EMODRAGA reinforces dredging operations at Port of Beira

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EMODRAGA reinforces dredging operations at Port of Beira

12:00 CAT | 05 Jan 2018

O País

The Mozambique Dredging Company (EMODRAGA) has been subcontracted by the Dutch company Van Oord to assist emergency dredging operations in the port of Beira access channel which began in November 2017 and are expected to be completed in April of this year, AIM reports.

EMODRAGA Chairman of the Board of Directors Domingos Bié said two dredgers with capacity for one thousand cubic meters each would be brought into action

The manager described the contract as an opportunity for EMODRAGA to explore new dredging techniques and to learn best practice in the field, Van Oord being in his view one of the best dredging companies in the world.

The operation covers the emergency dredging of the dock and maneuvering basins of the Port of Beira, and the removal of sands to the landfill of the future Cereal Terminal. The project is budgeted at approximately EUR 25 million, provided by Mozambican Ports and Railways (CFM).

Under supervision of the CFM, the work will restore the channel widths from 135 to 250 meters with depths of 8.00 to 9.20 meters in the straight sections and Macúti curve respectively.

The completion of the dredging will see the Port of Beira once again accessible by PANAMAX-type ships up to 60,000 gross tonnage, against the current capacity of 30,000 gross tons.

The project is already employing the largest oceanic dredger in the country, the Macúti, with a capacity of 2,500 cubic meters of sediment.

This vessel is currently being repaired in South Africa after it crashed last year with a Panamanian-flagged vessel in the Port of Beira access channel, resulting in heavy damage to the dredging machinery which has since been repaired with funds from the insurer.

Source: O País