Our mission

It was Johannes De Cloedt, a flemish civilcontractor, who in 1875, took the step from shore to water and started to specializein hydraulic works, mainly maintenance dredging works in Ostend.

DE CLOEDT family built up a lot of experiencein aggregate and maintenance dredging as well as hydraulic en civil worksduring this 150 years.

In 1981 the family started an aggregate company inthe harbor of Nieuwpoort (Belgium). Later on new waterbound aggregate terminalswere established in the maritime ports of Ostend and Bruges.

Since the mid 1990's Group De Cloedt followed withgreat interest the evolution and growth of the inland waterways traffic inEurope. De Cloedt's first inland terminal was operational in 1997.

In the year 2000, Eng. Gery De Cloedt, started toshape his Group. Nowadays Group De Cloedt comprises 5 divisions : Dredging, Aggregates, ready-mixed Concrete,Environment & Soil Treatment