Scope of work:

The capital scope involved dredging of the very shallow sand bar / shoal across the designed approach channel of Krishnapatnam Port to achieve the designed depth for creating navigable channel. The dredged material was dumped offshore with haulage distance of 3 nm.

Material dredged

Compacted sand, soft to medium Clay and silt

Contractor:

Krishnapatnam Port, India

Duration of the project:

07/02/2008 to 01/03/2008

Equipments deployed:

Trailer Suction Hopper Dredger “Orwell”