Mid West Ports Authority announced today that Geraldton 2021 maintenance dredging project has reached the halfway point.
According to the Authority, trailer suction hopper dredger Modi R has now removed over 50% of the naturally accumulated sediments from the inner harbour of Geraldton Port and the southern navigational channel.
Under the 2021 maintenance dredging project, the contractor RN Dredging Pty Ltd – the Australian subsidiary of Rohde Nielsen A/S – will remove approx. 200,000m3 of material from the port area.
They also added that the dredge Modi R recently mobilised back to Fremantle to undertake some work before returning to Geraldton shortly to complete this project.
Most of this dredged material will be used in a beneficial manner, with those removed from the inner harbour placed into the Berth 7 land reclamation area and sediments from the navigational channel placed into the natural system at a designated nearshore placement area adjacent to Bluff Point.