Page 25 - Port of Kokkola Handbook & Directory

DREDGINGThe 14 m draft will make it possible for Panamax vessels to load and carry an additional 10,000 tons of cargo, which will mean a total saving of roughly €10 million for the port of Kokkola’s clients.for transportation of full loads. The European cargo traffic and carriage by sea of raw materials from Finnish mines and for Finnish industries also present enormous potential, emphasising the need for a deeper fairway channel.The plan to further deepen the fairway from the Gulf of Bothnia into Kokkola was approved by the Finnish government in September 2017. The costs of these works are estimated to be approximately €37.5 million. The harbour basin of Kokkola’s Deep Port will also be dredged to the same 14 m draft, at a cost of approximately €17 million. General planning and surveys for the fairway scheme have been consecutively developed during the last few years and dredging will take place over at least two open water seasons scheduled to commence in 2018/19 for completion in 2020.Materials raised from the seabed during dredging will be re-used to develop new port areas and to build embankments, which will ultimately become part of the enlarged port of Kokkola estate. lHANDBOOK & DIRECTORY PORT OF KOKKOLA23Oy M. Rauanheimo Ab