Dredging company Jan De Nul to dig canal for new port in Senegal
Belgian dredging company Jan De Nul will in Senegal deepen a five-km-long access channel to a new port and construct a platform of 89 hectares via land reclamation. The works should take about two and a half years.
To relieve the burden on the port of Dakar, a new port is being created in Ndayane, located 50 km south of the capital. Jan De Nul will help develop it. The project needs to significantly enhance Senegal’s container handling capacity. The new deep-water port will be able to accommodate two of the world’s largest container ships simultaneously.
"We will deploy our largest and most powerful cutter suction dredger to get the job done”
To deepen the access channel, ten million cubic metres of soil must be dredged. “This is no easy task, as the seabed in the channel consists mainly of hard rock and the conditions in the Atlantic Ocean can be rough,” said Dominique Bombaert, area manager for Senegal at Jan De Nul, in a press release. “You need a powerful dredger that is also large enough to continue working in challenging wave conditions. That is why we will deploy our largest and most powerful cutter suction dredger, the Willem Van Rubroeck, to get the job done.”
The dredged material will be used to reclaim an area of 89 hectares from the sea. A terminal for container storage and maritime services is to be built there.
Jan De Nul has already started dredging the access channel. In total, the works are expected to take two and a half years.
#FlandersNewsService | The port of Dakar in Senegal © BELGA PHOTO Nicolas Remene / Le Pictorium
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