World’s biggest dredge plan is on the way

It is reported that the world’s largest trailing dredge will arrive at Lyttelton Port in three weeks to begin a deepening project that has troubled local iwi and surfing groups.

The 230 metre-long 30m wide Fairway will widen the navigation channel by 20m and deepen it for vessels with a 13.3m draft. The first stage will lengthen the channel by 2.5 kilometres and will take 11 weeks.Container vessels currently visiting Lyttelton commonly carry 4500-5000 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs), and that will increase to 5500-6500 TEUs with larger vessels. With further dredging, vessels carrying 8000-9000 TEUs will be able to call at Lyttelton in future.

It is significant to conduct this dredging project,and it will benefit environment and people who are related to this plan.

The news is collated by Globaldredge.com – Dredging Pipeline Supplier