Mordraga LLC (DEME Group) commences dredging operations at port Sabetta

The fleet of 19 dredging and auxiliary vessels of DEME Group (Mordraga LLC) commenced dredging operations at port Sabetta on August 1, 2014, IAA PortNews was informed by a source close to the operations. 

Form summer 2014, Mordraga LLC is a subcontractor of SK MOST Group (contractor of works on construction of deepwater port Sabetta). Earlier (2012-2013), dredging works were implemented by Yan De Nul. 

As Rosmorport told IAA PortNews, dredging contractors participating in the port of Sabetta project will excavate and dispose 21,5 cubic meters of sediment materials in the sea and approach channels in 2014. 

Port Sabetta is projected to be a hub for shipment of liquefied natural gas eastwards and westwards by large capacity gas carriers through the Northern Sea Route. The construction is being carried out in the framework of the Yamal LNG project which envisages the construction of an LNG plant with annual capacity of 16.5 million tonnes per annum based on the feedstock resources of the South-Tambeyskoye field.

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