In order to meet the requirements of Zhuhai's economic and social development,
in recent years, Zhuhai Port Group has accelerated the construction of port
infrastructure, and built a number of large-scale terminals of 100,000-ton or
above in the main port area of Gaolan Port to promote the throughput of
Zhuhai Port in exceeding 100 million tons. The transportation scale of containers,
bulk dry bulk and petroleum and its products has increased significantly, and the
number arriving ships has also been increasing. However, due to the limitation
of the navigation waterway, when large ships enter and leave Gaolan Port,
they need to reduce the load and sacrifice capacity to ensure the safety of traffic.
The low level of the main waterway has become a bottleneck restricting the
high port throughput capacity of the high-bay port and the increased
transportation demand of enterprises. To this end, it is necessary to build a
150,000-ton waterway that is compatible with the berth level on the basis
of the original 100,000-ton main channel in Gaolan Port Area.
The 150,000-ton main waterway project in Gaolan Port Area is a key project
in Guangdong Province. The total investment of the project is more than
1 billion yuan. It was won 377 million yuan subsidy fund which was supported
by the Ministry of Transport's and started construction at the end of 2013.
The project has a total length of 16.25 kilometers and the effective width of
the channel design is 230 meters to 290 meters, it will meet the navigation
requirements of 150,000-ton container ships, bulk carriers and oil tankers.
According to the relevant person in charge, during the construction of the
project, 7 large-scale sucking boats, 18 grab boats, 18 mud barges and 2
cutter suction boats were successively invested. It was also used silt curtains.
The total dredging of the channel reached more than 30 million cubic
meters (including back silting in the construction period), the dredged
material is dumped in a specific area approved by the superior.
