Volker Stevin has won the job to build a new quay at Felixstowe to enable the port to handle the next generation of mega-ships.
Work will start on the 190-metre “finger quay” in the spring allowing the new quay to become operational in 2015.
The project will involve dredging 740,000 cubic metres of material to provide the berth and enable a new steel-piled quay wall to be built.
Once complete, the site will then be back filled for 90m and new large cranes built.
The extension to the £300m berths 8 and 9, completed two years ago, will allow the port to berth two 18,000-box container ferries side-by-side and increase capacity by 275,000 standard-sized containers a year.
Wont it be hard to reach side by side ,,,,, im assuming the viewing area will be moved , all good news for the job side .......
ReplyDeleteHopefully they are better at laying blocks that might stay level
ReplyDeleteNo James viewing area will not be moved yet. I doubt they will lay the blocks level. That would be foolish, they can keep that job going for years by not laying them right in the first place
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