Annual report 2019

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FINGER PIER 3 SINGAPORE: MEGA-SCALE CONSTRUCTION WITH SOFT SOILS

boskalis at a glance ANNUAL REPORT 2019 – BOSKALIS

In terms of scale, complexity and dredging volumes, the Tuas Terminal Phase 2 project, also known as Finger Pier 3, in Singapore is one of the largest projects ever executed by Boskalis. A total of 227 approximately 30-meter-tall caissons will mark the boundaries of the future container terminal. “We’re building on a truly groundbreaking mega-scale with soft soils,” design manager Jamie Lescinski said.

Boskalis is working for the Maritime and Port Authority in Singapore on the construction of one of the four phases in the creation of the world’s largest container port, Tuas Mega Port. The new port area will cover 1,337 hectares and have a throughput capacity of 65 million TEU per year. Boskalis is executing this project in a joint venture with Penta Ocean from Japan and Hyundai from South Korea. The project will be completed in 2027. “It’s a huge operation,” Lescinski said. “We are using a wide variety of equipment, including mega trailing suction hopper dredgers, cutter suction dredgers, backhoes, grab dredgers, vertical drain rigs, vibro-compaction units and a battery of earthmoving equipment”. DEEPENING KNOWLEDGE “The project team alone consists of more than one hundred colleagues from the three partners,” Lescinski continued. “Around 1,500 people are at work on the operational side. Most of them are living on site so we have built a huge project offce with extensive dining and sleeping facilities.” Lescinski explained that the