Posted on April 30, 2025
Trailing suction dredge Albatros came back to Eastland Port last Wednesday to begin a month-long project to shift silt from the port area and harbour approaches.
The Albatros was last in Gisborne in September.
“The dredge started work in the harbour basin alongside Wharf 7 and 8,” Eastland Port chief executive Andrew Gaddum said.
“It will do the whole berth area and turning basin and then proceed out into the navigation channel.
“She will be here for the next month,” Gaddum said.
“We hope to see around 100,000 tonnes of silt shifted as we prepare to get the newly rebuilt Wharf 7 ready to receive log ships.”
The Albatros dredge on a previous visit to Eastland Port.
The Albatros has been to Gisborne several times before and this time the dredge job is a big one – an estimated 100,000 tonnes of silt being shifted.
