NEWS

December 2011
Belfast Harbour, Berth VT4

The Ro Ro berth is being extended to accommodate new ‘Superfast’ 203 m long conventional type ferry vessels. Proserve mattress 480 mm thick was selected as berth scour protection to protect against propeller wash velocities up to 8.7 m/s and overcome limited clearance and wall span depth. The scour protection design was undertaken by Proserve with provision of a rip rap falling apron stone edge toe detail. This accommodates scour to the design scour levels and allows suitable inspection and maintenance of this key detail. For more information on the project click here.

15th-16th November 2011

Last week saw Proserve’s attendance as exhibitors at the ICE's 7th Conference on Coastal Management hosted in Belfast, covering an extensive range of subjects including; policy, engineering, management and social and environmental implications. Featuring expert addresses from professionals, focusing on sustaining and developing coastal zones. The paper submitted for the conference by the Principal Engineer, Martin Hawkswood B.Sc. C.Eng. M.I.C.E. M.I.Struct.E. on ‘Marine Pile Repairs by Concrete Encasement can be viewed here. The conference also provided a good opportunity to discuss our projects with the industry and inform of Proserve’s current berth scour protection development at Belfast Harbour (B121).

July 2011

Two new container berths have been constructed at the port of Cotonou, Benin with a depth of 15m to accommodate larger container vessels. Proserve were engaged by Bachy Soletanche Ltd. to design the scour protection apron and supply the required concrete mattress. The scour apron was designed to resist the suction forces to container vessel propeller action 240mm and 150mm constant thickness mattresses were used. To see the project in more detail click here.