Case Study: Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. achieves maximized fleet availability and 50% cost avoidance with IBM Maximo

Maximizing fleet availability and boosting profitability

Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V., a global dredging and maritime services provider, needed to maximize fleet availability and plan essential maintenance for vessels that spend long periods at sea. To move from reactive to preventive maintenance and avoid over‑stocking and downtime, the company partnered with IBM and deployed IBM Maximo Asset Management (with SRO SDR data replication from SRO Solutions) to centralize asset, inventory and maintenance records.

IBM implemented an integrated solution connecting offshore Maximo instances to a central database via SRO SDR, enabling near‑real‑time synchronization and centralized maintenance planning. As a result, Royal Boskalis achieved measurable benefits with IBM: 50% cost avoidance in system administration, a 75% reduction in time spent managing offshore data replication, and a 200% increase in the number of ships connected to the head office—raising asset availability, cutting lead times and boosting profitability.

Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V

Marc Boer

Manager, Plant & Management Support