Maintenance dredging of the access channel to the Port of Rio Grande, in the south of the state, is 65% complete and should be closed in two months. So far, 9.5 million cubic meters of sediment have been dredged, leaving 6.5 million to be withdrawn. The period of one month in which it was suspended by the justice generated an increase in the cost of the work. The information was given by the Superintendent of Ports of Rio Grande do Sul, Fernando Estima. After completing the work, we need to approve the new port of Porto and give security to the shipowners (companies that use commercial vessels) that we will be able to serve them – said Fernando Estima. The superintendent said that all the inquiries made by the Court have proven that the execution of the work is within what was agreed upon. The dredging work in the Rio Grande port began on October 29, 2018 with the expectation of removing 16 million cubic meters of sediment deposited along the 30 kilometers of the access channel to the port.
Source: Portos e Navios