In August 2014, almost 7 mln cbm of material was excavated at port Sabetta, which is one third of total dredging scheduled for 2014, press center of FSUE Rosmorport says.

Arkhangelsk Branch of Rosmorport resumed dredging operations in early August, as soon as the summer navigation period began. Under the project on construction of federally owned facilities at port Sabetta, 19 dredging and auxiliary vessels are deployed for dredging in 2014 at the seaway and the approach canals as well as in the water area of port Sabetta. 

As of today, the construction of the seaway canal involves operation of 5 trailing suction hopper dredgers while one cutter suction dredger with three hopper barges work at the approach canal. 

FSUE Rosmorport has been executing dredging operations at seaport Sabetta from 2012. Over the past 2-year period, the volume of dredging operations at the approach canal and at the berths of the port totaled 10.9 mln cbm. According to the plan for 2014, the rates of the construction of subsea hydraulic engineering facilities is to double with dredging  works resulting in excavation of 21.5 mln cbm of material.

Apart from the dredging operations in Sabetta, Rosmorport is to commence the construction of the root section of the south-east ice-barrier and monitoring/controlling station to ensure safe navigation of vessels calling at the port.

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.  The fleet of 19 dredging and auxiliary vessels of DEME Group (Mordraga LLC) commenced dredging operations at port Sabetta on August 1, 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 (Yamal Peninsula). 

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