After the summer, the Van Oord – Hakkers – De Klerk consortium will start the construction of a tugboat dock on the Yangtze Canal of the Port of Rotterdam.
Van Oord’s photo
The consortium and the Rotterdam Port Authority signed the relevant contracts today. The work will consist of the construction of 500 meters of quay wall with space for 12 tugboats to dock.
According to Van Oord, the project is scheduled to be completed in the spring of 2025.
Van Oord, Hakkers and De Klerk will build the new tugboat dock at the entrance to the canal on the south side, near the larger container terminals.
In addition to the 500 meters of quay wall, which will take the form of a composite wall, the consortium is also responsible for removing the existing bed and bank protection, installing new bed protection and dredging approximately 800,000 square meters of sand and clay to expand them. the channel and free space for the new pier.
Yangtze Canal
Maritime transport is the backbone of international trade and the global economy.
To accommodate the growing volume of traffic, ports and waterways must be expanded and maintained.
The Yangtze Canal is the access channel to several container terminals in the Port of Rotterdam, including Prinses Amaliahaven, Prinses Arianehaven and Prinses Alexiahaven.
In addition, Van Oord said the Yangtze Canal hosts the largest container ships traveling there from terminals in the port’s Maasvlakte II section.
The construction of a tugboat dock is part of a program to expand the Yangtze Canal to accommodate more traffic and state-of-the-art container ships.
