Activity Report 2016 A GLOBAL SOLUTIONS Table of contents PROVIDER

DEME is a world leader in the highly specialised Introduction fields of dredging, marine engineering and The year at a glance 6 environmental remediation. The Group can build on Group structure 8 more than 140 years of know-how and experience Message from the Board of Directors 11 and has fostered a pioneering approach throughout Management Team and Board of Directors 14 its history, being a front runner in innovation and Financial highlights 16 new technologies.

About DEME Although DEME’s activities originated with its core dredging business, the portfolio diversified Strive for sustainability 18 substantially over the decades. Today’s activities People at DEME 24 encompass dredging, land reclamation, hydraulic Health and safety 26 engineering, services for the offshore oil & gas and Innovation 28 renewable energy industries and environmental works. Fleet investment programme 36 DEME’s vision is to work towards a sustainable future Export and project finance 41 by offering solutions for global, worldwide challenges: Continuous improvement 42 rising sea levels, climate change, the transition towards Corporate Social Responsibility 44 renewable energy, polluted rivers and soils, a growing Dredging Solutions population and the scarcity of natural resources.

Benelux 56 While the company’s roots are in Belgium, DEME North Europe 60 has built a strong presence in all of the world’s seas Mediterranean 64 and continents, operating in more than 90 countries Eastern Europe and Russia 68 worldwide. DEME can rely on 4,600 highly skilled Asia and Oceania 70 professionals across the globe. With a versatile fleet Africa 74 of over 100 main vessels, backed by a broad range of Middle East 78 auxiliary equipment, DEME can provide solutions for Latin America 80 even the most complex projects. Indian Subcontinent 84

Indian Ocean 88 DEME’s shareholder is the Brussels-based civil engineering contractor CFE, which is controlled by Dredging Plus Solutions the Belgian investment group Ackermans & van Haaren Marine & Offshore Solutions 94 - both publicly listed companies on Euronext Brussels. Environmental Solutions 114 Infra Marine Solutions 124 Thanks to its multidisciplinary capabilities, Fluvial & Marine Resources 130 the synergies in many projects, and its integrated corporate structure, DEME has become a global Concessions 134 solutions provider.

DEME fleet and offices 138

5 For the last decade DEME The year at As a pioneer in blue energy, DEME has has been working across been involved in MeyGen Phase 1A, the the Middle East on many world’s first multi-turbine tidal stream prestigious projects. The energy project. The offshore renewables New Port project in Qatar and La Mer Jumeirah market has seen particular growth in While DEME continued a glance Open Beach project in 2016 with contracts secured in Belgium, dredging activities in Dubai were successfully Denmark, Germany and the UK. several ports in India, the completed in 2016. company also returned to Sri Lanka for a project in the port of Trincomalee.

EUROPE A high level of activity was seen in Singapore at the Tuas Terminal Phase 1 project. The first of CANADA 222 caissons for the quay wall structure was launched in April 2016.

MIDDLE A challenging rock placement project was carried out by Tideway EAST INDIAN on the Lower Churchill hydropower SUB- ASIA project in Labrador, Canada. Because MEDITERRANEAN of the harsh weather conditions, CONTINENT works could only be executed in a very tight timeframe during spring and summer. In the Mediterranean area DEME maintained a high level of activity in Egypt, with TSHD ‘Congo River’ deployed on several projects.

In Papua New Guinea the remediation dredging program DEME returned resumed on the Lower to the historical Ok Tedi River. 2017 Panama Canal will mark the 20th project for the OCEANIA anniversary of DEME’s further widening LATIN AMERICA AFRICA INDIAN OCEAN involvement in this and deepening of important ecological the Pacific Access operation. Channel.

DEME has been working for In La Réunion works continued for the more than 50 years in Africa and construction of the “Nouvelle Route du maintains a strong presence across Littoral”, a 13 km coastal road built in the continent. For the first time the ocean. DEME also returned to the DEME acquired a contract in Sierra Maldives for major land reclamation Leone for the Freetown Terminal works at Emboodhoo Lagoon. A first extension. contract was secured in Mauritius for the Port Louis expansion project.

DEME — Activity report 2016 INTRODUCTION 6 7 DREDGING DREDGING PLUS DEME Group SOLUTIONS SOLUTIONS CONCESSIONS structure

54 94 124 134

DREDGING & LAND MARINE & OFFSHORE INFRA MARINE CONCESSIONS RECLAMATION SOLUTIONS SOLUTIONS – DEME Concessions – Baggerwerken Decloedt & –GeoSea – DEME InfraSea Solutions – DEME Concessions Wind Zoon (BDC) (DISS) – GeoSea Maintenance – DEME Concessions Infrastructure – Dredging International (DI) – DEME Infra Marine –EverSea –C-Power* – Dredging International Asia Pacific Contractors (DIMCO) – High Wind* –Power@Sea* (DIAP) –Tideway –Rentel* – Dragabras Serviços de Dragagem –CTOW* –Seastar* –Mordraga* –Scaldis* – Mermaid* – International Seaport Dredging (ISD)* –Merkur* – DEME Blue Energy (DBE)* – Nordsee Nassbagger- und Tiefbau 130 – Middle East Dredging Company – Global Sea Mineral Resources (GSR) (MEDCO)* FLUVIAL & MARINE – Société de Dragage RESOURCES International (SDI) 114 – DEME Building Materials – Societa Italiana Dragaggi (SIDRA) (DBM) – Dredging International ENVIRONMENTAL Australia (DIAU) SOLUTIONS* – NewWaves Solutions – DEME Environmental – Dredging International Mexico Contractors (DEC) – Far East Dredging (FED) –Ecoterres – Dredging International Services –GRC Cyprus (DISC) – Purazur – Dredging International Services – de Vries & van de Wiel (Nigeria) (DISN) –Extract-Ecoterres

* In partnership

DEME — Activity report 2016 INTRODUCTION 8 9 Message from the Board of Directors

2016 was a remarkable year for DEME. the widening and deepening of the Pacific It was a year of both transition and opportunity. Access Channel. Several projects have been DEME realised a turnover of 1.97 billion carried out in Egypt and India, while in Europe EUR and an EBITDA of 450.1 million EUR, DEME continued maintenance dredging despite operating in a volatile environment campaigns in Belgium, France and Germany. with challenging conditions in the dredging market and historically low oil, gas and raw The offshore renewables market has seen material prices. particular growth for DEME in 2016. Contracts were secured by GeoSea in Germany, For the first time in DEME’s history, its dredging- Belgium, Denmark and the UK, including an plus activities, including marine and offshore installation contract for Hornsea Project One, solutions, environmental solutions, infra marine the world’s largest offshore wind farm. GeoSea solutions and fluvial and marine resources, was also involved in the groundbreaking reached the same level of turnover as its MeyGen tidal energy project in Scotland, dredging activities. The offshore wind market in the world’s first multi-turbine, tidal stream particular represented an important opportunity power station to be connected to the electricity for DEME. Growth in the renewable energy grid. With DEME Concessions and investments market is also reflected in the geographical in projects like Merkur, Rentel and MeyGen, spread of activities, with 60% of turnover the company continues to be at the forefront of realised in Europe. offshore renewables developments.

In the dredging market, activities were DEME’s environmental specialist companies dominated by the Tuas Terminal Phase 1 mega carried out remediation projects in the UK, port project in Singapore. In La Réunion works Norway and Belgium and saw increasing continued for another major project - the activity in their soil and sediment recycling construction of the “Nouvelle Route du Littoral” centres in Belgium and France. DEME Building - with dredging and backfilling works taking Materials maintained a full order book, despite place for the gravity-based foundations of the a slowdown in the construction market. viaduct for the new coastal road. Several new contracts were secured in Africa, including DIMCO, DEME’s infra marine specialist, port expansion projects in Sierra Leone and further reinforced its position in the Benelux Mauritius. DEME had a good level of activity in with several new projects and aims to develop many countries in Latin America, and returned internationally in close synergy with other to the historic Panama Canal project to complete DEME activities.

11 Success drivers Opportunity & Risk Management team has EPC contract. The Group’s specialist companies, 2017 will undoubtedly come with its own been established to capture, assess and manage like DEC and DBM, will continue to seize market challenges, but DEME has a proven strategy all opportunities and risks from day one of a opportunities to remain or become market for growth, and most importantly, a team of Fleet investment project starting up through to its completion. leaders in their sector. DEME will also continue 4,600 employees worldwide with the expertise programme at full speed Additionally, the LESS = MORE 2.0 programme the strong tradition of partnerships either at and innovative spirit to drive further success intends to keep head office costs under control. local, geographic or specialist level. Strategic going forward. The multi-year fleet expansion programme is partnerships have proven successful in many focused on further increasing efficiency, both projects and markets and enable DEME to offer in terms of productivity and environmental Groundbreaking innovation customers complete solutions for even the most performance. In 2017 six new vessels will join complex projects. the fleet for both the dredging and offshore Innovation and a pioneering spirit have energy market. always been at the core of DEME’s activities. The company invests heavily in innovation and it is one of the driving forces of DEME’s strategy Employees make the difference and growth. Sparked by ideas from DEME’s employees, several innovations were introduced DEME’s employees, their expertise, creative last year. thinking and full commitment to customers, are the foundation for continued success. To remain at the forefront of an increasingly complex Strive for sustainability and challenging industry, DEME has started a number of initiatives to attract new talent and DEME strives to do business responsibly and to make sure that people can unlock their true to minimise the impact its operations have on potential at the company. the environment. DEME’s strive for sustainability is reflected in all activities, fleet and equipment and climate-related initiatives. Taking safety to the next level DEME never compromises on safety. The company is committed to the objective of zero Looking ahead incidents and builds a culture in which all DEME With a record order book of 3.8 billion EUR at employees share this involvement. In 2016 the end of 2016 and a strong project pipeline the CHILD5 programme was launched to take for the year ahead, DEME is well positioned for safety to the next level, further embedding a sustaining its high performance levels. DEME’s safety mindset in all the company is doing. long-term strategy and objectives remain firmly in place. The company will continue to invest in its people and fleet, with the aim to DRIVE for continuous deploy the most modern and environmental improvement friendly fleet to serve both the dredging and offshore market. DEME will further reinforce its With the DRIVE continuous improvement world leading position in offshore renewables, programme DEME aims for operational offering customers every service connected to excellence in all of its activities. A number of offshore wind, whether this means cable laying, new DRIVE initiatives started in 2016 and an foundation works, turbine installation or a full Alain Bernard Luc Bertrand Director Chairman DEME Chief Executive Officer DEME

DEME — Activity report 2016 INTRODUCTION 12 13 Management Board Team of Directors

Lower row, Upper row, Luc Bertrand from left to right from left to right, CHAIRMAN DEME Renaud Bentégeat Tom Lenaerts Steven Poppe MANAGING DIRECTOR CFE & AREA DIRECTOR AFRICA CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER DIRECTOR DEME Pierre Potvliege Eric Tancré Alain Bernard, AREA DIRECTOR NORTH EUROPE AREA DIRECTOR INDIAN SUBCONTINENT John-Eric Bertrand, Christel Goetschalckx Piet Dejonghe, SECRETARY TO THE MANAGEMENT Hugo Bouvy Koen Janssen & TEAM GENERAL MANAGER TIDEWAY Jan Suykens DIRECTORS Luc Vandenbulcke Hans Casier DEPUTY CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER MANAGING DIRECTOR GEOSEA Bernard Paquot Martin Ockier AREA DIRECTOR MIDDLE EAST AREA DIRECTOR BENELUX Bart Verboomen Els Verbraecken MANAGER TECHNICAL CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER DEPARTMENT GENERAL MANAGER Alain Bernard BAGGERWERKEN DECLOEDT & ZN. DIRECTOR CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Theo Van De Kerckhove CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Lucas Bols GENERAL MANAGER TIDEWAY Dirk Poppe AREA DIRECTOR EASTERN Philip Hermans EUROPE AND RUSSIA AREA DIRECTOR ASIA, OCEANIA MANAGING DIRECTOR ECOTERRES AND NORTH AMERICA HOLDING GENERAL MANAGER DREDGING INTERNATIONAL Wim Biesemans MANAGING DIRECTOR DEME CONCESSIONS

Pierre Catteau AREA DIRECTOR MEDITERRANEAN, SOUTH AND MIDDLE AMERICAS

DEME — Activity report 2016 INTRODUCTION 14 15 DEME Group evolution of consolidated turnover economic figures* (in %) Financial By region

Asia & Oceania Asia & Oceania highlights 13% 12% America America DEME Group evolution 8% 4%

of consolidated turnover Africa economic figures* (in millions of EUR) 12% Europe EU Europe EU Indian 2016 56% 2015 33% 3,000 subcontinent 4% Africa 2,587 30% 2,532 2,500 Middle East Europe non EU 2,351 3% 10% Indian 2,000 1,978 Europe non EU subcontinent Middle East 1,915 4% 4% 7% 1,801 1,766

1,509 1,500 1,403 1,314 By activity 1,000

Capital 500 Civil works dredging Marine works 3% 23% 34% Capital dredging 0 48% Maintenance 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Marine works dredging Environmental 34% 2016 9% 2015 12%

Maintenance DEME Group evolution of net result, Environmental Fallpipe Fallpipe 10% & landfalls & landfalls dredging EBIT and EBITDA 7% 9% 11% economic figures* (in millions of EUR)

600 558

500 502 By customer

438 450 Other 400 11% Other 351 15% 318 300 Government Mining Government 259 43% 3% 54% * 217 218 Mining In the economic figures the Group 200 199 2% 2016 2015 169 Renewables companies that are jointly controlled by 155 12% DEME are still proportionally integrated 140 109 which is not in accordance with the 100 89 Renewables Oil & gas new IFRS 10 and IFRS 11 accounting Oil & gas 29% 11% standards. It nevertheless gives a more Net result 20% complete picture of the operations and EBIT 0 assets/liabilities of those companies. EBITDA 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

* In the economic figures the Group companies that are jointly controlled by DEME are still proportionally integrated which is not in accordance with the new IFRS 10 and IFRS 11 accounting standards. It nevertheless gives a more complete picture of the operations and assets/liabilities of those companies. DEME — Activity report 2016 INTRODUCTION 16 17 In our climate policy CO Performance Ladder Strive for sustainability 2 Energy Master Plan In 2016, DEME became the first Flemish hydraulic engineering and environmental As an inspiring example for all our offices, company to achieve the highest certification a dedicated Energy Master Plan has been level under the newest standard conditions developed at DEME’s headquarters in of the CO Performance Ladder (Level 5). This Zwijndrecht with clear targets such as energy 2 instrument enables DEME to demonstrate independence, CO neutrality and efficient The United Nations 17 Sustainable Development 2 sustainable behaviour and to encourage its energy use. Several measures have been Goals (UN SDG) announced in 2015 provided suppliers to further develop best practices for implemented including cold and heat storage, DEME with a further source of inspiration their own operations. solar panels, a wind turbine and charging and guidance for the policy in relation to the stations for electric vehicles and bikes. environment and sustainability. These goals are The CO2 Performance Ladder, which is very ambitious: bring an end to extreme poverty used in the Benelux, stimulates companies by 2030, protect our planet and encourage participating in tenders to be aware of their CO Emissions management 2 human development, but DEME believes they emissions in their business operations and in are achievable. Additionally, DEME maps its carbon footprint the performance of projects. DEME is the first and its emission of greenhouse gases annually. marine engineering group to obtain the Lloyd’s To this end DEME signed the Belgian SDG The inventory complies with the internationally Register Level 5 certification according to the Charter in October 2016 and it has decided recognised ISO 14064 Standard and is verified new 3.0 standard. to concentrate its efforts on the by Lloyd’s Register. five pillars of SDG - the 5P for a P E sustainable business. E O P L

Many of these UN goals are embedded into DEME’s initiatives to move towards 5 “P” sustainability, some of which UNITED NATIONS are outlined here. P P T E A C E GOALS FOR L A N E A SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS

P P P A R Y I T R O I T H S P E R N E R S

DEME — Activity report 2016 ABOUT DEME 18 19 Launch of dual fuel TSHD Foundation structures of MeyGen tidal ‘Scheldt River’ turbines, Scotland In our fleet and equipment

Dual fuel All of the new additions to DEME’s Fleet for the Future are fitted with the most advanced equipment, not only technically but also from an environmental point of view. They are equipped with solar panels, heat recuperation and dual fuel main engines that can run on natural gas and diesel oil. DEME’s newly built dredgers will be the first in the world to be able to run purely on LNG (see also Fleet investment programme on page 36). On board biodegradable greases are also used. In addition to the maritime fleet, DEME also invests in hybrid technology when it comes to company cars and DEME has new hybrid cranes. A front runner in offshore wind farm projects In our activities

Tidal Power protection, energy storage and renewable Green and Blue Energy DEME Concessions has acquired an interest in energy amongst others. the Scottish development company Tidal Power Offshore Wind Scotland Limited (TPSL). Together with Scottish One significant way of reducing CO is through 2 Enterprise, TPSL controls the MeyGen project, Remediation - Blue Gate Project the development of green and blue energy. the world’s first multi-turbine, tidal stream From the very beginning DEME has been taking One project that highlights DEME’s sustainable power to be connected to the electricity grid. the lead in this arena. The company was one remediation efforts is the Blue Gate project in In the meantime, DEME continues to be a front of the founding partners of the first Belgian Antwerp, Belgium. Here DEME is participating runner in the groundbreaking blue energy offshore wind farm C-Power, and it has now in the Blue Open consortium, which has world, which has led to the first full-scale, wave become a renowned player in the European been awarded a public private partnership and tidal energy application. offshore wind market. Through DEME (PPP) tender to carry out the remediation, Concessions, DEME’s traditional construction, redevelopment and commercialisation of installation and maintenance activities have Blue Cluster the historically polluted Petroleum Zuid site been extended into full project development, in Antwerp. This last urban wasteland will including the associated financing. DEME is DEME is partnering in a number of organisations eventually be redeveloped into a top location eager to repeat the successful formula which in the Blue Cluster to look for new initiatives to for eco-innovation. has been used for the award-winning German help promote the sustainability of the North Sea. offshore wind farm Merkur and the Belgian Here DEME is looking at practical solutions in Rentel offshore wind farm. a number of areas including aquaculture, flood

DEME — Activity report 2016 ABOUT DEME 20 21 TSHD ‘Orwell’ maintaining the Congo River navigability DEME’s dredging project on the Congo River

One project that represents all five goals for and to counteract the silting up problems on a a sustainable business is undoubtedly DEME’s permanent basis. dredging project on the Congo River. Work began in 2015 using the DEME dredger DEME has been dredging the Congo River ‘Orwell’ and, whilst the river used to have a regularly since 1989 but until recently this was 20 ft draught, DEME now guarantees 26 ft, always carried out on an emergency basis. The which is very advantageous for shipowners River had silted up to such a degree that inland but also for the local and regional economies. cargo ships of a certain draught were no longer It is estimated that keeping this section of the able to reach the ports of Boma and Matadi. Congo River silt free leads to a 70 million USD economic boost for the country. With its very strong bond with the African continent and recognising that this crucial This project was set up in the wider context that river artery is hugely important for economic DEME prefers to co-invest in entrepreneurial prosperity, DEME decided it had to find a more ideas, rather than hand money to charity. sustainable solution. This led to the creation of It truly believes that if a project is going to a 10-year, public private partnership (PPP) with be sustainable there has to be a return on the local dredging company “La Congolaise des investment for everyone involved. And in its role as a North-South matchmaker, Voies Maritimes” (CVM). the NGO Entrepreneurs for Entrepreneurs put DEME in touch with Via Don Bosco, an NGO A toll system was introduced for vessels on the Crew training that supports educational and employment Congo River to ensure the financial resources and vessel ownership schemes aimed at youngsters in Africa. needed are in place to maintain the river depth The NGO is closely involved in the project Another vitally important part of the PPP is for the selection and local training of the that it needed to make sure that CVM will students enrolling in the dredging training eventually have its own vessel and three crews programme. As well as the crew, DEME is so it can be self-reliant in the future. helping the participants become surveyors, hydrodynamicists and engineers. Entrepreneurs DEME is providing training for 40 Congolese for Entrepreneurs Award youngsters. This includes a 4-year study This project represents what DEME is trying programme at the Antwerp Maritime Academy. to achieve and the five goals - prosperity (it In recognition of this very special project And following a preparatory year in Congo, the is sustainable), partnership (working with DEME was presented with the Entrepreneurs first two students arrived in Belgium last year to CVM and the NGOs), planet (contributes for Entrepreneurs Award for the most

embark on their studies and future career. substantially to CO2 reduction by making use sustainable company of 2016. This award of the river), people (people from different honours companies from the North that For the benefit of the project, DEME is also cultures and countries are working together to sustainably promote entrepreneurship in the working closely with the Antwerp Port achieve the same goal) and peace (this will only The first future crew of ‘Orwell’ - Southern Hemisphere. Bénédicte Batunta (left) and Christian Authority, which is making its expertise come when there is sustainable business and Mbu (right) available. economic prosperity).

DEME — Activity report 2016 ABOUT DEME 22 23 Extensive range of training People at DEME courses — DEME employees attend the 3-day Basics 4 Starters course. This gives people the opportunity to learn about the company and DEME wants to be an Employer of Choice - the industry. the preferred employer within the dredging, environmental and marine engineering — After a number of years employees industry, in Belgium and beyond. To remain can attend the technical Skills Programme. at the forefront of this increasingly complex One major HR initiative has been and This gives people a great chance to network, and challenging industry, DEME has started a remains the People@DEME platform. This exchange experiences, and learn about number of initiatives to attract new talent and gives everyone access to their personal job other departments and it highlights future to make sure that people can fulfil their true development matrix, which outlines their possibilities open to them. potential at the company. function and responsibilities and it introduces — The DEME 2020 programme is for selected Freddy Santon various training possibilities. This also includes groups of people, who are working towards Given the rapid growth at DEME, the company TUAS TERMINAL PHASE 1, mandatory training and suggested courses for becoming a seasoned project manager. puts development and performance as SINGAPORE career development. — The EPC Course (a 3-day programme) priorities, offering many career opportunities “I started at DEME in my teens outlines the multidisciplinary and leading role for employees. that DEME plays in today’s challenging EPC as an assistant cook in 1977. I Time To contracts. This high-level, project management was very grateful to DEME to DEME wants to help employees in managing course is carried out in collaboration with A new performance management tool Time and growing their careers, as this is a win- give me a chance and then to Antwerp University. To was introduced. The digital platform helps win for both employees and DEME’s growing allow me to follow all the courses employees and managers to evaluate their — Since 2015, a worldwide course has been business. The company is working on an to develop my career. Like a performance, competencies and development organised to ensure the crew complies with approach that makes it more transparent to lot of my colleagues from my needs. Time To also provides DEME with a the latest requirements of the Standards switch between disciplines, subsidiaries or generation, I moved on to become valuable, competencies’ database so it can of Training, Certification & Watch keeping business activities. Employees may start off in a deckhand, pipe operator, second make sure it gets the right team of experts (STCW) Convention. Around 750 nautical crew dredging or land reclamation, but then move mate, first mate and captain. matched to the right project. members will follow the training programme into renewables, blue and green energy, and And now I have been a marine between 2015 and 2017. later find themselves working on a tidal or superintendent for many years.” — DEME offers several specialist courses for offshore wind project. New DEME corporate electricians, surveyors, technical engineers, which are often in collaboration with engine DEME recognises that employees want an employee app and equipment manufacturers. interesting career but they also want one that The company offers attractive packages and DEME is launching a corporate app, a mobile offers continued challenges. The company’s competitive salaries but it is investigating how solution for internal communication and innovative and sustainable approach to business it can also become a more flexible employer, cooperation. With the app DEME can bring and its true international nature make it an with traffic and mobility constraints in mind, news and information directly to an employee’s exciting company to work for. Employees can satellite or home working alternatives are under mobile device, as well as instant access to work find themselves working anywhere in the world consideration. tools on-the-go. The corporate app is the result in multidisciplinary, international teams. DEME of an innovative idea generated by DEME’s currently has employees from more than 85 In several countries, DEME has received own employees. nationalities. employer of choice awards.

DEME — Activity report 2016 ABOUT DEME 24 25 Health Key Performance DEME believes Indicator that everyone can and safety QHSE-S dashboard make the difference

At DEME safety is embedded in all activities. Continuous improvement DEME’s health, safety and environmental in 2016 Safety Moment Day policies reflect the commitment to international Every year, a worldwide DEME Safety Moment best practices and compliance with legislation. In 2015 DEME introduced the Key Performance Day is organised. In 2016 this focused on Indicator QHSE-S dashboard in a bid to further the potential dangers related to stairs. The DEME has ambitious safety targets and wants improve its safety performance and to generate company will be presenting the Best Performed everyone on board. Ultimately, it is aiming long-term sustainable improvement. DEME Safety Moment Award to the department/ for zero incidents and that safety awareness is uncompromising, with several of these office/project with the most impressive safety becomes part of the company’s DNA. ambitious KPI targets set at 100%. initiative.

The safety strategy is based on four Overall, all 8 KPIs have shown improvement For safety to be embedded in the company’s pillars: engagement/buy-in, collaboration, in 2016. For example, the timely reporting of Awards DNA, CHILD5 was initiated. Two seminars communication and leadership. These are the incidents KPI has climbed from 67% to 82%. took place in 2016 for senior and middle foundations for a better safety performance, Toolbox participation is up 10%. Inspections DEME is very proud to have been awarded management under CHILD5 and 12 more for better quality and for more efficiency. And have increased to 96%. Senior management the International Association of Dredging sessions will follow. The first two addressed these are all crucial ingredients for sustainable attendance of safety meetings regarding Companies (IADC) Award for the most the manager’s attitude towards safety issues business excellence. accidents or near misses is also at 96%, with innovative safety idea, which can be applied to and how as an individual they can change their the target set at 100%. the whole industry. GeoSea’s simple but brilliant behaviour - and make the difference. A numbernumber of iniinitiativestiatives hhasas beebeenn llaunchedaunched oorr idea to paint coloured circles on the muster continuedcontinued in 20162016 andand itit isis clearclear to see that And one KPI - the end of work report - has stations won because it makes it very quick the wide-reachinwide-reachingg DEME safetsafetyy proprogrammegramme is already achieved 100%, showing how it is and easy to see that the crew is fully accounted Integrated Management System showingshowing positive results.results. now firmly anchored in the business. In 2017, for in the event of an emergency. This is the The elimination and control of risks is this has therefore been replaced by an Incident second consecutive time that DEME has won embedded in DEME’s corporate Integrated Investigation KPI, to ensure any accidents are this award. Previously it won for the first CHILD Management System and this radiates down properly investigated and reported. campaign. through all the projects and into every single operational task. Crucially, these KPIs show that DEME is achieving the vital engagement/buy-in to its CHILD5 Campaign In 2016 DEME focused on the further safety culture. For example, the employee safety DEME’s safety awareness programme CHILD development of its Integrated Management observations and suggestions KPI has increased (Colleagues Help Injuries to Leave DEME) System. Unlike many other systems this from 80% in 2015 to an impressive 97% a year was introduced in 2010. While figures have integrates purchase and logistics, tendering later. This means that nearly each employee improved eight-fold since CHILD’s introduction, etc. but also QHSE-S. So again safety is fully - representing more than 4,000 people - has and although DEME has a very good track embedded in the company’s culture. DEME made at least three safety observations. record compared to its peers, DEME still wants believes that this integrated management to do more. approach is the true foundation for business excellence.

DEME — Activity report 2016 ABOUT DEME 26 27 Innovation Employee driven Laser-cladded cutterhead teeth innovation Cutter suction dredgers (CSD) use cutterheads fitted with teeth to cut soil and rocks loose. To spark and capture groundbreaking ideas However, the lifespan of these teeth is limited from employees across DEME, several innovation and the dredging process has to stop each time initiatives have been launched. The “DEMEX” DEME has always been at the forefront they are replaced. Using laser cladding the teeth initiative focuses on disruptive innovation, of innovation, contributing to sustainable are given a carbide layer. Result: the lifespan of tapping into young talents at DEME to identify the teeth is lengthened considerably. growth and creating new opportunities to bold business opportunities for DEME. expand DEME’s global reach. The DEME Innovation Diver engages all Research & Development is undertaken employees worldwide to capture creative ideas Temarock - a specialised and in a multidisciplinary way, involving close with regards to several challenges. In early 2017 fully automated multipurpose cooperation between sites, vessels and the the second edition of the DEME Innovation Diver underwater 3D-printer of rock headquarters but also between calculation campaign was launched, with employees joining foundations desks, project management teams, forces and collaborating through an online innovation platform. technical and engineering departments. A quay wall, built of caissons at Tuas Terminal The innovation process follows a methodical, Phase 1 in Singapore, has a foundation DEME’s multidisciplinary approach and consisting of two layers of compacted hardcore. systematic and structured approach, employee-led innovation resulted in some For these to be applied in accordance with the ME2WE leading to groundbreaking innovations game-changing ideas. customer’s exact specifications three equipment and developments. A strategy was developed at the Jurong Island spreads are required. Using the Temarock, Westward Extension project in Singapore, DEME has developed a fully automated which focuses on teamwork and productivity. Modular jacket gas platform multipurpose 3D-printer that can do everything This involved creating a tool, ME2WE, which Transport and installation of design much more efficiently, achieve extreme helps to increase involvement, improve internal P11-E minimum facility platform, tolerances and facilitate diverless execution. The Netherlands relationships, create improvement channels and EverSea developed a standard platform design increase productivity. that is suitable for any gas field in the Dutch North Sea. The design is modular, meaning that TE-Norm remediation application only small, less expensive vessels are required for installation of the platform. Furthermore, smart of soil washing techniques Visual Lock Out Tag Out coupling makes it reusable at the next gas field. TE-Norm stands for Technologically Enhanced (LOTO) app Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material. This The LOTO app, designed aboard DEME’s project studies the technical and economic Damped pile gripper CSD ‘Ambiorix’, is a visual application for the feasibility of the treatment of soil and sediment management of the Lock Out Tag Out process. An enormous pile gripper was developed to that is lightly to moderately contaminated The app helps the crew in indicating the drive the foundations of a wind turbine into with radioactive material. Using adapted necessary LOTO points, locations and locks, and the seabed, together with a hydraulic heat soil-washing techniques the decontaminated at just the click of a mouse. This app helps to compensation system. The benefits are clear: material, which can often be reused, is sorted make repairs and maintenance safer and more less hindrance from the weather, quicker to out and treated separately. efficient and reduces the risk of human error. implement and cheaper.

DEME — Activity report 2016 ABOUT DEME 28 29 several Flemish specialist companies. The TSTD ‘Patania’ will be tested on the Deep sea harvesting Pacific’s seabed in May 2017, DEME’s marine harvesting For 150 years, the world when the GSR team will be of seabed minerals specialist GSR has known about this huge accompanied by geologists, potential seabed resource but scientists and geotechnical DEME’s marine harvesting specialist Global it is only now that the dream engineers. When successful, a and metals Sea Mineral Resources (GSR), in collaboration is turning into reality. pre-prototype will be tested with all stakeholders, is looking at ways in during the fourth expedition, Addressing the problems of climate change which seabed minerals can contribute to the INTRODUCING THE ‘PROCAT’ which will then take place in and dwindling fossil fuel resources, the World sustainable development of our world. PROJECT - DEVELOPMENT OF early 2019 to thoroughly test Wildlife Fund (WWF) published its Energy François Charlet THE WORLD’S FIRST TRACKED the technology. Report in 2015 stating that the world could get On 14 January 2013, the International Seabed GLOBAL SEA MINERAL NODULE COLLECTOR all the energy it needs from renewable sources Authority and GSR signed a 15-year contract for RESOURCES (GSR) Crucially, the expeditions by 2050. the prospecting and exploration of polymetallic “Within GSR, we are GSR intends to develop the will also be taking baseline nodules. Under the contract, GSR has exclusive developing deep sea mining world’s first tracked nodule measurements of the However, decreasing the world’s dependence rights for the exploration of 76,728 km2 of using state-of-the-art, collector eventually in 2019, deep sea environment so GSR on fossil fuel increases our dependence seabed in the eastern part of the Clarion which is based on 100% can measure the impact of on minerals and rather significantly so, as Clipperton Zone (CCZ) of the Central Pacific break-through technologies, DEME technology. This the harvesting vehicle. Three renewable energy infrastructure requires Ocean. able to explore and harvest unique collector vehicle will large mooring buoys will at least double the amount of minerals for polymetallic nodules in a be capable of harvesting be placed on the seabed to the same amount of energy production. Following the award, GSR has successfully sustainable and profitable nodules at staggering depths monitor changes in turbidity Furthermore, the world population is growing completed the first phases of this truly way. During our first two of 4,500 m right in the middle for at least a year. DEME is faster than at any time in history and the groundbreaking project. Two surveying offshore expeditions in 2014 of the Pacific Ocean, 1,300 km highly aware that any activity demand for mineral consumption is climbing expeditions have taken place. In the second and 2015, we were able to from land. has to be both commercially rapidly as the global standard of living increases. expedition a high-resolution geophysical survey collect geological, biological viable and sustainable. of the seabed was executed and samples were and geotechnical information, In 2016, work began on In addition to improving collected to study the biological and geological leading to the development the next exciting stage of deep sea harvesting expertise, conditions of the deep sea environment. of a remotely operated vehicle this pioneering, deep sea the company strongly harvesting project. During believes that this project and The main aim of this second expedition called ‘Patania’ in 2016.” the year the project team has its expeditions will be an was to retrieve soil parameters for the design successfully developed the important addition to the of a collector vehicle, to locate and quantify tracked soil testing device world’s scientific knowledge. nodules in three areas, and to develop an (TSTD) ‘Patania’ along with environmental baseline study. The project team expects that around 3 million tonnes of polymetallic nodules could be harvested annually. SIZE OF EXPLORATION AREA:

Tracked soil testing device ‘Patania’ 76,728 km²

DEME — Activity report 2016 ABOUT DEME Field testing of the TSTD ‘Patania’ 30 31 Testing before the ‘Patania’ expedition GSR also takes part in the projects:

PROJECT DURATION: 2014 - 2018 PROJECT DURATION: 2013 - 2016

DEME is one of the leading industrial partners DEME is one of the partners in the Managing in the European Blue Mining project. The Impacts of Deep Sea Resource Exploitation overall objective is to provide breakthrough (MIDAS) project. The MIDAS project brings solutions for a sustainable, deep sea harvesting together a broad-ranging group of experts from value chain. The project aims to develop the several disciplines to investigate the potential technical capabilities for accurate and cost- environmental impacts of deep sea resource effective discovery, assessment and extraction extraction and to make recommendations on of deep sea mineral deposits from water depths how best to manage them. up to 6,000 m.

PROJECT DURATION: 2016 - 2019 PROJECT DURATION: 2015 - 2019

The European Commission is helping to In 2015, the Joint Programming Initiative accelerate innovations that ensure secure and Healthy and Productive Seas and Oceans (JPI sustainable supplies of raw materials by funding Oceans) organised a pilot project Ecological a 4-year project: Breakthrough Solutions for the Aspects of Deep sea Mining to assess the Sustainable Harvesting and Processing of Deep ecological impacts which could arise from Sea Polymetallic Nodules - Blue Nodules. commercial mining activities. Three expeditions Blue Nodules will develop the seafloor and visited several nodule licence areas and a surface processes and equipment for deep sea protected area in the Clarion Clipperton harvesting of polymetallic nodules. Including Zone, and examined the disturbance and the DEME subsidiaries Dredging International recolonisation experiment (DISCOL) in the Peru (DI) and GSR, the Blue Nodules project will Basin, which was conducted 26 years ago. be carried out by a consortium of 14 leading European industry and research organisations.

DEME — Activity report 2016 ABOUT DEME 32 33 MeyGen - the flagship project of blue energy

DEME’s focus to be at the forefront of blue represents a capacity of 6MW, encompassing energy is highlighted by its involvement in the one 1.5MW Atlantis turbine and three 1.5MW groundbreaking MeyGen tidal energy project Andritz Hammerfest turbines. at Pentland Firth in Scotland. This project will be the world’s first tidal stream turbine array connected to the electricity grid. World leading expertise GeoSea is proud to be involved in this new Mark Wardle DEME is keen to be a pioneer in this and challenging industry and the world’s first DEME BLUE ENERGY (DBE) sustainable technology and in April 2016, tidal array project, particularly as it is such “I’m confident ocean energy has DEME Concessions acquired an interest in Tidal a key milestone for the industry. GeoSea Power Scotland Limited (TPSL), which controls the potential of playing a key role has conducted progressive research and the MeyGen project. Furthermore, DEME’s in Europe’s energy mix and with development into the use of heavy lift jack-up subsidiary GeoSea was awarded the installation our early involvement we are vessels at tidal sites. This included successful sea contract for Phase 1A of MeyGen and deployed ensuring DEME is at the forefront, trials in September 2015 at the Raz Blanchard the jack-up vessel ‘Neptune’ for this challenging driving this emerging industry. site, France - considered one of the most project. energetic tidal sites in the world. GeoSea is The coming years are going to be passionate about applying its world leading an exciting time and I am glad I The first phase consisted of the successful expertise to this exciting, trailblazing project. can be part of it.” installation of four gravity-based foundations and it got underway in September 2016, with GeoSea is now preparing the second 6MW the foundations and ballast blocks loaded at the phase of the MeyGen project, which will be ports of Nigg and Scrabster, Scotland. The first executed in 2018. turbine was energised and started producing power in November 2016. Besides the participation in TPSL, DEME is involved in two other tidal energy During December, two further turbines developments - the West Islay Tidal Energy were installed and the remaining turbine Park in Scotland (30MW) and Fair Head in was installed in February 2017. MeyGen 1A Northern Ireland (100MW). These projects are currently being developed in cooperation with local partners. 1st COMMERCIAL TIDAL ARRAY IN THE WORLD

DEME — Activity report 2016 ABOUT DEME 34 35 Fleet investment programme - green and innovative

‘Bonny River’ cable turntables located below the main deck. The vessel features more than 3,000 m 2 of DEME’s vessels - green on the With the order of the 15,000 m³ TSHD ‘Bonny unobstructed deck space. This is coupled with outside and on the inside River’, DEME is investing in a new generation a substantial rock dumping ability of 12,000 of TSHDs, which are trendsetting in terms of tonnes. Built as a dual fuel vessel, ‘Living Stone’ DEME’s ambition to be at the forefront of the coastal protection and for dredging hard soils. also has a relatively limited draught. industry when it comes to innovative solutions Steel cutting started end 2016 and the vessel is can certainly be seen in its ambitious fleet due to be delivered in the third quarter of 2018. investment programme. ‘Apollo’ Thanks to the combination of unique A number of pioneering vessels - many of which The new jack-up vessel ‘Apollo’ will join characteristics such as a very long suction pipe, are truly the world’s first - were launched in 2016 GeoSea’s fleet of self-propelled jack-ups in the a large transport capacity with limited draught and they will enter the fleet in 2017. DEME’s ‘Minerva’ and ‘Scheldt third quarter of 2017. This installation vessel and an additional, heavy-duty trail pipe with vision for a cleaner and sustainable world led River’ - world’s first dredgers has extremely long lattice legs giving the vessel rock draghead, this multidisciplinary vessel can the company to take the decision to invest in a water depth up to 65 m. She has a crane able to operate in full LNG mode be used effectively in shallow water and in dual fuel vessels, capable of running on LNG or capacity of 800 tonnes. Long legs mean the hard soils. diesel fuel, reducing carbon emissions, almost The 3,000/3,500 m³ trailing suction hopper vessel is easily able to serve the offshore wind eliminating particulate matter, SOx and NOx. dredger (TSHD) ‘Minerva’ was launched at industry, as well as the oil & gas markets in ‘Bonny River’ will be able to minimise the Royal IHC at the end of 2016, and is scheduled deeper waters. turbidity generated by process water and When the total investment programme has to enter the fleet in 2017. ‘Minerva’ is the first facilitates dredging in environmentally sensitive been realised, DEME will be one of the very few dredging vessel in the world to be equipped areas. Moreover, the hydrodynamic hull and shipowners capable of using LNG as a fuel at with dual fuel engines and capable of operating the dual fuel engines (diesel and LNG) ensure such a large scale. in full LNG mode. further optimisation of the fuel consumption and a minimal carbon footprint. The huge investment programme in greener Meanwhile, the 7,950/8,400 m³ TSHD ‘Scheldt vessels shows that DEME does not just want to River’, also built at Royal IHC, was launched in meet current legislative requirements, it wants January 2017 and will be put into service during ‘Living Stone’ to exceed them and go beyond compliance. the summer. Additionally, these vessels pioneer All of the vessels will have a Green Passport and the combination of two-speed propulsion DEME’s cable laying and multipurpose vessel a Clean Design notation. boxes and combinator mode, which results in ‘Living Stone’ will join Tideway’s fall-pipe substantial fuel savings and emission avoidance, fleet in the third quarter of 2017. Being built The dredging fleet will be the first to be joined particularly when operating at low speeds and at LaNaval, in Bilbao, Spain, ‘Living Stone’ is by these special dual fuel vessels. manoeuvring. extremely versatile with two, 5,000-tonne

DEME — Activity report 2016 ABOUT DEME 36 37 ‘Blanew’ Another very specialised vessel is the ‘Blanew’, which is a small and compact electrically driven cutter suction dredger (CSD) specially designed for dredging works in marinas, canals and lakes. ‘Blanew’ should be in service by the end of the summer. The CSD is self-manoeuvring which allows it to dredge between jetties and pontoons without removing them. In order to reduce the exhaust gas emissions and to minimise noise when working in marinas, ‘Blanew’ will be powered by means of an umbilical electric cable, which is directly connected to the shore-based network. The vessel therefore also has the capability to run on renewable energy.

‘Gulliver’ Investments ‘Spartacus’ will be able to dredge in waters of up to 45 m, compared to the 35 m depth ‘Orion’ - the next generation continue in 2017 which is presently the upper limit in the offshore installation vessel market and she is capable of operating in very Another giant DEME is investing in will largely remote locations with limited infrastructure, serve the offshore wind market. ‘Spartacus’ - simply given her fuel autonomy and accommodation the most powerful cutter capacity. The 216.5 m long offshore construction vessel suction dredger ever features a crane with unseen lifting capacity. The newly planned vessel will offer much ‘Orion’ has truly great transport capacity DEME has unveiled the mighty ‘Spartacus’. improved crew comfort levels as the deck house and can take multiple very large and heavy With a total installed capacity of 44,180 kW, will be supported by air cushions, minimising monopiles and transition pieces in a single ‘Spartacus’ is simply the most powerful CSD any vibrations. There is also a large workshop shipment. With DP3 technology the offshore that has ever been built. She will be 50% more aboard for repairing cutterheads. installation vessel can continue operations powerful than DEME’s existing CSDs, which under the most challenging conditions. are already giants in their own right. Her sheer DEME believes this exceptional vessel will create cutting power will enable her to cut harder soils its own market, by achieving what has been ‘Orion’ is very energy efficient and clean The 4,000-tonne SWL crane vessel ‘Gulliver’, at speeds that have not been possible before. impossible until now. because it runs on LNG. due to be operated by Scaldis, is set to enter This means that work can be taken on by the service in the third quarter of 2017. The vessel cutter dredger rather than relying on the use of ‘Spartacus’ was ordered at Royal IHC in The state-of-the-art vessel will enter the DEME is being built by ROC for Royal IHC in Qidong. dynamite and blasting. February 2017 and will be delivered in the fleet in the fourth quarter of 2019. She will carry out activities including installing summer of 2019. ‘Spartacus’ is fully diesel offshore infrastructures and decommissioning electric and is equipped with dual fuel engines projects for the oil & gas industry and for engines and an LNG tank. The CSD boasts a offshore wind farms. number of very innovative features.

DEME — Activity report 2016 ABOUT DEME 38 39 Export and project finance

One of the keys to a successful business the client is eligible for concessional lending), a proposal is DEME’s Export & Project Finance project finance structure or a combination of all department, which supports the all-in solutions of them. approach that DEME offers its clients all around the world. The financing packages are fully compliant with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) regulations and the Proactive partner in financing inherent economic, environmental and social sustainability prospects of each project are The Export & Project Finance department considered. assembles tailor-made financing packages and negotiates these packages with potential DEME has a long-standing relationship with investors, financial institutions and authorities. Credendo, the Belgian Export Credit Agency These structures offer financing possibilities to a and Finexpo, the Inter Ministerial Committee client in either developed or emerging markets, for Financial Support of Belgian Export. DEME that may not have the capability to arrange a works closely with these organisations, as well similar financing solution locally, especially with as with a pool of international banks, to achieve regard to the credit cost, credit tenor or credit the best solution for its clients. Low interest amount. rates and financing conditions in Europe often mean DEME has an attractive offer for its many Clients know that they have a competitive, safe international clients. and transparent payment solution with DEME’s financial packages. Over the past few years, DEME arranged several financing packages for its clients and it is now Attractive tailor-made offer working on a number of new transactions in several countries worldwide. Every financing arrangement is specifically tailored to the requirements of each client and their individual projects. DEME can provide a straightforward buyer’s credit, a soft loan (if

DEME — Activity report 2016 ABOUT DEME 40 41 Continuous improvement - DRIVE, U-DRIVE Additionally, the DRIVE Transactional programme that aims to realise savings, & LESS = MORE 2.0 efficiency enhancements and cash out risks and costs reduction through supporting process DRIVE is DEME’s continuous improvement improvement will be aligned with Less = More programme that covers operational excellence, 2.0 in 2017. In 2016 special attention was Opportunity & sourcing and the supporting process paid to the processes related to patents and 2016 Achievements improvements. subsidies. Risk Management For medium and large tenders and projects This is reflected in the three pillars of DRIVE: In 2016 the Technical departments and DEME has evolved into a recognised DEME has a structured, transparent and Purchase and Logistics benefited from DRIVE Operational and Technical provides multidisciplinary company handling a diverse consistent ORM strategy, underlying DEME’s the Management Control and Reporting a pragmatic approach to operational process range of complex projects worldwide. pro-active and integrated approach to ORM. System (MCRS®) that was implemented improvement and bottom-up innovation. In During 2016 significant and qualitative efforts within the scope of U-DRIVE. This resulted 2016, 65 DRIVE improvement projects, better Therefore the corporate Opportunity & by all ORM stakeholders have been performed in new framework agreements, an objective known as DRIVE exercises, were successfully Risk Management department (ORM) was during both commercial and execution phases sourcing strategy, reduced cost of ownership, completed on projects worldwide. Within the launched in February 2016 in order to capture, to comply with the new ORM standards. This a controlled execution of the maintenance area Asia and Oceania, no less than 12 DRIVE assess and manage all opportunities and risks resulted in a dedicated and embedded risk- programme of the DEME fleet, more efficient exercises were carried out, making the region from day one until the completion of the aware entrepreneurship exhibited by all ORM dry-dockings and the installation of innovative the winner of the so-called DRIVE Green Jersey execution phase. stakeholders within the DEME entities. maintenance methods like condition-based for 2016. The DRIVE Yellow Jersey is awarded monitoring. each year to the area or business unit that realises the highest demonstrable financial 2017 Objectives Furthermore, in 2016 the Technical departments savings by performing DRIVE exercises. In 2016 and Purchase and Logistics focused on process DEME will further refine and leverage all this prize was won by the area Mediterranean improvement, KPI roles and responsibilities, ORM knowledge and experience during 2017 and South & Middle Americas. Last year DIMCO with the focus on Maximo, the new asset in the same uniform and viable method. also executed its first DRIVE project. Finally, the management system, which will fully embed The department will further strive for DRIVE team has continued the development these processes, enable optimal control and embedded ORM excellence in close cooperation of pragmatic IT tools in support of the lead to tangible results in the course of 2017 for with all the relevant DEME departments and identification and execution of DRIVE projects. the user and management. projects. DEME will further enhance the DRIVE Cost is focused on sourcing corporate Opportunity & Risk Management improvement through the regular renegotiation strategy and compliance in order to meet and of framework agreements for the main product exceed 2017 requirements. families, as well as supplier consolidation across departments and business units. Because of an increased focus on the reduction of overhead costs, a lot of attention has been dedicated to reducing indirect spend. This effort will continue in 2017 within the scope of a special overhead reduction programme called Less = More 2.0.

DEME — Activity report 2016 ABOUT DEME 42 43 Corporate Social Responsibility

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is about people, planet and prosperity. CSR is an integral part of DEME’s corporate practices. For DEME, this means that all business units always strive to do business sustainably. DEME improves business efficiency, mitigates social and environmental impacts, inspires local participation and seeks original solutions to address global challenges. DEME strives to Surinder Sandhu build partnerships that help create a positive TUAS TERMINAL PHASE 1, influence on the communities in which DEME SINGAPORE works. It can be seen in the DEME4Life “We cannot build our campaigns, employee-initiated CSR projects, own future without helping as well as DEME’s drive for protecting and promoting the personnel’s well-being. others to build theirs.” DEME4Life Foundation DR Congo DEME’s drive for sustainable solutions is highlighted by its CSR initiatives, which are Helping Congolese youngsters overseen by the DEME4Life Foundation. fulfil their career ambitions In 2016 DEME was involved in a wide variety of projects across the globe. In a broad-based project in DR Congo, a 10-year, public private partnership (PPP) has DEME’s strenuous efforts for a sustainable been set up with the local dredging company business have led the company to adopt five of “La Congolaise des Voies Maritimes” (CVM) the United Nations Sustainable Development to dredge the Congo River. An important part Goals: people, planet, partnership, prosperity of the PPP is that CVM will eventually have and peace. One project that represents all its own vessel and three crews so it can be of these goals is DEME’s dredging project on self-reliant in the future (for more details please the Congo River. refer to page 22).

DEME — Activity report 2016 ABOUT DEME 44 45 DEME volunteers for the The ‘New Belgica’ Special Olympics Sister Jeanne Devos fund, India

Belgium India Volunteers help the Special SPEED Trust concentrates its efforts on one ‘New Belgica’ Olympics athletes stay healthy Several projects are underway in India, largely of the largest slums in Chennai where 2,600 organised by DEME’s joint venture company families live. DEME is supporting various health DEME is supporting a fascinating project, which The Special Olympics uses sport to improve International Seaport Dredging (ISD). and medical projects such as the SPEED Trust involves unemployed youngsters building a the lives of those with intellectual disabilities. Dispensary, Hygiene & Health Education camps replica of the famous three-masted ship used In May 2016, the national games took place in Namma Beach-Namma for children and it provides assistance for by the polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache La Louvière in Belgium, where 3,600 Belgian Chennai project disabled people and widows by helping them - the ‘Belgica’. athletes participated. find employment. DEME supports the Namma Beach-Namma Young people who are unable to find work DEME has been assisting the athletes taking Chennai project, which aims to clean the are helped by the non-profit organisation De part for the last four years by mobilising beach at Injambakkam-Akkarai and the Sister Jeanne Devos Steenschuit, which provides training courses in volunteers to help with the Special Olympics surrounding streets. The project has provided The DEME4Life Foundation supports the shipbuilding. The organisation is hoping that Health Athletes Programme (HAP), together the local Injambakkam School with water taps, Indian fund of the Belgian missionary sister the ‘New Belgica’ will be ready for the Tall Ships with the Lions Club of Belgium. DEME also blackboards, sitting mats for the youngest Jeanne Devos in recognition of her efforts to Race in 2020. provides financial assistance to cater for the pupils and tables with benches for the senior help children and women in India, such as the necessary equipment and logistics. students. initiative for daughters of exploited domestic workers. DEME is providing a classroom and a SPEED Trust teacher to help the girls with their homework so they can continue their education. SPEED Trust is another organisation that has been supported by DEME in recent years.

DEME — Activity report 2016 ABOUT DEME 46 47 Singapore UAE

DIAP partners The Red Pencil Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) Creeks in Singapore clean-up campaign

Since 2015, Dredging International Asia Pacific DEME sponsored an ambitious clean-up (DIAP) - the Singaporean subsidiary of DEME - The Red Pencil Ride for Hope, campaign in Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) Creeks, Singapore has been working with The Red Pencil, an NGO through its local joint venture DI-MEDCO, based headquartered in Singapore that offers both in the United Arab Emirates. creative and clinical arts therapy services to various organisations including hospitals, family During the 7-day campaign “Marine Raiz Mirim invited at the ‘Minerva’ and ‘Scheldt River’ launch ceremonies centres, shelters and schools, as well as to environment, our responsibility” approx. humanitarian missions outside of the city-state. 45 tonnes of waste was recovered, including 28 shipwrecks, tyres, fishing nets and cages. In 2016, DIAP participated in The Red Pencil Supporting families Ride for Hope to raise money for the NGO. In recognition of its efforts, DI-MEDCO was In Belgium, DEME is supporting the Brazilian Additionally, DIAP supported two charity honoured with a Marine Environmental community through involvement in fundraising concerts by bringing two of the Trusteeship Award presented by the event’s “Raiz Mirim”. best contemporary Belgian ensembles to Arts workshop supporting The Red organisers. Pencil, Singapore Singapore, the Belgian Saxophone Ensemble “Raiz Mirim” is an educational and sociocultural and Incantevole. organisation which provides support to families

meeting with DI Vietnam, the school principal who have emigrated from Brazil to Belgium. DIAP is working on the huge Jurong Island Hien said: “With the contribution from your Brazil Originally, this project focused on Brazilian Westward Expansion development in Singapore company, the children will have clean water, The DEME4Life Foundation supported two children living in Belgium and provided a vital and Hedwig Vanlishout, project director, more food and kitchen equipment to keep and Brazilian projects in 2016. link to their homeland. Every week the children also decided to appoint The Red Pencil as ensure better food quality and safety for the take part in creative and cultural workshops. the project’s official charity. Sam Verrelst, new school year.” Local employees from Dragabras, the Brazilian Then the project further developed because it construction manager for the Jurong project, subsidiary of DEME, initiated a project to help became clear that some of the families needed has become a Red Pencil ambassador. He gives underprivileged children from Rio de Janeiro’s more support, so the Foundation also provides talks to companies, highlighting the benefits of favelas. The DEME4Life Foundation made assistance for help with any psychological issues art therapy and The Red Pencil’s work. Disadvantaged fishermen in An Hai and Xuan Dai districts a donation so the NGO “Mais Caminhos” that children may be experiencing. could purchase computer tablets for the DEME4Life supported disadvantaged fishermen organisation’s complementary Education As well as offering funding, DEME4Life Vietnam in the An Hai and Xuan Dai districts. There had Programme. organises special outings for the families. “Raiz DEME4Life carried out several initiatives in been wide-scale flooding in the area, impacting Mirim” was, for example, invited to take part Vietnam during 2016. The Foundation provided the fishermen’s livelihood. DEME4Life provided In 2016 the children were involved in several in the launching ceremonies of the TSHDs support for the Ta Ngai Cho Kindergarten in the rice and noodles, cooking oil and medicines for interesting projects using educational apps ‘Minerva’ and ‘Scheldt River’. Muong Khuong district. the fishermen. that raise awareness about the preservation of the oceans (close to DEME’s heart), avoiding Food, kitchen equipment, water filters, clothes Additionally, DEME joined the Belgian Embassy, pollution and about different species, fauna and and 1,000 books, amongst other items, were and supported the Annual Charity Bazaar in flora. donated by the Foundation. Speaking at a Hanoi in November 2016.

DEME — Activity report 2016 ABOUT DEME 48 49 “Climbing for Life” 2016 edition, France

Jaco Bester DEME HERO “Take me to the sky, where I will be catching my dreams! Anything is possible at DEME… Creating land for the future all around the world or in our personal lives. DEME stands behind its employees, encouraging them to take on opportunities, to live healthy and be fit. This is for our benefit, jump on board and you will never look back. Commit to be fit and make a difference for yourself.”

Commit to be fit 2,000 colleagues are now linked in. And a Wherever they are in the world DEME distance of more than 2.5 million km was employees were On the Move, with hundreds synchronised to the Energy@DEME platform of people taking part in sporting challenges in by the end of 2016! 2016, regardless of age or fitness level.

Climbing for Life DEME On the Move Once again, DEME sponsored the Climbing In February 2016, the 12th DEME On the for Life event, which provides challenges for Move Campaign was officially launched at cyclists, runners and walkers. Held in the the headquarters in Zwijndrecht. And the year French Alps (Les2Alpes and Alpe d’Huez) in was packed full of sporting events ranging from August, the event saw more than 120 DEME cycling in the Alps to rowing in Dragon Boats, participants join, of which 94 were on their to running in the hills of Boma in DR Congo. bikes and 33 on foot. DEME is the event’s Silver Sponsor. In this way DEME is giving its DEME made a significant investment in its support to the event’s accompanying diabetes health platform Energy@DEME. Everyone awareness campaign. who subscribed was given a pedometer, enabling them to count their steps and synchronise them to the platform. More than

DEME — Activity report 2016 ABOUT DEME 50 51 Keep on running Hercules Trophy proudly added In Belgium, 12 runs were organised in 2016 to the DEME trophy cabinet starting with the Antwerp Urban Trail in March. The Hercules Trophy is a renowned competition, The special family event, the Antwerp 10 Miles organised all over the world between teams in April was a particular highlight. from different companies. The competition consists of a mix of teamwork, physical tests, Plenty of sporting effort was also seen around tactics and agility. This year nearly 90 teams the port city of Boma in DR Congo and in took part in the event, which was held in Singapore during the Red Pencil Ride for Hope. Antwerp. Three DEME teams participated, and one team ‘The Prodigies’ won and took home In early 2016, colleagues from the Congo Antwerp 10 Miles, Belgium the trophy! Dragon Boat Race, Belgium River maintenance dredging project initiated a sportive endeavour to organise regular runs in the scenic hills around the port city of Boma. DEME Heroes Both locals and staff enjoyed the picturesque paths amid the verdant tropical foliage. With This was the culmination of DEME’s campaign bubbling enthusiasm and having put plenty to inspire employees who would not usually of practice in, they were able to conquer the be so sporty. For the first time ever and after a highest point of Boma, which is 291 m. rigorous selection, 10 candidates from DEME’s employees were chosen to receive sports, In December 2016, over 100 DEME employees medical and nutritional coaching to enable participated in the Standard Chartered them to reach the summit. The DEME Heroes Marathon running event in Singapore. threw themselves into the challenge and got Meanwhile, more than 30 employees from ready to cycle up the mountain in just three DEME’s Indian subsidiary International Seaport months! After a tough climb they all managed Dredging took part in the Wipro Chennai to reach the finishing line, encouraging Standard Chartered Marathon, Singapore Marathon. each other along the way, and they have all Hercules Trophy, Belgium now been named our DEME on the Move ambassadors. Dragon Boat Race in Antwerp

In China dragon boat races are a tradition dating back more than 2,000 years. They represent team spirit, goodwill and collaboration and there was plenty of that on show in September 2016, when two DEME boats took part in the sixth edition of the Dragon Boat Race in Antwerp. The DEME Dragons A got into the final without a hitch and rowed themselves into a very respectable third place. The DEME Dragons B team reached the semi-finals. Wipro Chennai Marathon, India DEME Heroes

DEME — Activity report 2016 ABOUT DEME 52 53 Maintenance dredging of the Weser, Germany

DREDGING SOLUTIONS

Dredging and land reclamation are more than just DEME’s core activities. They are at the very foundation of the company. DEME is involved in huge, complex dredging and land reclamation projects worldwide, offering customers cutting-edge solutions. Over the past decades, DEME has executed major marine engineering infrastructure works such as the development of new ports, waterways, airports, artificial islands, residential and recreational areas, industrial areas, roads, bridges etc. on all continents.

DEME — Activity report 2016 DREDGING SOLUTIONS Eko Atlantic, Nigeria 54 55 Zeebrugge maintenance dredging, Belgium

In the port of Antwerp, DEME carried out Belgium repair works and erosion protection at the PSA container terminal quay wall. Antwerp, Ghent and Belgian coast In Ghent, DEME completed the dredging works for the deepening of the Sifferdok. As part of a long-term contract, DEME continued maintenance dredging works on After the conclusion of a 4-year maintenance the Scheldt River and the access channels to dredging programme on the Ghent-Terneuzen the port of Antwerp’s locks. A large volume of Canal, DEME was awarded a new contract to Elke Rombaut dredged sediments from the port of Antwerp continue dredging works for another 4 years. SCHELDT MAINTENANCE is being treated at AMORAS, Europe’s largest Works will resume in 2017. PROJECT mechanical dewatering plant for dredged “Don’t think in problems, materials. Dredging International (DI) and DEME At the Belgian coast, breakwaters were removed think in solutions. Environmental Contractors (DEC) continued in Zeebrugge for the installation of land cable the operation of AMORAS with other partners. connections for offshore wind farms. This should be part of our Maintenance dredging also carried on in the DNA on all projects!” North Sea, the access channels and ports of Ostend, Zeebrugge and Blankenberge.

Scheldt River maintenance dredging, DEME — Activity report 2016 DREDGING SOLUTIONS Belgium 56 57 River Rhine de Vries & van de Wiel has executed, at the request of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, a trial project on the Rhine, near Tolkamer close to the German border. The purpose is to prevent further riverbed erosion by means of nourishment with a sand-gravel mixture, which is required to maintain the long-term navigability of the Dutch river system. In total 70,000 m³ of sand- gravel was used.

Offshore Terminal Rotterdam, The Netherlands Waterdunen In June 2016, coastal protection works in Waterdunen were completed. Waterdunen includes the development of recreational facilities and a nature reserve. Dykes have been reinforced together with 1 million m³ of The Netherlands reclamation and beach replenishment works. Kooyhaven

Offshore Terminal Rotterdam In January 2016, de Vries & van de Wiel, Dishoek, Zoutelande together with a Dutch partner, started the Beach nourishment Dishoek, The Netherlands In The Netherlands, DEME is executing development of Kooyhaven at the port of and Goeree-Westhoofd deepening and soil improvement works with Den Helder. Thanks to its location alongside Along the Dutch coast, the final phase of beach the TSHD ‘Breughel’ in front of the newly built the Noordhollandsch Canal, the industrial estate nourishment works in Dishoek, Zoutelande Offshore Terminal Rotterdam quay wall. Works is linked directly to the North Sea. Kooyhaven and Goeree-Westhoofd was concluded in are proceeding according to schedule and are offers space for businesses within the energy November 2016. due for completion mid-2017. market’s supply chain that are also reliant on the port and water-based transport. Works include a 660 m quay wall and a secondary Juliana Canal dyke of 1.4 km. The public quayside became operational in December 2016 and works will DEME’s subsidiary de Vries & van de Wiel continue in 2017. continued the works for widening the Juliana Canal in the Netherlands. When completed in 2018, bigger inland vessels (up to 190 m 12,728 Waddenzee long and 11.4 m wide) will be able to navigate through the enlarged waterway. In spring 2017, In September 2016, the long-term dredging TRIPS MADE FOR a new canal bed will be constructed at Obbicht campaign on the Waddenzee has been and dykes will be replaced between the villages completed, with a total of 18 million m³ of sand MAINTENANCE of Berg a/d Maas and Obbicht. and silt being dredged. DREDGING ACTIVITIES

DEME — Activity report 2016 DREDGING SOLUTIONS 58 59 Gerald Giegerich NORDSEE NASSBAGGER- UND TIEFBAU “The foundation for the success of any project is based on our ability to provide DEME specialists from different disciplines with

Expansion of the Europakai Cuxhaven, exactly the right knowledge and Germany experience needed. In this respect our clients in Germany can be assured that they get the best technical solution for their Germany Weser, Elbe and Kiel Canal dredging, port expansion and Nordsee Nassbagger- und Tiefbau continues the wind energy projects.” Cuxhaven maintenance dredging campaign on the River Weser. A new, 2-year contract has been German seaports operator Niedersachsen Ports awarded for 2017-2018. Additionally, water has awarded a contract for the expansion of injection maintenance dredging continued on the Europakai (Europe Quay) in Cuxhaven to a the Elbe and Kiel Canal. consortium including Nordsee Nassbagger- und Salvage operation Tiefbau. The expansion includes the addition on the Elbe of Berth 4 to accommodate increasing roll-on/ roll-off cargo, as well as the growing demand In early 2016, the giant, 400 m containership from the offshore wind industry. The planned ‘CSCL Indian Ocean’ became stranded along construction spans an area of 90,000 m², which the Elbe on its way to the port of Hamburg. has to be filled with sand, and a 240 m quay DREDGING WORKS An emergency salvage operation was wall. The project confirms DEME’s subsidiary EXECUTED IN carried out to limit the impact on container Nordsee Nassbagger- und Tiefbau’s position traffic. As part of the salvage operation, as a leading expert in soft soil reclamations, a 10 HARBOURS Nordsee Nassbagger- und Tiefbau executed geotechnically challenging discipline. Nordsee water injection dredging works to remove sand will dredge the waterway in front of the new AND ON around the stranded ship. On February 9, 2016 berth. Works are expected to be completed by the ship was pulled free from the riverbed. the end of 2017. 5 RIVERS

Water injection dredging on the Elbe for the salvage of the ‘CSCL Indian DEME — Activity report 2016 DREDGING SOLUTIONS Ocean’, Germany 60 61 New office in UK & Ireland France Bremen In 2016 DEME Group reshaped its marketing In October 2016, DEME inaugurated its new office efforts to the UK market through the Gravelines maintenance dredging establishment of NewWaves Solutions, in Bremen. DEME had been consolidating all Société de Dragage International (SDI) carried German activities in Bremen with the office serving operating from its office at Canary Wharf, out a recurring maintenance dredging as the regional headquarters for the company’s London. By combining the strengths of the campaign in Gravelines. operations in Germany since 2015. DEME Group’s operating companies, including DI, GeoSea, EverSea, Tideway, DBE and DIMCO, For almost 50 years, DEME Group has been active NewWaves Solutions provides a single point of in Germany in maintenance dredging projects Seine dredging contact for UK-based projects. and marine engineering activities. As a leading hub SDI was awarded the fourth phase of dredging for the marine and offshore industry, Bremen is the ideal base from which to strengthen relationships works for the deepening of the Seine in the with German customers and suppliers by offering Dawlish Warren Beach Courval-Duclair section, including the disposal local expertise and market knowledge. The offshore Management Scheme of dredged gravel at designated sites for reuse wind energy market offers many opportunities and as construction material. The main objective growth potential for DEME in Germany. A contract has been secured for a coastal was to improve access for larger vessels to The Bremen office currently employs defence project off the coast of Dawlish, the Port of Rouen, a major hub on the Seine about 100 people. Devon. The Dawlish Warren beach area was between Le Havre and Paris. heavily impacted by storms in 2015 and 2016. NewWaves Solutions will execute dredging and beach replenishment works, to start in June Wissant beach nourishment 2017. In Wissant, located on the coast of Northern France, SDI executed emergency beach nourishment works. The northern shoreline Medway Approach Channel in the Pas de Calais region is one of the most dredging rapidly eroding sectors of coast in France. A dune has been reconstructed and stabilised Early 2017 NewWaves Solutions was awarded with the installation of wooden piles and a new contract for a recurrent maintenance revegetation. SDI managed to conclude the dredging campaign on the Medway Approach nourishment works before the start of the channel, located in the Thames Estuary. The tourist season. campaign was successfully concluded in February 2017.

Inauguration of the new office in Bremen. Left to right: Christopher Iwens, General Manager DEME German Subsidiaries - Alain Bernard, CEO DEME Group - Andreas Heyer, Managing Director Wirtschaftsförderung Bremen GmbH

DEME — Activity report 2016 DREDGING SOLUTIONS Beach nourishment Wissant, France 62 63 Port Said dredging, Egypt

One country dominated DEME’s activities in Port Said is one of Egypt’s most important Alexandria the Mediterranean region in 2016 and into ports on the Mediterranean. This side channel 2017 - Egypt. of 9.5 km long, 250 m wide and 18.5 m deep, For the Egyptian Navy, DEME carried out the provides access to the eastern part of Port Said. excavation of the navigational channel, internal The new side canal means that ships sailing to corridor and turning basin for Alexandria Port. Egypt and from Port Said will no longer interfere with The project was completed on time by TSHD the maritime convoys of the Suez Canal. ‘Congo River’.

East Port Said access channel The contract involved DEME’s two jumbo TSHDs, the ‘Nile River’ and ‘Congo River’. This Following on from the successful completion Ras Al Teen Port of Alexandria dredging, Egypt second award was completed well ahead of of the historic New Suez Canal project, the DEME was awarded another contract in schedule in March 2016. same consortium comprising DEME’s Dredging Alexandria. DEME has to dredge 4 million m³ International (DI) and Great Lakes Dredge & of sand from an offshore borrow area and Dock Company (GLDD) was awarded a second Burullus Power Plant carry out the onshore reclamation for the contract from the Suez Canal Authority in construction of the Ras Al Teen navy base October 2015, to dredge the Port Said east DEME was awarded a project for the startup extension. The TSHD ‘Congo River’ has been entrance channel. of a Combined Cycle Power Project in Burullus, working on the project since December 2016 which is ongoing in 2017. The scope includes and works will be completed in 2017. more than 600,000 m³ of dredging and backfilling, as well as pipe laying.

DEME — Activity report 2016 DREDGING SOLUTIONS 64 65 The ‘Congo River’ team ALEXANDRIA PORT PROJECT “You only fail when you stop trying. Each day we were challenged to Livorno harbour dredging, Italy Port of Mersin dredging, Turkey deliver safe production, without interfering with the ongoing port operations. Navy representatives were included in the navigational watch Italy Turkey because they are familiar with the local waters, port areas and language. Livorno Mersin All these efforts resulted in maximum DEME executed maintenance dredging works Mersin International Port Management, operational hours and only minimal in Livorno harbour in the dock area Darsena a partnership between PSA International and traffic delay. To prevent any debris Toscana, as well as in the turning basin. Around Akfen Holding, awarded DEME a project in and obstructions from being taken 700,000 m³ of dredged material was handled Turkey for the deepening of the basin and up by the dredger it was necessary, and this includes the transport and disposal of entrance channel to the port of Mersin. The through collaboration with the contaminated sediments. TSHD ‘Uilenspiegel’ and the CSD ‘Amazone’ crew and site, to design and install a were mobilised. Around 4 million m³ were finger grid, a specialist screen mesh. dredged during the project, which finished This successful innovation resulted Yard Belleli di Taranto in early 2016. in decreased downtime as a result DEME resumed works at Yard Belleli di Taranto, of cleaning the dragheads and thus, a National Interest Site. The works involve the optimised effective production time. installation of a sheetpile wall, as well as a Algeria Even though we were challenged water treatment plant. with a lot of difficulties, we Jijel Separately, DEME is currently completing the succeeded again by having the right Work continues at the Jijel naval base where construction of a quay wall in the port of mentality and drive for continuous DEME is responsible for dredging and Trapani, Sicily. improvement.” the installation of around 100,000 tonnes of rock.

DEME — Activity report 2016 DREDGING SOLUTIONS 66 67 Igor Pogorelov MORDRAGA “Mordraga has become a key player in the Russian oil & gas and dredging markets by implementing its strategic solutions and innovative technologies to drive complex projects in highly variable and challenging environments, which are unique to the Russian territories.”

New Sabetta Port, Russia

2016 was a challenging year for area Middle, DEME’s Russian offices in Saint Petersburg which includes Russia, Central Asia and Eastern and Moscow have expanded in the past few Europe. years and many major dredging projects were successfully executed including Yamal However, DEME has continued its efforts Sabetta (2nd campaign), Yamal LNG and the to develop the network of connections Kronshtadt Ship Fairway. Russian engineers throughout the region. Contacts have been assisted with different projects across the globe. reinforced in Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Georgia, Ukraine and Romania; new acquaintances have been made and partnerships strengthened.

DEME — Activity report 2016 DREDGING SOLUTIONS New Sabetta Port, Russia 68 69 Tuas Terminal Phase 1, Singapore

Tuas Terminal Phase 1, Singapore

Singapore About the TTP1 mega-port project Tuas Terminal Phase 1 project In 2030 the Government of Singapore will start to consolidate its container The works for the Tuas Terminal Phase 1 mega- port facilities at Tuas. New technology project in Singapore have now attained cruising speed and are seeing the deployment of innovative will be introduced at the greenfield techniques and equipment. In a joint venture site to create a hypermodern, with Daelim Industrial of South Korea, Dredging innovative and largely automated International Asia Pacific (DIAP) is creating logistics hub. The consolidation will 21 deepwater berths. Once completed, these berths also free up existing port land near will have a combined container capacity of 20 the city centre for future urban million TEU per year. An important project milestone redevelopment. The Tuas Terminal took place in April 2016: the launch of the first of project, of which Phase 1 is a crucial a total of 222 caissons. When fully placed, these milestone, will ensure that Singapore’s caissons will form the frame of the 8.6 km long quay leading global hub port continues wall. Construction activities are executed according to have sufficient capacity to meet to strict environmental requirements and with continuous environmental monitoring supervision by industry demand in the long term. an independent environmental specialist, appointed by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore.

DEME — Activity report 2016 DREDGING SOLUTIONS 70 71 Jurong Island Westward Extension, Singapore

Jurong Island Westward Extension

The Jurong Island Westward Extension project is proceeding on schedule and will be completed in 2018. The project comprises the reclamation of 38 million m3 of new land at Jurong Island, Singapore’s dedicated petrochemical hub. DIAP has been involved in the reclamation works since the early 1990’s that led to the amalgamation Kristel of Jurong Island from seven separate islands, Laisa Gavia-Cruz confirming the company’s strong track record and DREDGING INTERNATIONAL expertise in the region. ASIA PACIFIC (DIAP) “DEME is a company that always This latest extension project is especially notable strives to do something big for being a soft-soil reclamation: the client, JTC, emphasises the reuse of dredged materials in the and innovative, and I am glad reclamation fill, making for a reclamation project to be part of this, especially the that requires less sand from external sources and TTP1 Project in Singapore. DEME one that is much kinder to the environment. The always keeps us motivated by use of soft materials for the reclamation fill requires promoting camaraderie and extensive soil improvement in order for the finished teamwork among its staff and product to meet compaction, settlement and crew. It is an organisation which load bearing criteria. DIAP is getting increasingly appreciates diverse talents known as a market leader in these types of and cultural backgrounds and reclamations, that are becoming much more encourages mutual respect, widespread as clients worldwide seek to minimise the environmental footprint of their projects. regardless of different philosophies, nationalities, culture or gender.” Papua New Guinea

Lower Ok Tedi River The works associated with the removal of potentially polluted mine tailings from the Lower Ok Tedi River resumed in March 2016 after a period of diminished activity, due to abnormally low water levels caused by El Nino. 2017 will mark the 20th anniversary of DEME’s involvement in the environmental rehabilitation of the ecologically valuable Ok Tedi Basin. The current contract runs until at least 2020.

DEME — Activity report 2016 DREDGING SOLUTIONS 72 73 Nigeria

Eko Atlantic 2016 was again a very busy year for DEME in Nigeria. Eko Atlantic City is one of the most ambitious real estate developments in Africa. The new city is being built on Lagos’ Bar Beach - on land that is reclaimed from the sea. Eko Atlantic City is being constructed in six phases that will ultimately result in the creation of 9 km² of prime land, requiring reclamation and sand winning of no less than 100 million m³. In early November 2016 DEME completed Phase 3 of the project with the TSHDs ‘Breughel’ and ‘Breydel’.

Eko Atlantic City, Lagos - Nigeria Bonny and Onne DEME continued maintenance dredging works Freetown Terminal, Sierra Leone under the long-term PPP agreement with the Bonny Channel Company, a joint venture with the Nigerian Ports Authority, ensuring DEME has been working for more than 50 the channel to the LNG terminal in Bonny and years in Africa and maintains a strong presence, the ports of Onne and Port Harcourt remain carrying out dredging and reclamation projects accessible. across the continent. Sierra Leone For the first time DEME secured a port expansion contract in Sierra Leone, confirming the company’s widespread presence and experience on the African continent.

In Sierra Leone DEME teamed up with Eiffage FOR THE EKO ATLANTIC and RMT Clemessy for the further development of the Freetown Terminal. For DEME the project CITY PROJECT included soil improvement, reclamation and 3 compaction works, as well as the deepening of 100,000,000 m the existing and future container berths. OF RECLAMATION AND SAND WINNING REQUIRED

DEME — Activity report 2016 DREDGING SOLUTIONS 74 75

Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Base

The Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Base (LADOL) offers logistics, engineering and other support services to offshore oil & gas exploration and production companies operating in and around Maintenance dredging Soyo, Angola West Africa. LADOL and Samsung Heavy Luke Inegbedion Industries have formed a partnership to invest DREDGING INTERNATIONAL in what is to become Africa’s largest vessel SERVICES NIGERIA fabrication and integration facility. DEME has been awarded the contract for the yard and quay Guinea Angola “Over the years it has been great wall construction, as well as the dredging of the to see DEME develop from being a berth pocket and access channel to the quay. In Conakry a long-term maintenance dredging As part of the 3-year agreement concluded in solid contractor when I started 27 agreement has been extended to 2018. As part 2015, DEME executed maintenance dredging years ago, into a full EPC solutions of the project to expand its export capabilities, works on the access channel to the Sonangol LNG export terminal deploying the TSHD ‘Breydel’. provider or what I always call ‘the Maiyegun Waterfront Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée will extend the mineral wharf in Kamsar port. DEME will total package’.” In December 2016, a contract was acquired work on the project as a contractor for VINCI’s for the Maiyegun Waterfront development subsidiary Sogea-Satom. In the same port, DR Congo in Lagos. DEME will reclaim approximately DEME secured the contract for the maintenance Since 1989 DEME has been dredging the Congo 600,000 m³ to raise the level of an existing dredging works of the Kamsar Container River on a regular basis. In all cases, these were beach. Maiyegun Waterfront will include new Terminal facilities for the mining development so-called emergency projects as the river had housing units, a commercial hub, as well as company Global Alumina Corporation. Works Onne Port Extension silted up to such a degree that some of the inland leisure facilities. Works started with the TSHD have been successfully completed with the cargo ships of a certain draught were no longer The Port of Onne is a fast growing logistics ‘Breydel’ in early 2017. TSHD ‘Orwell’. able to reach the ports of Boma and Matadi. hub for West and Central Africa. The port DEME decided to seek out a more sustainable operates a container terminal, handles cargo solution by setting up a 10-year Public Private ships of up to 60,000 tonnes, and has become Illubirin Island and Elegushi Ivory Coast Partnership (PPP) with La Congolaise des Voies a main support base for oil & gas activities in Dredging and reclamation works on Illubirin In Ivory Coast DEME was awarded a contract Maritimes. The second maintenance dredging the region. The expansion project includes the Island in the Lagos Lagoon were completed in for maintenance dredging in the Port of campaign took place in 2016. The PPP also construction of a 600 ha new port, which is early 2016 with the CSD ‘Rubens’. DEME signed Abidjan. provides training for 40 young Congolese staff. being developed in three phases. With CSD a contract for a similar reclamation project on ‘Rubens’ and TSHD ‘Breughel’ DEME completed Elegushi Island, also in the Lagos Lagoon. the first phase, reclaiming 150 ha of land and executing soil improvement works for the future Ghana Benin quay wall. DEME’s jack-up vessel ‘Vagant’ Takoradi port in Ghana is developing the A contract was signed for coastal protection continued works for Nigeria LNG, assisting with Takoradi Port Oilfields Service Hub to serve works in Benin. The Siafato Phase II project, the overhaul of the loading arms at the gas Ghana and West Africa’s emerging markets. providing sustainable protection of the shoreline export terminal located in Bonny Island. Viking Offshore, which holds the concession in Cotonou, will include beach nourishment and for the new hub, awarded the dredging and revetment works, as well as groyne construction. reclamation works to DEME, including the creation of a 400 m long quay wall.

DEME — Activity report 2016 DREDGING SOLUTIONS 76 77

Alberto Mino MIDDLE EAST DREDGING COMPANY (MEDCO) “Working with MEDCO in Qatar for the dredging and reclamation project of the Doha New Port gave me a real understanding of creating land for the future. It is wonderful to see new land or a new island appear gradually before your eyes and know you have played a role in its creation.”

New Port, Doha - Qatar

Qatar of rock in total. At peak times, about The New Port project in Qatar, carried out by 1,600 people were working on the project. NEW PORT PROJECT the Middle East Dredging Company (MEDCO), DOHA, QATAR was successfully completed and handed over to Dredging of New Port access channel, the client in January 2016. Strategically located United Arab Doha - Qatar south of Doha, the mega-project includes a 1,600 PEOPLE new port, a new base for the Qatar Emiri Naval Emirates Forces and the Qatar Economic Zone 3. In 2016 DEME also concluded works at the ON THE PROJECT La Mer Jumeirah Open Beach project in AT PEAK TIMES Works included the dredging and excavation Dubai. The reclaimed area of 2.9 million m² of some 45 million m³ of hard rock for the will comprise residential, commercial and access channel, the land reclamation leisure facilities and is mainly situated on three 45,000,000 m³ for a new 4.5 km² offshore naval base and peninsulas reclaimed by DEME along Dubai’s the construction of two large, outer Jumeirah beachfront. OF HARD ROCK breakwaters comprising 4.5 million tonnes EXCAVATED

La Mer Jumeirah Open Beach DEME — Activity report 2016 DREDGING SOLUTIONS development, Dubai 78 79 Widening of Panama Canal Pacific Access Channel, Panama

enable it to handle post-Panamax vessels and DEME was busy in many countries in Latin this was finished ahead of schedule. America during 2016, with a broad spread of challenging projects taking place. The existing entrance southbound of the Americas Bridge was widened over a distance of 7 km by 37 m on both sides, making the Panama total width 300 m.

Panama Canal Pacific Some 5.6 million m³ of soft and hard materials Access Channel were eventually dredged deploying the TSHD 3 ‘Lange Wapper’ and CSD ‘D’Artagnan’. 26,000,000 m DEME again returned to the historic Panama Canal project, where the company had Additionally, DEME will again be busy at the DREDGED FROM previously worked between 2009 and 2012. Panama Canal in 2017, dredging in front of the DEME completed the further widening and Cocoli Locks with the CSD ‘D’Artagnan’ from THE PANAMA CANAL deepening of the Pacific Access Channel to January. SINCE 2008

Widening of Panama Canal Pacific DEME — Activity report 2016 DREDGING SOLUTIONS Access Channel, Panama 80 81 Capital dredging, Mariel Port - Cuba

Cuba

Mariel Port DEME successfully executed a contract to deepen the access channel and turning basin at Mariel Port in Cuba. Some 300,000 m³ of rock and stiff clay was dredged and this gives Nereida Gomez the port a Panamax channel. The project was DREDGING INTERNATIONAL carried out during the summer of 2016 with the DE PANAMÁ CSD ‘D’Artagnan’ and the barges ‘Sloeber’ and “Working in Cuba was a true life ‘Paggader’. Maintenance dredging, Port of Santos - Brazil experience. I will never forget the quality of people, their optimism and how they valued our work. Brazil Seeing every member of the port organisation sit down with Santos, Sao Paulo us every morning and putting At the end of 2016 DEME started maintenance all their resources available dredging at the access channel to the Port demonstrated the impact our of Santos, Latin America’s biggest and work had on that society. DEME busiest port. Volumes are expected to total was able to successfully carry out 4.3 million m³ and the TSHD ‘Pearl River’ was a project that opens the door to mobilised in November 2016. new opportunities and proves that adjusting to new challenges is part of our strength.” Uruguay

Capital dredging, Port of Montevideo Port of Montevideo - Uruguay In a joint venture DEME completed the contract for the extension of Muelle D, almost doubling the available quay wall length of the Muelle C contract, which DEME completed four years ago with the same joint venture partners. The related dredging works in the Port of Montevideo were carried out by the TSHD ‘Uilenspiegel’ and a small backhoe dredger.

DEME — Activity report 2016 DREDGING SOLUTIONS 82 83 Kamarajar port development, Chennai - India

Salaya India In early 2016, DEME completed rock dredging Haritha Kallagunta work with the CSD ‘Ambiorix’ at the Salaya INTERNATIONAL SEAPORT Kakinada Essar Bulk Terminal in front of the 400 m quay DREDGING (ISD) wall. For almost 20 years DEME has been dredging “The remarkable growth of ISD in the port of Kakinada. In 2016 maintenance by consistently winning major dredging took place at the Kakinada seaport Seabird Phase II orders in 2016/2017 has been a access channel, turning basin and in the newly demonstration of ISD’s technical deepened areas. In January 2017, DEME had been awarded capabilities and commercial acumen dredging works for Project Seabird Phase II in together with that of DEME. With these specialised projects a joint venture with L&T. It is one of the largest presently underway and to be executed, I hope that ISD grows Kamarajar naval infrastructure projects in India, located at in size and strength in the coming years and that the Indian DREDGING Karwar on the west coast of the country. DEME continues dredging works for the Subcontinent success story plays a significant role in DEME’s PROJECTS IN Kamarajar port development project near growth too. I’m sure all my colleagues at ISD are super-charged Chennai. The project, executed in various for the exciting years ahead and hope all of us will learn from the stages, includes dredging for the new container challenges and make progress hand-in-hand.” terminal, two coal berths, a multi-cargo terminal and a turning basin. Phase 4 of the port development started in early 2017. 19 INDIAN PORTS

DEME — Activity report 2016 DREDGING SOLUTIONS 84 85 Maintenance dredging, Port of Dhamra - India

Karwar DEME also secured the contract for maintenance dredging on the approach channel, turning circle and berth basin at Karwar Port in early 2017. Dredging will be executed in different types of soil.

Dhamra Annual dredging works in the access channel and turning basin of Dhamra Port on the northeast coast of India continued in 2016.

Maharashtra On the west coast in the State of Maharashtra, DEME completed maintenance dredging in the channel and turning basin, as well as some Capital dredging, Port of Trincomalee - Sri Lanka capital dredging works in the berth pockets of the private port of Jaigarh.

Kattupalli In the port of Kattupalli, near the ISD offices in Chennai, the company executed capital dredging of an alternative channel for accessing the Modular Fabrication Facility jetty.

Sri Lanka In 2016 DEME returned to Sri Lanka where the TSHD ‘Brabo’ executed deepening works in the access channel and manoeuvring and berthing areas of the private jetty operated by Tokyo Cement Company in the port of Trincomalee.

DEME — Activity report 2016 DREDGING SOLUTIONS 86 87

Bernard Stevelinck WORKING ON THE ‘PINOCCHIO’ AT THE “NOUVELLE ROUTE DU LITTORAL” “This project to build a 13 km coastal road is a real challenge. The existing highway is dangerous because rocks from cliffs, which are eroding, regularly fall down onto the road below. And for the new road we are working with very hard material, including a lot of large boulders and stones, which is pretty rough on our equipment. La Réunion We have to make sure the dredgers In La Réunion works continued for the and ancillary equipment are construction of the “Nouvelle Route du carefully maintained continually, Littoral”, a 13 km coastal road built on the so we don’t have any downtime ocean. Currently, a road highly exposed and can keep the project firmly on to falling rocks and erosion from nearby cliffs schedule.” connects the two major cities on the island. The new road is being built to make transport 48 GRAVITY more reliable and safe. FOUNDATION PITS A major part of the coastal highway includes a 5,400 m offshore viaduct. Société de Dragage Backfilling works of gravity-based PREPARED FOR THE NEW foundations , La Réunion International (SDI) executes the dredging, gravel bed installation and backfilling works of 48 gravity-based foundations of the viaduct. 5,400 m Works will continue in 2017 with backhoe VIADUCT OF THE “NOUVELLE dredger ‘Pinocchio’. ROUTE DU LITTORAL”

Nouvelle Route du Littoral, La Réunion

DEME — Activity report 2016 DREDGING SOLUTIONS 88 89 Extension of Mauritius Container Terminal, Port Louis - Mauritius Mauritius Mauritius Ports Authority launched an extension project in Port Louis for the Mauritius Container Terminal to accommodate larger vessels and to handle an incremental increase in container traffic. The scope of work for DEME involves dredging in various soil conditions, including rock. Works will be executed in 2017 by the heavy-duty rock cutter suction dredger ‘Ambiorix’, which is suitable to operate in heavy soil and rock conditions.

Capital dredging works Port Louis, Mauritius

DEME — Activity report 2016 DREDGING SOLUTIONS 90 91 Land reclamation at Emboodhoo Dredging of Lagoon, Maldives foundation pits

Bund construction, Maldives Land reclamation works with TSHD ‘Nile River’, Maldives Maldives Having signed the contract in August 2016, DEME returns to the Maldives in 2017 for major land reclamation works at Emboodhoo Lagoon, located in the South Male Atoll. Ten islands will be reclaimed to develop a high- end, integrated resort. The new contract in the Maldives demonstrates DEME’s long established reputation as a reliable and efficient partner to tackle even the most complex and technically challenging projects around the region. Special care is being taken to preserve the environment and especially the coral reefs around the site so that Mother Nature is safeguarded in all her splendour for future generations to come.

DEME — Activity report 2016 DREDGING SOLUTIONS 92 93 DREDGING PLUS SOLUTIONS MARINE & OFFSHORE SOLUTIONS

DEME has a strong track record in providing offshore services and solutions for the oil & gas and renewable industries. DEME’s hydraulic engineering knowledge is second to none and specialist subsidiaries GeoSea, Tideway and Scaldis can offer integrated solutions for complex projects. Services cover provision of the full balance of plant scope including foundation structures (both for wind turbines and substations), offshore cabling (inter-array and export), landfall and scour protection. DEME is also flexible with regards to contract structure ranging from transport and installation up to full Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) contracts. DEME also offers operations and maintenance, logistics, repair and decommissioning services to the market.

Nordsee One offshore wind farm, DEME — Activity report 2016 MARINE & OFFSHORE SOLUTIONS Germany 94 95 Installation of monopiles Nordsee One offshore wind farm, Germany

Germany Merkur engineering, procurement, fabrication and installation of 71 foundations. With Nordsee One The 396MW Merkur offshore wind a total installed capacity of 497MW, the GeoSea development reached its financial close in Hohe See wind farm is currently the biggest In early 2016 works were completed at August 2016. Merkur is a construction-ready planned offshore wind project in Germany. Nordsee One. GeoSea transported and installed wind farm located approximately 45 km north Financial close for Hohe See was achieved in GeoSea is DEME’s specialist for complex 54 monopiles with the heavy lift jack-up vessel of the islands of Borkum, Germany, in the February 2017. offshore marine engineering projects. The ‘Innovation’, while scour protection was carried North Sea. Close to 500 million EUR in equity company offers a wide variety of services to out by DEME’s subsidiary Tideway. was provided by a consortium of five partners, owners of offshore assets, marine consultants including DEME Concessions Wind. The and marine contractors in the renewable GeoSea teams in Bremen will play a major role energy, oil & gas and civil engineering sectors. Borkum Riffgrund 2 in the execution of the project, contributing Established in 2005, GeoSea has evolved THE HEAVIEST significantly to Germany’s energy transition from an offshore foundation contractor to a DONG Energy has awarded GeoSea a contract plans. MONOPILE INSTALLED reputable EPCI solution provider. for the installation of 20 jacket foundations at the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm MORE THAN in Germany. A total of 56 Vestas 8MW wind turbines will be installed, of which 20 will be Hohe See installed on jackets with suction buckets. With In February 2016 GeoSea has been awarded rotor spans of 164 m, these will be the largest the EPCI contract for the Hohe See offshore 1,100 wind turbines installed in German waters. wind farm in Germany, including the design, TONNES

DEME — Activity report 2016 MARINE & OFFSHORE SOLUTIONS 96 97 Load-out of Galloper monopiles at Offshore Terminal Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Unique joint venture with COSCO Shipping

DEME and COSCO Shipping - the largest shipping company in the world - will work closely on the development of offshore wind energy in China. An umbrella agreement was signed in October 2016 in line with the Chinese climate vision and the strategy for the development of renewable energy, which were recently incorporated in the 13th Five Year Plan (2016-2020) for social and economic development. The Chinese government wishes to significantly increase the installed capacity of offshore wind energy by 2020 and beyond. UK Hornsea Project One GeoSea secured the installation contract for As the largest shipping company in the Galloper the 116 monopiles of the Hornsea Project One world, COSCO Shipping wishes to enter offshore wind farm off the Yorkshire Coast in this new market segment and has As part of the EPCI contract awarded by RWE the UK, which is capable of powering well over found a partner in DEME’s subsidiary Innogy, GeoSea installed the first foundations at 1 million UK homes. Covering approximately GeoSea, with its extensive experience the Galloper offshore wind farm in December 407 km2 and providing a capacity of 1.2GW, in developing, building and 2016. GeoSea has the responsibility for the Hornsea Project One will be the first offshore maintaining offshore wind farms. design, fabrication and installation of 56 steel wind farm to exceed 1GW in capacity and will monopile foundations. The monopiles are the become - by a considerable margin - the world’s The joint venture is also in line with the heaviest GeoSea has ever installed with weights largest offshore wind farm. Group’s partnering philosophy, in in excess of 1,100 tonnes. The scour protection which DEME expands its international works for the foundations are undertaken by activities through sustainable Tideway. Race Bank cooperation with local partners. Such combinations have repeatedly proved GeoSea installed 91 foundations at the Race successful in DEME’s dredging and Bank Offshore Wind Farm in the UK. The environmental divisions. contract was awarded by DONG Energy. Tideway also executed the scour protection works.

Load-out at Great Yarmouth - Race DEME — Activity report 2016 MARINE & OFFSHORE SOLUTIONS Bank offshore wind farm 98 99 Foundation installation - MeyGen Tidal Energy Project, Scotland

MeyGen GeoSea deployed jack-up vessel ‘Neptune’ for the installation of four gravity-based foundations for Phase 1A of MeyGen’s Tidal Energy Project, located at the Pentland Firth in Scotland.

Dirk Pauwels Belgium WORKING ON THE JACK-UP ‘NEPTUNE’ Rentel “After 21 years of creating land for In October 2016 Rentel reached financial the future with dredgers I’ve close for the construction of a new 309MW changed to creating energy for offshore wind farm off the Belgian coast. This the future! was an important milestone for the Belgian Installing the MeyGen offshore offshore wind energy market. Thanks to tidal stream turbines to supply DEME’s extensive experience in offshore wind clean and renewable electricity projects, an important contribution will be made towards a sustainable energy supply to the UK was pioneering. I am in Belgium, not only as a financial partner proud to be part of the team through DEME Concessions, but also by its realising this job under the most specialist contractors GeoSea and Tideway. difficult tidal conditions. MeyGen DEME’s ‘Innovation’ will be deployed to install for me really highlights DEME’s 42 monopile foundations, with works starting strive for sustainability.” mid-2017.

Denmark

Horns Rev 3 During the first half of 2016 GeoSea concluded a contract with Vattenfall for the procurement and installation of 49 foundations at the Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm in Denmark, set to become the country’s largest offshore wind site.

DEME — Activity report 2016 MARINE & OFFSHORE SOLUTIONS 100 101 Decommissioning Thames gas platform, United Kingdom

(ONE BV), the largest privately owned Dutch Thames gas platform EverSea exploration and production operating company. decommissioning The P11-E field is located in the North Sea, 55 km north west of Rotterdam. Many oil & gas installations around the world are reaching the end of their economic EverSea is a specialist in complex offshore The P11-E platform is an unmanned standard production lifecycle. Decommissioning of marine engineering projects, offering a wide satellite platform, which is designed as a offshore installations presents a major challenge variety of services to the oil & gas industry. generic modular processing facility in order to from a safety, environmental, technological, EverSea relies on its ability to provide innovative be reusable in the future. The jacket is designed as well as an economical perspective. EverSea techniques and operational reliability through to be deployed in different water depths offers innovative solutions for decommissioning high-tech equipment. and it was connected to the foundation piles platforms and their related infrastructure, by a swaging process using water pressure, deploying DEME’s versatile fleet of jack-up deforming the piles inside the jacket. This vessels. P11-E unmanned minimum technique also allows easy reuse. For the actual facility platform piling works, EverSea used an environmental In 2016 EverSea executed the removal and friendly piling hammer, which was deployed for transportation of the vent tower and crane EverSea successfully completed the transport the first time offshore. The innovative design boom from the Thames gas platform, being and installation of the P11-E standard satellite of this gas platform is the result of a joint decommissioned after cessation of production gas platform for Oranje-Nassau Energie BV development between ONE and EverSea. in 2014.

Transport and installation of P11-E minimum facility platform, DEME — Activity report 2016 MARINE & OFFSHORE SOLUTIONS The Netherlands 102 103 GeoSea Maintenance

As part of a long-term service agreement with C-Power, GeoSea Maintenance executed monitoring and inspection services on the Thornton Bank wind farm in Belgium.

With the jack-up vessels ‘Neptune’ and ‘Thor’ Crew transfer service provided by several maintenance campaigns were carried ‘Aquata’ out in the Irish and North Sea for different customers. With the fast crew transfer vessels ‘Aquata’ and ‘Arista’ and different jack-up vessels, GeoSea Maintenance will provide marine logistical services for the maintenance of the to be constructed Rentel offshore wind farm, off the Belgian coast. Furthermore, GeoSea Maintenance continued similar long- term service agreements with turbine suppliers Senvion and Adwen, and it has a 5-year Balance of Plant maintenance contract for the Dutch wind farm Gemini.

DEME — Activity report 2016 MARINE & OFFSHORE SOLUTIONS 104 105 In Germany, the company carried out the post- lay cable crossings for DolWin 3 and Veja Mate offshore wind farms. And at Nordsee One, Tideway completed the scour protection for the foundations.

Tideway performed rock dumping works at Godewind I and II and scour protection works were completed at the Galloper offshore wind farm.

In 2017, Tideway will be equally busy in the 1,375,000 offshore wind sector with several awards. For Hornsea Project One in the UK, Tideway is TOTAL INSTALLED responsible for the supply and installation of the ROCK TONNAGES power cable system. To optimise the trenching Scour protection works, NordSee One works a customised drag head is being offshore wind farm, Germany engineered. This will reduce the volume to be removed and backfilled by the TSHD.

In the home market, several DEME subsidiaries Tideway receives - Dredging International, GeoSea and Tideway - will partner with each other at the Rentel Best Performing Employer Offshore wind farms offshore wind farm. They will execute the 2016 Award Tideway transport and installation of the 42 foundations, Here are a few highlights of recent cable laying as well as the cable installation. Tideway will and rock placement works carried out in the be responsible for the infield cable installation Tideway received the Best Performing DEME’s subsidiary Tideway has been a specialist offshore wind market. works, rock placement and erosion protection Employer 2016 Award in the hydraulic in the oil & gas industry for more than 25 years for the infield and export cables. Rentel is partly engineering sector in but given the current challenges in this sector, For Thorntonbank offshore wind farm in owned by DEME Concessions Wind. the Netherlands. many of the projects in 2016 involved cable Belgium, Tideway worked on the replacement The nomination committee laying and rock placement works for the of an infield power cable. This included This year Tideway will also carry out the of the “Nationale Business offshore wind industry. preparatory works removing the cable infield cable installation works for the Merkur Succes Award Instituut” protection and power cable inside the jackets, offshore wind farm, north of the islands of thinks that Tideway Even though the historically low oil prices recovering the defective cable, laying a Borkum, Germany. distinguishes itself because have led to a dip in traditional oil & gas replacement and burying the new cable. of its recruitment policy activity, Tideway is optimistic that there will be and the trust and responsibility it gives somewhat of a recovery in 2017, though not In the UK, for the DONG Race Bank Offshore employees, which results in low staff turnover back to the peaks of previous years. For now Wind Farm, Tideway assisted with the and absenteeism. The committee stated offshore wind is the busiest market and the installation of the near shore export cables. that Tideway is an absolute top employer, company has already been awarded several key which shows once again that employees contracts for work in 2017 and 2018. represent the actual capital of the company.

DEME — Activity report 2016 MARINE & OFFSHORE SOLUTIONS 106 107 Rock placement works, Labrador - Canada

Oil & Gas Meanwhile in the oil & gas market, DEME was awarded a contract for the transport and installation of the P11-E unmanned minimum Sofie Verheyde facility gas platform, and the pre-sweeping LOWER CHURCHILL and rock placement works were undertaken by PROJECT, CANADA Tideway in 2016. The P11-E platform is a natural “When working on the rock gas processing offshore facility that will treat installation campaign along the gas feed from the nearby P11-E field on the the HVDC cables in the Strait of Dutch continental shelf. Belle Isle in Labrador - northern In other challenging projects in 2016, Tideway Canada, we were faced with performed rock placement works on the Lower many impediments such as Churchill Project for the Canadian power harsh weather conditions company Nalcor. This is for a huge hydropower and treacherous and elusive project in Muskrat Falls, situated in Labrador currents. Not to mention the in an extremely remote location. The company passing icebergs. Anticipating could only work in the spring and summer these circumstances kept us on because of the harsh conditions. Three 30 km our toes as we had to provide power cables were being placed to transport protection to the HVDC cables electricity through to Nova Scotia. for 50 years to come. At DEME we Tideway assisted with the execution of a are determined to challenge the landfall project in the south of Argentina, which forces of nature and tough project was awarded to DEME. For this project, onshore Subsea installation conditions. We push through and offshore trenching works were carried out with thorough preparation and and a 14” gas pipeline was pulled from a pipe- In 2016 Tideway also set up a subsea division exceptional teamwork to find laying barge to shore. specialising in umbilical installation. This was solutions for every difficulty instrumental in a contract awarded to DEME encountered.” In the Strait of Gibraltar, Spain, Tideway for the Burullus power plant, which is part of successfully completed rock placement work the Siemens Egypt Megaproject. DEME will for a pipeline stabilisation project for two major bring the cool water pipelines from the gas- pipelines. This was carried out in spite of the fired power station to the shore. It will do the high currents and in water depths of up to dredging and trenching with a cutter suction 400 m. Here the DP fallpipe vessel ‘Seahorse’ dredger and install the cofferdam. was deployed.

DEME — Activity report 2016 MARINE & OFFSHORE SOLUTIONS Trench dredging works, Argentina 108 109 Towage assistance to LNG tankers, Newbuild tugs ‘CTOW Lala’ and ‘CTOW Bonny Island - Nigeria Bieke’ 1,435 VESSEL ASSISTANCES PROVIDED BY THE CTOW FLEET

Two new tugs will join the CTOW fleet in 2018

Bonny and Onne, Nigeria Two additional tugs plus In 2016 CTOW successfully continued to focus a pilot launch will enter service CTOW on its activities in Africa. The contract to provide in 2018 harbour towage in Onne Port in Nigeria was Additionally in 2016, CTOW was awarded ongoing throughout the year. At the start of Combined Marine Terminal Operations a second contract by Nigeria LNG, for the 2016, CTOW was awarded a contract to operate Worldwide (CTOW) offers a full package of provision of two more tugs and one pilot launch two tugs at Nigeria LNG’s Bonny Terminal. professional assistance for the operation of for the Bonny LNG Terminal. Two 75-tonne dedicated maritime terminals and related bollard pull tugs and one 19 m pilot launch with services. CTOW can carry out everything from Two newbuild tugs MEDEVAC capacities are under construction. maintenance services to a jetty or fairway, These new vessels are due to enter service including handling navigation aids, to towing Since April 2016 CTOW has operated two mid-2018. services at a terminal. 60-tonne bollard pull ASD tugs ‘CTOW Bieke’ and ‘CTOW Lala’ that provide towage CTOW is a joint venture company owned assistance to LNG tankers on the terminal at the by DEME, Herbosch-Kiere and Multraship. mouth of the Bonny River in Nigeria. The tugs The company seeks early involvement are operated with 100% Nigerian crews who and an integrated and turnkey approach to have received additional training to perform the development, management and operation well in a demanding environment, such as that of terminals and ports. of an LNG terminal.

DEME — Activity report 2016 MARINE & OFFSHORE SOLUTIONS 110 111 Wreck removal of the ‘Flinterstar’, Belgium

project. Eventually the solution involved complex rigging including 1 main spreader, 2 sub-spreaders, 44 shackles and 20 slings.

Transport and installation of Nordsee One substation

Scaldis was contracted to transport and install the substation for the Nordsee One offshore wind farm, which consists of a jacket, four piles Lifting of tiltable pipelay system in and a topside. Rotterdam, The Netherlands

‘Rambiz’ lifted the jacket, weighing 1,476 tonnes, and placed it in position. The four piles, each measuring 67.49 m and weighing 241 tonnes, were lifted, upended and installed in the jacket sleeves. In the second phase the ‘Rambiz’ did the pile top cutting and installed the topside.

Lifting of a tiltable pipelay system Scaldis A 2,430 tonne tiltable pipelay system was lifted Belgian port of Zeebrugge. ‘Flinterstar’ broke from its construction location at the Huisman in two and sank in October 2015 after colliding Salvage & Marine Contractors quay in Rotterdam and transported to the with an LNG tanker. pipelay support vessel ‘Skandi Buzios’ and put Transport and installation of Nordsee As a specialist heavy lift contractor, operating into position. One substation, Germany With the powerful, twin-crane heavy lift on a worldwide basis, Scaldis concentrates on vessel ‘Rambiz’, the cargo ship ‘Flinterstar’ was marine heavy lifting with its vessel ‘Rambiz’ removed from the seabed. for civil construction works, oil & gas projects, Decommissioning Viking Bravo renewables, decommissioning and salvage. This gas platform broad range of activities has meant that Scaldis had a steady year in 2016, despite the present Lift of 1,600 tonne Stinger Scaldis was involved in the decommissioning of slump in the oil & gas industry. Transition Frame the Viking Bravo gas platform in the Southern North Sea. Scaldis also executed preparatory Scaldis executed a 2-part, heavylift operation activities for platforms, which will be removed 15,000 for Allseas. In Flushing the ‘Rambiz’ was Flinterstar wreck removal in the years 2017-2020. deployed to lift a Stinger Transition Frame TONNES OF STEEL A major salvage and wreck removal project the from a transport & storage barge to the quay. company carried out was the removal of the Weighing more than 1,600 tonnes and with STRUCTURES LIFTED cargo ship ‘Flinterstar’ from the seabed off the large parts protruding, this was a challenging AND INSTALLED

DEME — Activity report 2016 MARINE & OFFSHORE SOLUTIONS 112 113 DREDGING PLUS SOLUTIONS ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS DEME Environmental Contractors (DEC), de Vries & van de Wiel, Ecoterres and Extract-Ecoterres are all part of Ecoterres Holding, DEME’s group of specialist environmental companies. Their activities include soil decontamination, treatment of polluted soil and dredged sediments, as well as the high-tech cleaning of water, with a focus on design, build and operation using innovative techniques.

DEME — Activity report 2016 ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS Avenue Coking Works, United Kingdom 114 115 Bekaert brownfield development, Zwevegem - Belgium

DEME Environmental Contractors

DEC and its joint venture partner acquired Proactive approach proves Belgium an 8 ha, brownfield site from Bayer in Ghent. successful The work was finished by the end of 2016. Breathing new life Now totally cleaned up, this site will be used for DEME’s environmental companies have taken industrial purposes. on a proactive role in sourcing and developing into brownfield sites potential remediation projects. Along with This proactive approach is highlighted by DEC was awarded by the Flemish utility development partners, DEME’s environmental several projects successfully completed in 2016, company Eandis for another brownfield site specialists identify old, polluted industrial sites and by some new awards. in the centre of Kortrijk, which had previously Soil remediation Eandis site, Kortrijk - and approach owners regarding the possibility been used for gas production. This will be Belgium of redeveloping the site into industrial, Two brownfield developments, Bekaert remediated and then sold on to a project housing and recreational areas. This strategy Zwevegem and Bekaert Hemiksem, carried developer. Work is ongoing and due to is proving very interesting for local councils as out in partnership with private developers complete in July 2017. they often face budgetary constraints. Vanhaerents and Vooruitzicht, were remediated in early 2016. These sites were previously Meanwhile, works at the Nilefos brownfield used for the manufacture of steel wiring. site in the port of Ghent got underway in early In Zwevegem, a whole new quarter of the 2016 with the remediation of the former gas town is being created including housing, a works and the dismantling of the radioactive sports hall and a park. DEC took over the full contaminated structures. Once completed, 767,760 responsibility for the remediation project on a a new chemical cluster, Dockland, will be lump sum basis. established on the site. TONNES OF SOIL RECYCLED

DEME — Activity report 2016 ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS 116 117 Remediation for a new Historic pollution tackled along city quarter in Ghent leading to Winterbeek River the creation of 1,500 homes Another project concerns Winterbeek River, A major contract got underway with the “New which has suffered historical pollution from a Docks” project in the centre of Ghent. These factory outlet. DEC is responsible for cleaning former docks have been bought by project a 6.5 km section of the riverbed and the developers and DEC is working in partnership riverbanks. This contract was awarded by the with them to remediate the ground to the VMM (the Flanders Environment Agency) via a Pieter Van der Mussele Sediment treatment at AMORAS, highest environmental standards. public tender and is set to complete by the end Antwerp - Belgium of the year. PURAZUR The old industrial site will be transformed into “Water is no doubt a global a new quarter of the city with 1,500 homes, challenge and water treatment businesses and recreational areas. Treatment centres in Belgium, is increasingly imperative for Tailing management The Netherlands & France the environment. It’s an amazing This highlights the advantages of bringing in & dewatering opportunity for me to be part DEC as early as possible, as the City of Ghent With several soil and sediment recycling centres of Purazur, the new innovative In Balen, DEC is involved in an ongoing project originally opened the tendering process for the in Belgium and the Netherlands, DEC, de Vries involving the dehydration of Nyrstar’s process project in 2013. It was keen that any solution & van de Wiel and Ecoterres treated 1.36 million niche of DEME.” residue. Nyrstar has awarded two additional chosen should not just focus on the lowest tonnes of polluted soil and dredged sediments contracts for the capping of a dumpsite and the bid. Above all, it needed to be a sustainable in 2016, making them the leading companies installation of a pump infrastructure network solution. in this specialised activity in Belgium and the to capture and treat polluted groundwater. Netherlands. An overview of the treatment Here, DEC has been working on the tailing DEC worked with the project developers very centres is on page 141. management, dewatering and making filter early on and this led to a tailored, integrated cakes from the material. approach, which included both the remediation are captured by the washing water. This work and the site development. New Docks Purazur builds new water washing water must also meet rigorous will be fully compliant with all the latest treatment installation for Indaver discharge standards. To this end, it will be Waterway solutions environmental regulations and it is designed treated separately in the new treatment to be entirely electricity neutral, using effluent Purazur, the DEME Group subsidiary specialising installation. Indaver’s existing water treatment DEC is working for Waterwegen en Zeekanaal as the main heating source. With a view to in water treatment, is building a new water installation had reached the end of its (the Flemish inland waterway authority) as part sustainability, all the transport will be carried treatment installation for Indaver, the Antwerp- useful life. of a 7-year contract. DEC treats the dredged out by ships and during the excavation process based waste treatment company. Purazur is sediments at its centres throughout Belgium. for the remediation works, the foundations will responsible for the design, construction and Construction of the plant is due to be already be put in place for the new houses. This commissioning of the new facility. completed by August 2017. After a 6-month is a two-year project. AMORAS test period, the new plant will be commissioned Indaver treats industrial hazardous waste in early 2018. DEC continues its operations at the AMORAS in three rotary kiln incinerators. To ensure facilities. This is a major design, construction compliance with stringent emission Purazur focuses on the high-tech treatment and operation contract for sediment treatment requirements, the flue gases from the of industrial and domestic waste water, and storage in the port of Antwerp, covering a incineration process are treated in a so-called percolate water from landfills and contaminated period of 15 years. wet gas scrubber, whereby harmful substances groundwater.

DEME — Activity report 2016 ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS 118 119 Dewatering and treatment of dredged sediments, Obourg - Belgium

Ecoterres achieved very high also provided by Ecoterres with its modern The Netherlands activity levels in Wallonia measuring and surveying equipment, the vessel and northern France during 2016 ‘Zig Zag’. de Vries & van de Wiel was involved in In the field of environmental civil works remediation projects in Amsterdam, Haarlem, Ecoterres continued the remodelling and Den Helder and their surrounding areas in 2016. capping of a former industrial, heavily polluted Soil & sediment Once remediation took place the sludge and landfill at Tertre. The project is based on treatment centres soil was treated at a specialist facility in Den traditional synthetics liners (HDPE, bentonite, Helder. Ecoterres’ soil and sediment recycling centres of drainage textiles…) and is expected to be Petit Try (Charleroi), Cetraval (Brussels), Filterres finished at the end of 2018. NAM also awarded de Vries & van de Wiel a (Liège), Sedisol (Farciennes) and Bruyère-sur- contract to treat offshore and onshore waste Oise all performed well. More than 400,000 In a joint venture, Ecoterres continued such as drilling cuttings, drilling mud and tonnes of polluted soils and sediments have depollution works at the Codami site in Treatment of dredged sediments, wastewater from its oil & gas activities. This Vraimont - Belgium been treated in the centres in Wallonia and Manage (region of La Louvière). More than award is an important contract for de Vries & nearly 130,000 tonnes in Bruyère-sur-Oise, 100,000 tonnes of polluted soils will eventually van de Wiel, highlighting its partnership with which is a very good performance after only be handled by different onsite and offsite the oil & gas industry. two years of activities. techniques. This is due to finish in September.

The contaminated waste is treated and then All of these centres are located along Ecoterres completed works at Obourg. Starting the soil is reused in a project to create nature waterways and in an effort to offer sustainable in 2011, this project included the isolation of reservations in the Den Helder area, such as solutions, Ecoterres encouraged companies a landfill area of contaminated sediments and the Vogeleiland and Wierholt project. Both to carry out the transport of the polluted the construction of new secured basins with a of these are examples of creating new nature and treated soils/sediments by water. capacity for 50,000 m³/year. with techniques such as immobilisation, Some 220,000 tonnes were transported on where former waste flows are reused in a the waterways in 2016. Construction was also finished at two ponds sustainable way. dedicated to the storage of wastewater coming Ecoterres continued to operate the public from an industrial company specialised in sediment recycling centre at Tubize (site of refining sugar. Vraimont). In total 110,000 tonnes of non- polluted sediments were dewatered and Ecoterres dredged 60,000 m³ of polluted Use of recycled soil for new nature reserve, Vogeleiland Den Helder - recycled as fill for industrial terrains. sediments from Wallonian waterways. For The Netherlands these two projects, 50,000 m³ of non-polluted sediments and 60,000 m³ of polluted sediments were dredged by the company’s backhoe dredger ‘Sclessin’, and by the bucket dredger ‘Belgica’. All the sediments were transported by Ecoterres’ own barges and discharged into the treatment centres with floating units developed 600,654 in-house, using high density pumping installation. All in and out survey controls were TONNES OF SEDIMENT RECYCLED

DEME — Activity report 2016 ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS 120 121 Remediation of the Esso Norge site, Maintenance dredging and treatment Valløy - Norway of dredged sediments, Mortagne - France Norway Valløy, Tønsberg

As an important milestone for the company, DEC was awarded its first contract from ExxonMobil. The project is underway and given its smooth progression it is likely to complete within the foreseen time frame and this means two years ahead of the client’s expectations.

Together with Norway’s Veidekke Entreprenør, DEC is remediating a former refinery site, which is located at Valløy near Tønsberg, on behalf of Esso Norge. Preparation work on the ExxonMobil site infrastructure started in November 2015.

DEC has to ensure that every part of the operation meets the strict health and safety UK France requirements imposed by ExxonMobil and the In the frame of a multi-annual contract won Norwegian Environment Agency. The company Avenue Coking Works, in 2015, Ecoterres continued maintenance managed to get all the stringent safety and Chesterfield dredging of the Escaut River in northern France. environmental permits in place and work began in May 2016. The remediation is Phase 3 of the huge remediation project of In a 4-year maintenance contract awarded in expected to be successfully finished this a 100 ha coking site near Chesterfield, in the 2014, Ecoterres continued to handle polluted summer, even though DEC has the work United Kingdom is on track and will complete sediments dredged by SDI in the port of permits until mid-2019. mid-2017. The project got underway in 2009. Dunkirk. Additionally, Ecoterres won a project This had been a heavily polluted site with called “Condé-Pommeroeul” in northern DEC expects to treat around 45,000 tonnes of black tars, cyanide and many contaminates France. This project entails the construction acid tar and more than 250,000 tonnes of present, totalling some 1 million m3. When the of three deposit sites designed for the storage contaminated soil. One reason this project is remediation is completed, the site will be used of 1.4 million m³ of polluted sediments and particularly challenging is because the for residential purposes, with sports centres, a dredged materials. The project should be excavated acid tar has to be turned into a good school and even possibilities for fishing. completed in 2020. quality, usable secondary fuel and this is being achieved. The fuel will be used by cement kilns as an alternative to coal or other primary fuels. Staveley Goyts, Chesterfield On a nearby site DEC International started a Ultimately, the Esso Norge site has to be project to dredge several small channels, restored to meet the Norwegian Environment which contain heavily contaminated sediments Agency’s standards for a future mix of in mid-2016. This project is expected to be commercial and residential use. finished in the summer of 2017.

DEME — Activity report 2016 ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS 122 123 DREDGING PLUS SOLUTIONS DEME’s subsidiary DIMCO (DEME Infra Marine Contractors) is involved in INFRA MARINE marine infrastructure and civil works SOLUTIONS that complement and reinforce DEME’s activities. These include design and construction of hydraulic and maritime works for jetties and port terminals, locks, weirs, bored/immersed/cut and cover tunnels, large and complex earth moving works, foundations and marine works for bridges and offshore constructions, civil works for harbour construction, dams and sea defences, canal construction, revetment work, quay wall construction and shore protection amongst others. The company also has a specialised engineering and design department, which can assist DEME clients.

Offshore Terminal Rotterdam, DEME — Activity report 2016 INFRA MARINE SOLUTIONS The Netherlands 124 125 Quay wall construction Offshore Quay wall construction Offshore Terminal Rotterdam, The Netherlands Terminal Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Spoorzone Delft, The Netherlands

to arrive at the new quay for the load-out of The Netherlands monopiles for the Galloper offshore wind farm off the east coast of the UK. All the monopiles Offshore Terminal Rotterdam for the wind farm, which will house 56 of them, were picked up directly by the installation vessel At the beginning of 2016, DIMCO won a at Maasvlakte 2. contract in a joint venture with a Dutch contractor for the construction of a 460 m long quay wall for the new Offshore Terminal at the Maasvlakte in Rotterdam. This project Spoorzone Delft was commissioned by the Port of Rotterdam The Spoorzone Delft project comprises the Authority. The new terminal brings together the integral redevelopment of an area of around manufacturing and logistics for offshore wind 40 ha, located between the inner city and the foundations. residential neighbourhoods to the west and south. DIMCO is a fully integrated partner in The first 150 m of the quay became operational the project, which includes a 4-track tunnel of in December 2016, and the entire quay is 2,400 m (the Willem van Oranje rail tunnel). The scheduled to be put into operation in July project is due for completion in 2018. 2017. GeoSea’s ‘Innovation’ was the first vessel

DEME — Activity report 2016 INFRA MARINE SOLUTIONS 126 127 Lek weir complex renovation, The Netherlands

Port of Rotterdam DIMCO was awarded a contract for the construction of mooring dolphins and buoy piles in the Port of Rotterdam. In addition, DIMCO won contracts for a new jetty at the Maasvlakte Oil Terminal and the extension of the Calandsteiger jetty. Hans Schutte DIMCO Lek weir complex “Infra marine specialist DIMCO is the newest member of the Together with two Dutch partners DIMCO is DEME Group, handling civil modernising the lock and weir complex on the works such as quay walls, jetties, Lek River in the Netherlands. The lock and weir immersed tunnels, piling, bored complexes are 50 years old and undergoing a major renovation. tunnels and locks.”

RijnlandRoute In January 2017 the province of South Holland and Rijkswaterstaat awarded the contract for the first phase of the RijnlandRoute to Comol5, a joint venture including DIMCO. The RijnlandRoute is the new road connection from Katwijk, via the A44, to the A4 at Leiden. Comol5 will be responsible for the RijnlandRoute, The Netherlands reconstruction of the Leiden West motorway junction and the construction of the 4 km new road N434, including a 2 x 2.2 km-length bored tunnel. Projects in DIMCO’s Benelux home market are important references for the further 44,500 m³ development of global operations. OF REINFORCED CONCRETE, WITH 10,000,000 kg OF REINFORCEMENT

DEME — Activity report 2016 INFRA MARINE SOLUTIONS 128 129 DEME Building Materials (DBM) is DEME’s subsidiary specialised in the extraction, transport, processing (washing, crushing, grading) and supply of marine aggregates for the DREDGING PLUS SOLUTIONS European construction industry. The FLUVIAL & MARINE aggregates originate from DEME’s RESOURCES various marine sand and gravel concessions and from third-party licences in Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Poland and the UK. Having built up a reserve of over 300 million tonnes of marine aggregates containing sand and gravel up to 100 mm - and with a high production capacity both on- and offshore, DBM can offer a reliable and constant supply of quality aggregates.

DEME — Activity report 2016 FLUVIALDREDGING & MARINE SOLUTIONS RESOURCES 130 131 Delivery of aggregates at Brett- Aggregates, United Kingdom DEME Building Materials

Strong demand in 2016 in Dieppe and Le Havre are ongoing, as well The last few years have been characterised as the production and distribution of marine by a slump in the European construction aggregates in the region of Boulogne-sur-Mer industry. But DEME Building Materials (DBM) and Dunkirk. saw a definite improvement in activity in 2016, particularly in the first half with a full order book for its two state-of-the-art gravel trailers Addition to the fleet ‘Charlemagne’ and ‘Victor Horta’. Large infrastructure projects Strong demand in 2016 led to the decision to add a third hopper dredger to the DBM fleet. After the successful completion of the Apart from a strong construction market in the The ‘Mellina’ is an existing DEME vessel that will Kieldrechtsluis in Antwerp, where DBM United Kingdom, DBM experienced increased be reconverted into a dry discharging aggregate supplied over 1.3 million tonnes of sand and demand for gravel from its Flushing facility dredger. She is expected to join in 2017 and will gravel, DBM is targeting various other large in the Netherlands. This was largely due to further strengthen DBM’s position as one of infrastructure projects, particularly in Belgium ongoing low water levels on the River Rhine, the leading aggregate dredging companies in and the Netherlands where DBM can offer which greatly reduced the supply of alluvial Europe. very competitive solutions from the production aggregates into Belgium and the Netherlands. terminals in Flushing and Amsterdam. This again underlines the importance of marine ‘Mellina’ will also open up new markets for the aggregates as a reliable source of construction company as it will be much easier to access materials for the long term. smaller ports and rivers. ‘Mellina’ has a capacity of 5,000 tonnes, compared to the much larger Additionally in the Netherlands, DBM supplied ‘Charlemagne’ and ‘Victor Horta’, which have a the sand and gravel for the concrete works on capacity of 10,000 tonnes each. the new Offshore Terminal Rotterdam (OTR), a project realised by DBM’s sister company DEME Infra Marine Contractors (DIMCO). In Belgium, DBM sold several hundred thousand 5,850,000 tonnes to the local construction market from its own facility in Ostend. And in France the TONNES OF AGGREGATES various long-term supply contracts for deliveries DELIVERED

DEME — Activity report 2016 FLUVIAL & MARINE RESOURCES 132 133 DEME Concessions brings together all concessions of the DEME Group in the fields of infrastructure (dredging and marine infrastructure), renewables (wind, wave and tidal) and marine resources (sand, gravel and minerals). DEME Concessions provides equity, venture capital and project-specific knowledge, supporting the various activities of the DEME Group. CONCESSIONS DEME Concessions advocates early involvement, underpinned by a true partnering philosophy for the successful joint development of projects. Investments are always linked to DEME’s scope of work in a project.

DEME — Activity report 2016 DREDGINGCONCESSIONS SOLUTIONS 134 135 DEME Concessions

Renewables Infrastructure

Offshore wind farms Wave and tidal Coentunnel The participation in the second Coentunnel Merkur MeyGen project in Amsterdam, the Netherlands has In August 2016, Merkur Offshore GmbH DEME Concessions acquired a minority been sold. reached financial close for the 396MW Merkur interest in the Scottish development company offshore wind development project in Germany. Tidal Power Scotland Limited (TPSL). Close to 500 million EUR in equity was provided Together with Scottish Enterprise, TPSL controls, by a consortium of five partners, including among others, the MeyGen project, the DEME Concessions with a 12.5% share. world’s first tidal power station connected to Marine resources the electricity grid. By participating in TPSL, Together with its subsidiary DEME Building Rentel DEME is building on the experience gained Materials, DEME continues to invest in new and Rentel NV reached financial close in October with complex maritime construction projects existing nearshore concessions for sand and 2016 for the construction of a new 309MW and supporting a new technology, which after gravel, of up to 100 m depth. DBM has built up offshore wind farm off the Belgian coast. The years of testing evolved from a prototype to a strong position in many countries based on Rentel project - located 40 km north of Ostend operational tidal turbines. long-term relationships and agreements with - will be the fifth offshore wind project in the major European industrial partners (see also Belgian North Sea. The total investment is Besides the participation in TPSL, DEME is Fluvial & Marine Resources on page 130). 1.1 billion EUR. also involved in DEME Blue Energy (70% DEME Concessions - 30% ParticipatieMaatschappij Seastar and Mermaid Vlaanderen) and in cooperation with Nuhma, Mineral Together with the other shareholders of Otary, it is also a partner (50% - 50%) in BluePower, DEME holds a participation in the concessions another tidal energy development company. concessions for the Seastar and Mermaid offshore wind The West Islay Tidal Energy Park (30MW - Global Sea Mineral Resources (GSR) is farms in Belgium. Scotland) and Fair Head (100MW - North a subsidiary of DEME focused on the Ireland) projects are currently being further development of a sustainable marine harvesting C-Power developed. More details can be found on industry. In 2013, the International Seabed During 2016 DEME sold 50% of its participation page 30. Authority and GSR signed a 15-year contract in C-Power Holdco wind farm to existing for prospecting and exploring polymetallic shareholders. DEME maintains a financial nodules. GSR has exclusive rights for the interest of 6.46% in the C-Power wind farm. exploration of over 76,728 km2 of seabed in the eastern part of the Clarion Clipperton Zone (CCZ) of the Central Pacific Ocean.

DEME — Activity report 2016 CONCESSIONS 136 137 DEME FLEET AND OFFICES

DEME — Activity report 2016 DEME FLEET AND OFFICES 138 139 OFFSHORE ENVIRONMENTAL DEME fleet EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGY***

OFFSHORE INSTALLATION VESSELS FIXED SEDIMENT RECYCLING CENTRES DREDGING C U T T E R S U C T I O N DREDGING PLOUGHS DP3 Orion*, DF 30,000 t DREDGERS Aramis & Buckingham Crane 5,000 t Belgium: EQUIPMENT Spartacus* 44,180 kW Parakeet DP2 Innovation 8,000 t SRC Ruisbroek D’Artagnan 28,200 kW** Dhamra Crane 1,500 t SRC Zeebrugge Ambiorix 28,200 kW** DP2 Apollo* 4,500 t SRC Krankeloon TRAILING SUCTION Al Jarraf*** 12,860 kW S P R E A D E R & Crane 800 t SRC Desteldonk HOPPER DREDGERS Amazone 12,860 kW MULTIPURPOSE PONTOONS DP2 Thor 2,600 t SRC Zolder Crane 500 t SRC Knippegroen DP/DT Congo River 30,190 m³ Vlaanderen XIX 11,728 kW DP/DT Bayard II DP2 Neptune 1,600 t The Sedisol Centre DP/DT Pearl River 24,130 m³ Al Mahaar*** 11,224 kW Adriatico Crane 600 t Fasiver DP/DT Nile River 17,000 m³ Rubens 10,896 kW DP/DT Thornton 1 DP2 Goliath 1,400 t DP2 Bonny River*, DF 15,016 m³ Ganga 6,250 kW De Otter Crane 400 t FIXED SOIL RECYCLING DP/DT Lange Wapper 13,700 m³ Cap Martin 5,541 kW Mattedoor DP/DT Uilenspiegel 13,700 m³ Vlaanderen XVI 1,786 kW CENTRES JACK-UP PLATFORMS DP/DT Breughel 11,796 m³ Seçkin 1,180 kW INLAND/RIVER DREDGERS Belgium: DP/DT Brabo 11,650 m³ Blanew* 565 kW Buzzard 1,300 t GRC Kallo Trailing suction hopper dredgers: DP/DT Breydel 11,296 m³ Pixy 465 kW Vagant 1,000 t GRC Bruges Piet Hein 1,050 m³ Antigoon 8,460 m³ Blani 458 kW De Zeebouwer 600 t GRC Zolder Zeeland 650 m³ DP/DT Scheldt River*, DF 8,400 m³ Petit Try Artevelde 5,580 m³ BACKHOE DREDGERS FALL PIPE VESSELS Filterres Cutter suction dredger: Marieke 5,600 m³ Cetraval Samson 4,124 kW Ameland 679 kW DP2 Flintstone 20,000 t Reynaert 5,580 m³ France: Pinocchio 2,416 kW DP2 Seahorse*** 18,000 t Pallieter 5,320 m³ Extract-Ecoterres Peter the Great 1,964 kW Hopper dredgers: DP2 Rollingstone 11,500 t Charlemagne 5,000 m³ Delilah 856 kW Grinza 6 and 7 540-750 m³ Victor Horta 5,136 m³ MOBILE SEDIMENT & Zenne 805 kW CABLE INSTALLATION & Atlantico Due 4,164 m³ SLUDGE PLANTS Barge unloading dredgers: MULTIPURPOSE VESSEL Mellina 3,309 m³ BUCKET LADDER Texel 1,193 kW Mobile filter presses Minerva*, DF 3,500 m³ DREDGERS DP3 Living Stone*, DF Vlieland 679 kW Mobile immobilisation plant Orwell 2,575 m³ Cable Installation 10,000 t Adriatico 900 l Rock Placement 12,000 t Bayard 300 l Backhoe dredgers: MOBILE SOIL Belgica 175 l IJburg 5 m³ HEAVY LIFTING EQUIPMENT TREATMENT PLANTS VW9, VW47, VW55, VW56 1.5-3 m³ Mobile thermal desorption plant SELF-PROPELLED GULLIVER*/*** 4,000 t RAMBIZ*** 3,300 t Mobile soil washing plant ‘SWI I’ SPLIT HOPPERS Mobile soil washing plant ‘SWI II’ DI 68 & DI 69 OFFSHORE MAINTENANCE Mobile soil washing plant ‘SWI III’ Krankeloon & SERVICE VESSELS Mobile soil washing plant ‘SWI IV’ Pantagruele Mobile immobilisation plant Aquata 25 kts Sloeber & Pagadder Arista 25 kts Vlaanderen VII & VIII FIXED RECYCLING CENTRES

OFFSHORE PONTOONS The Netherlands: WATER INJECTION ’t Oost DREDGERS Bremen 10,000 t * Under construction ** Incl. D.R.A.C.U.L.A. ® power Wismar 10,000 t Parakeet 2 x 6,207 m³/h *** Co-ownership Stralsund 10,000 t DF Dual Fuel Main Engines (LNG and Diesel oil) Dhamra 2 x 6,000 m³/h DP Dynamic Positioning DT Dynamic Tracking

DEME — Activity report 2016 DEME FLEET AND OFFICES 140 141 ANGOLA CYPRUS GEOSEA INFRA SOLUTIONS GMBH Anne-Conway-Strasse 6 DRAGAGEM ANGOLA SERVIÇOS LDA DREDGING INTERNATIONAL 28359 Bremen, Germany DEME offices Largo de Cambambe 2, Cruzeiro, SERVICES (CYPRUS) LTD T +49 421 33 00 59 0 Luanda, Angola 4 Menandrou Street, Gala Tower 1st Floor, [email protected] T +244 222 442 290 Office 101 www.deme-group.com/geosea luanda.offi[email protected] 1066 Nicosia, Cyprus BELGIUM EVERSEA NV GROND RECYCLAGE www.deme-group.com T +357 22 421 111 INFRASEA SOLUTIONS GMBH & CO. KG Haven 1025, Scheldedijk 30 CENTRUM NV (GRC KALLO) www.dredginginternationalservicescyprus. 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DEME — Activity report 2016 DEME FLEET AND OFFICES 142 143 BAGGERWERKEN DECLOEDT MIDDLE EAST DREDGING COMPANY QSC ITALY MALAYSIA DEME BUILDING MATERIALS BV QATAR Europaweg-Zuid 4, & ZN ESPAÑA SA BRANCH ABU DHABI Edifico Cuzco IV, Paseo de la 19th Floor, Unit 1909 SOCIETA ITALIANA DRAGAGGI SPA (SIDRA) DREDGING INTERNATIONAL Haven 9890, 4389 PD Vlissingen-Oost, MIDDLE EAST DREDGING COMPANY QSC Castellana 141 - Oficina 410 SKY TOWER, AL REEM ISLAND Via Carlo Zucchi 25 (MALAYSIA) SDN BHD P.O. Box 117, 4380 AC Vlissingen (MEDCO) 28046 Madrid, Spain Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 00165 Roma, Italy 16th Floor, Wisma Sime Darby, The Netherlands Al Fardan Plaza Building, 4th Floor, T +34 9 15726481 P.O. Box 53140 T +39 06 66 04 95 1 Jalan Raja Laut, 50350 Kuala Lumpur, T +31 113 67 66 00 Al Meghab Area 39, Al Sadd St. 804, Doha [email protected] T +971 2 622 7664 [email protected] Malaysia [email protected] P.O. Box 24745, Doha www.deme-group.com [email protected] www.deme-group.com/sidra T +60 3 21 17 53 68 www.deme-group.com/dbm Qatar [email protected] T +974 4442 67 62 www.medcodredging.com DEME ENVIRONMENTAL CONTRACTORS NV www.deme-group.com DEME INFRA MARINE [email protected] SWEDEN DREDGING INTERNATIONAL NV BRANCH ITALY CONTRACTORS BV (DIMCO BV) Via Carlo Zucchi 25, 00165 Roma, Italy MEXICO Kilkade 4, 3316 BC Dordrecht RUSSIA DEME ENVIRONMENTAL CONTRACTORS NV BRANCH DUBAI Zainal Mohebi Plaza, 2nd floor, office 216, T +39 06 66 04 95 1 Postbus 202, 3300 AE Dordrecht BRANCH SWEDEN Terminalgatan 8, 235 39 Vellinge, Sweden Karama, P.O. 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