Dredging work was completed in the sea port of Sabetta

Dredging work planned for navigation of 2014 was completed in the port of Sabetta and the marine channel of the Gulf of Ob, as the press-service of the Federal agency for maritime and river transport informs.

The plan on dredging work was fulfilled completely. The total amount of work on the water area of the port and the approach channel made 2 million and 500 thousand cubic meters, on the marine channel – 19 million cubic meters. Along the whole length of the marine channel specialists made the bypass channel with the width in 105 meters, finishing of 15 kilometers took place during the latest week. It will allow fulfilling piloting of ships with large building cargoes for building of objects of coastal infrastructure to moorages of the port of Sabetta in winter navigation.
As it is informed on the portal korabli.eu, 9 dredgers and 14 support vessels worked on the water area of the port and the approach channel. On the 17th of October all the ships of dredging and supporting fleet left the port. As it is noted, more than 30 percent of the total project amount of dredging was fulfilled this season.
The sea port of Sabetta is the key object of infrastructure of the project «Yamal LNG», which includes creation of capacities on production, storage and offloading of liquefied natural gas on resource base of the South-Tambey field.