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The dredging of the seabed of the port of Ravenna has begun
The first phase of the "Ravenna Port Hub" project plans to deepen them up to -12.5 meters
March 7, 2022
Saturday the Italian Dredging Society (SIDRA) of the group Belgian DEME by means of the great bonny river dredge, which gives a few days he was waiting at anchor at anchor, he started the dredging operations of the approach channel to the port. The work will consist in dredging a large channel at the bottom of the sea 150 meters wide and about six kilometers long at depth -13.50 below average sea level. It is expected that about one million cubic meters of sediment is removed will be moved to an identified site in the open sea. The operations will take a total of a few weeks divided in two consecutive dredging campaigns.
The Port System Authority of the Adriatic Sea Centre-Northern has specified that in the course of the work of dredging will continue the usual activity of monitoring of environmental conditions to adapt the modalities dredging in order to avoid effects on the environment. Will also performed further tests on the sediments to verify also in the course of work their suitability to be destined for the sea.
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