 with Van der Kamp), Port of Dunkirk (since 2010), and North Sea Port (since 2007). Customer segments are concentrated in government port authorities and ministries of infrastructure, with secondary exposure to commercial ports and industrial waterfront operators.

Name

Baggerbedrijf De Boer – Dutch Dredging

Legal name

Baggerbedrijf De Boer B.V.

Website

https://dutchdredging.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1960

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Baggerbedrijf De Boer is a family-owned Dutch dredging contractor founded in 1960, operating a ~30-vessel fleet that delivers maintenance dredging, capital deepening, land reclamation, beach nourishment, and hydrographic surveying to government port authorities and commercial terminal operators across Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, Africa, and Oceania.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Marine Dredging and Hydraulic Engineering Services

NAICS

Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction (237990)

SIC

Heavy Construction Other Than Bldg Const - Contractors (1600)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYIMAFAJAB

Dredging & Channel Deepening (Capital & Maintenance)

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Construction & Civil Engineering/Marine & Coastal Construction (Ports, Harbors, Dredging)

SECONDARYIMAFAJAA

Port & Harbor Construction (Quays, Wharves, Berths)

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Construction & Civil Engineering/Marine & Coastal Construction (Ports, Harbors, Dredging)

SECONDARYIMAFAJAC

Breakwaters, Seawalls & Coastal Defense Structures

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Construction & Civil Engineering/Marine & Coastal Construction (Ports, Harbors, Dredging)

SECONDARYIMAFAJAF

Marine Terminals & Cargo Handling Infrastructure (RoRo, Bulk, Container)

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Construction & Civil Engineering/Marine & Coastal Construction (Ports, Harbors, Dredging)

SECONDARYIMAJALAF

Quay & Waterfront Civil Works (Piers, Quays, Seawalls, Dredging, Revetments)

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Marine & Shipbuilding/Shipyards & Drydock Infrastructure (Facilities, Lifting, Docking Systems)

Keywords

• Marine dredging services
• Hydrographic surveying
• Waterway maintenance dredging
• Coastal protection works
• Land reclamation services

Headquarters

HQ city

Sliedrecht

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Dredging Services: Core business providing dredging (baggeren) services including maintenance dredging, deepening projects, and land reclamation. Services include sand and silt removal, seabed leveling, and waterway maintenance.
2. Survey and Measurement Services: Hydrographic surveying, depth measurements, water body sampling, and turbidity measurements using specialized survey vessels equipped with singlebeam/multibeam echosounders.
3. Hydraulic Engineering Services: Broader water engineering (waterbouwkundige werkzaamheden) including beach nourishment, shoreface supplementation, and coastal protection projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Baggerbedrijf De Boer – Dutch Dredging is a medium-sized Dutch dredging company that provides maintenance dredging, capital dredging/deepening, hydrographic surveying, land reclamation, beach nourishment, and foreshore supplementation services to government port authorities, ministries, and commercial port/terminal operators worldwide. The company executes these services using a specialized fleet of approximately 30 vessels including trailing suction hopper dredgers, plow boats, survey boats, bucket dredgers, and water/air injection dredgers. Projects are typically awarded through public tenders or multi-year framework agreements with port authorities.

Product overview

Baggerbedrijf De Boer – Dutch Dredging is a medium-sized Dutch dredging company founded in 1960, headquartered in Sliedrecht, operating a fleet of approximately 30 specialized vessels. The company's product portfolio centers on maritime dredging and water engineering services delivered through distinct vessel types: Sleephopperzuigers (trailing suction hopper dredgers) including Albatros, Amazone, Elbe, Lesse, Mahury, Parana, Van de Graaf Sr, and Saramacca for material loading and transport; Ploegboten (plow boats) like Bertus, Kabalebo, Kees Jr., Lotus, Peter, and Rayador for seabed leveling; Peilboten (survey boats) including Argus 1, Dreyfus, Etna, Flores, Hugo, Hydrograaf, Onyx, and Pierette for hydrographic measurements; Bakkenzuigers (bucket dredgers) Alouette and Averano; Water en/of Lucht Injectie Baggervaartuigen (WAI dredgers) including Airset, Delta Queen, Delta Queen II, and Fregate; and support vessels including the Rival crane vessel, tugboats, service boats, and split barges. These vessel types collectively enable services spanning maintenance dredging, beach nourishment, survey/monitoring, deepening projects, land reclamation, and coastal protection works across Europe, the Caribbean, South America, Africa, Asia, and Oceania.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Maintenance Dredging (Onderhoudsbaggerwerk)
• Beach Nourishment (Strandsuppletie)
• Hydrographic Survey and Monitoring (Surveywerk/Monitoren)
• Capital Dredging and Deepening (Verdiepingswerk)
• Land Reclamation (Landaanwinning)
• Foreshore Supplementation (Vooroeversuppletie)

Quantifiable outcome

• 68km navigation channel maintained to -5.75m depth
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Boskalis B.V.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Joint Venture partnership for Suriname River Dredging Project (SRDP). The JV is executing the third contract (SRDP2025) for maintenance dredging of the 68km Suriname River navigation channel until October 2030. This is a major long-term infrastructure contract.
• Van der Waal B.V.coreOthersDaughter/sister company forming part of the Baggerbedrijf De Boer group of companies
• Zeker Zand B.V.coreOthersDaughter/sister company forming part of the Baggerbedrijf De Boer group of companies
• Egyptian Dutch Dredging Company (EDDC)coreOthersDaughter/sister company forming part of the Baggerbedrijf De Boer group of companies
• Dutch Dredging NZ LtdcoreOthersDaughter/sister company forming part of the Baggerbedrijf De Boer group of companies
• Bagger- en Aannemingsmaatschappij Van der KampminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint operation Combitatie Van der Kamp en Baggerbedrijf De Boer for Waddenzee maintenance dredging projects (2021-2028). Combines expertise for UNESCO World Heritage area projects.
• Stichting Veerhaven RotterdamminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorClient relationship for maintenance dredging of Veerhaven cultural heritage harbor in Rotterdam

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• DEME Group: Belgian dredging, environmental and marine engineering group. Operates one of the world's largest dredging fleets and competes globally on port construction, land reclamation, and coastal protection — directly comparable service portfolio and customer base.
• Van Oord: Dutch marine contractor specialising in dredging, land reclamation, and offshore wind. Headquartered in Rotterdam, comparable in origin, fleet composition, and target customers (government port authorities), competing head-to-head for many of the same tenders.
• Jan De Nul Group: Belgian family-owned dredging and marine contractor with global operations. Similar family-owned heritage, comparable service offering across maintenance and capital dredging, and similar geographic reach across Europe, South America, and Africa.
• Royal IHC: Dutch designer and builder of dredging and offshore vessels, headquartered in the same Sliedrecht dredging cluster. Comparable on vessel technology and Dutch dredging heritage; partially overlapping customer base even though IHC focuses on equipment supply rather than contracting.
• Royal Boskalis Westminster: Global Dutch dredging and marine contractor. Currently the JV partner with Dutch Dredging on the SRDP2025 Suriname River contract, providing direct evidence of operating overlap and competitive positioning in capital and maintenance dredging worldwide.

Regional players

• National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC): UAE-based dredging and marine construction contractor serving the Middle East. Comparable service offering (capital and maintenance dredging, land reclamation) with overlap in Middle East/North Africa geography where Dutch Dredging also operates.
• Great Lakes Dredging & Dock Corporation: Largest US-based dredging contractor, focused on coastal protection, port deepening, and beach nourishment. Comparable services and customer profile but geographically distinct, operating primarily in North America.
• Toa Corporation: Japanese construction and marine contractor with dredging capabilities. Comparable on marine infrastructure projects but primarily serves Asia-Pacific rather than competing directly in Dutch Dredging's core European/South American markets.
• Weeks Marine: US-based dredging and marine construction company. Overlapping capability in hopper dredging, beach nourishment, and channel deepening, but operating primarily along the US East Coast and Gulf of Mexico.

Broad incumbents

• Hyundai Engineering & Construction: Korean construction and engineering conglomerate with a land reclamation and marine infrastructure arm. Competes in large-scale land reclamation projects similar to Dutch Dredging's Carmel Port (Haifa Bay) work, but as a much broader construction firm.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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Investments

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