Van Oord wins contract from Klaipeda port authority

摘要

The Lithuanian port authority of Klapeida has signed a contract with Van Oord for deepening and widening the access channel to the port. This is Van Oord's first assignment in this Baltic state. The contract involves the deepening of the access channel to -14.5 metres along a stretch of almost six kilometres. The channel will also be widened by 30 metres from 120 to 150 metres. A total of 4.5 million m3 of soil will be removed. Van Oord is deploying its large backhoe dredger Goliath and some split hopper dredgers for the necessary activities, which will be executed in 2011 and 2012.