Wasa Dredging Ltd. from Vaasa in Finland has recently started dredging in the Port of Pietarsaari with its new dredger “Optimus”.
In Pietarsaari, Wasa Dredging will undertake two contracts: one for deepening the port where rock blasting is involved, and one for deepening and widening the channel, by removing significant volumes of hard moraine soils.
Total volume of the two contracts is exceeding 1.5 million m3 of material and the distance to the offshore dump is up to 15 km.
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Dredging Today Staff, August 6, 2014