Boskalis Nordic Today No.02/2018-2019

04 PORT OF HAMINAKOTKA, FINLAND | MUSSALO HARBOUR, EXPANSION OF D TERMINAL NEW HARBOUR SECTION IN MUSSALO FOR UPM PULP TERMINAL

TEXT & PHOTOS: MARKKU SALONEN | PHOTO 03: PORT OF HAMINAKOTKA | PHOTOS 04−06: TERRAMARE

F innish forest industry company UPM has decided to centralise the sea transport of its Kaukas and Kymi pulp mills, located in Southeast Finland, at Mussalo Harbour in Kotka, where a ma- jor UPM pulp terminal will be built. Port of HaminaKotka is investing in a significant expansion of the D section of the harbour for the pulp terminal’s shipping activity. The expansion consists of the construc-

tion of a 220 metres long quay berth, a harbour basin area of around 20 hectares and a 620 metres long breakwater. The expansion comprises, in fact, a completely new harbour section, which will be able to serve the largest cargo vessels of the Baltic Sea. When the harbour section is complet- ed this year, Mussalo Harbour will become the Baltic Sea’s most important pulp port. In the major project, the UPM pulp termi-

nal and the harbour section will be imple- mented in parallel. The logistics company Steveco is responsible for implementing a 20,000 square metre terminal hall and a five hectare terminal field covering around five hectares, which be built in connec- tion with the new harbour section. In the contract, Terramare is responsible for con- structing the new D harbour section. HARBOUR BASIN DEEPENING Terramare began the expansion work of Mussalo Harbour’s D section in favourable weather conditions in summer 2018. The contact was launched with the deepening of the extensive harbour basin area, which also required, in addition to dredging, un- derwater drilling and blasting due to the rocky sea bottom. A total of 240,000 m 3 of bedrock was removed from the site. Of the large amount of rock waste, much will be utilised in the breakwater to be built. Underwater drilling and blasting was

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