CFE - 2006 annual report - Vinci

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from the left to the right:
Martin Ockier, Eric Tancré, Alain Bernard, Pierre Catteau,
Dirk Poppe, Theo Van de Kerckhove, Marc Maes,
Jos van Ijseldijk, Philip Hermans, Pierre Potvliege,
Patrick Demoor, Christian Van Meerbeeck
The DEME-group managed to consolidate and strengthen
its foremost position as a first-rated worldwide dredging
and hydraulic engineering group.
In 2006, the group registered a turnover of 1,077 mil-
lion Euro (compared to 845 million Euro in 2005). As of
1st January 2007 the order book includes works for over
1,600 million Euro, to be carried out on all continents.
Short and medium term market perspectives are more
than promising.
The core business market is strongly driven by a number
of factors including the fast-growing degree of container-
isation and the related demand for new or extended
ports and navigation channels, the development of LNG
port infrastructure, quickly expanding oil-and-gas pipeline
(in millions of EUR) 2006 2005
Order book 800.5 695.0
as of December 31 – at 50 %
Revenue 538.7 422.6
networks, shortage of industrial and residential surface in
coastal areas, increasing environmental awareness, the
demand for lasting coastal protection to cope with climatic
changes, and soaring beach and waterborne tourism.
As a further support to the international activities, the
new 5,600 m³ capacity trailing suction hopper dredger
“Marieke” was commissioned to DEME in September 2006
and her sister ship “Reynaert” was launched in November
2006. The latter vessel is due to be commissioned in mid
March 2007. A further two trailers were ordered in 2006.
The 11,650 m³ capacity trailer “Brabo” will be commis-
sioned in November 2007; the 9,000 m³ capacity trailer
“Breydel” will be ready by April 2008. Add to these the
3,500 m³ trailer “Melina” that joined DEME’s fleet early in
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