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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Dredging and Marine Services, Land Reclamation, Civil Engineering, Offshore Services, Enviromental Services |
| Founded | 1938 |
| Founder | Jan De Nul |
| Headquarters | Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Jan Pieter De Nul (Chairman) |
| Revenue |  €253,227,963.64 (2009) |
Number of employees | 5,000 (2009) |
| Website | www.jandenul.com |
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Jan De Nul Group is a family-owned Luxembourg company that provides services relating to the construction and maintenance of maritime infrastructure on an international basis. Its main focus is dredging (including other forms of marine engineering), which accounts for 85% of the turnover. Other areas include civil engineering and environmental technology.[1]
Originally founded in 1938, in Hofstade near Aalst, Belgium, Jan De Nul started as a construction company specialised in civil works and maritime construction. It was only in 1951 that the company entered into the dredging business.
At the end of 2008, Jan De Nul had 4985 employees and a yearly turnover of 1.882 billion euro.[2] It is one of the four largest dredging companies in the world, together with Dutch companies Royal Boskalis Westminster and Van Oord, and fellow Belgians DEME.[3]
Jan De Nul was voted the most attractive employer of Belgium in February 2009.[4]
Fleet[edit]
Jan De Nul has a fleet of over 80 ships, including 14 cutter suction dredgers, 26 trailing suction hopper dredgers, 20 split barges, 5 backhoe dredgers and 17 rock transport barges.[5] This includes the Cristobal Colon, when launched in 2008 the world's largest dredger with a capacity of 46,000 m³. It can dredge to a water depth of 155m.[6] When it will be joined by her sister ship Leiv Eiriksson in 2010, Jan De Nul will have the world's largest fleet of hopper dredgers.[7]
Projects[edit]
Major projects realised in part or whole by Jan De Nul include the Panama Canal expansion project[8], the Bridgetown Port enhancement project[9], the Port Botany expansion[10], the Manifa Field Causeway and Island Project in Saudi Arabia,[11] the Palm Jebel Ali artificial island in Dubai[1], and the adjacent Dubai Waterfront.[6]
Hijacked vessel[edit]
In April 2009, the Jan De Nul vessel "Pompei" was hijacked by Somali pirates on route from Aden to the Seychelles. The ship and its crew of ten were released after 71 days on June 28, 2009, after De Nul had paid 2.8 million Euros, according to media reports.[12]
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b "Jan De Nul Group is bedrijf van wereldformaat". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 19 April 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Jan De Nul houdt vast aan investeringsprogramma". TRends-Tendances (in Dutch). 6 June 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
- ^ "More Merger Among Dutch Dredging Majors". Maritime Journal. 1 October 2008. Retrieved 17 September 2009. [dead link]
- ^ "Jan De Nul aantrekkelijkste werkgever". De Tijd (in Dutch). 5 February 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
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- ^ a b "JDN launches world's largest dredger in Spain". Maritime Journal. 17 July 2008. Retrieved 17 September 2009. [dead link]
- ^ "Jan de Nul's mega trailer Leiv Eiriksson launched". Dredging News Online. 7 September 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
- ^ Martin, Hernan (14 September 2009). "Work to Begin Soon on New Set of Locks for Panama Canal". Inside Costa Rica. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
- ^ Staff writer (Unk). "Cruise and Cargo Facilities". Barbados Port Inc.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Cite has empty unknown parameters:|trans_title=,|separator=,|month=, and|coauthors=(help) - ^ "Port Botany passes environmental audit". Australia: Logistics Magazine. 1 September 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
- ^ Manifa
- ^ Schenkel, Mark (7 July 2009). "A Dutch negotiator's 71 days of talking to Somali pirates". NRC Handelsblad. Retrieved 17 September 2009.