Posted on May 11, 2026
By Carla Teles
Largest beach restoration in Spain’s history completed by Van Oord south of Valencia, with 3.3 million m³ of sand, dredging, floating and submerged pipelines, dune recovery, and protection of coastal communities near Albufera Park.
Sand in sufficient volume to reshape kilometers of coastline was pumped to the south coast of Valencia, Spain, in a coastal engineering operation completed by Van Oord to restore beaches that had been suffering gradual erosion since 1965.
According to information from Van Oord, a company specializing in dredging, land reclamation, and artificial island construction, the most visual detail of the work lies in the method used: 3.3 million m³ of sand were applied with the support of the dredge HAM 318, Van Oord’s largest trailing suction hopper dredge, while the dredged material was transported to the beach by approximately 1.8 km of floating and submerged pipelines.
