Posted on September 22, 2025
๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ผ๐ณ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ: ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ
A hard rocky seabed is always a challenge when it comes to dredging, even for our specialist equipment. That is why our colleagues from Boskalis Westminster are deploying different types of vessels to deepen the port of Lerwick on the Scottish Shetland Islands, so it can accommodate larger passenger, fishing and offshore vessels in the future.
After our trailing suction hopper dredger Shoalway first dredged over 150,000 cubic meters of relatively soft material, it is now the turn of our Magnor. This large backhoe dredger will dredge the hard material in cooperation with the pusher tug Union Onyx and our Terraferre barge. When this campaign is successfully completed, a third phase of the project will start. Targeted holes will be drilled into sections of the exposed rocky seabed, allowing controlled use of explosives to fragment the rock into smaller pieces suitable for removal by one of our smaller backhoe dredgers. To protect local marine life, comprehensive measures will be taken throughout the project.
