The Santos Port Authority (APS) will begin a scheduled maintenance dredging operation of the navigation channel and berths at the Port of Santos on Sunday, December 21. This is a seasonal campaign carried out during periods of greater sediment deposition: summer (due to rainfall) and winter (due to storm surges). The service is expected to continue through February 28 of next year and aims to maintain the port’s depth at 15 metres.. “At the same time that we maintain the current depth, we are already deepening the channel to 16 metres through rock removal works,” said APS President Anderson Pomini, referring to the removal of rocks from the bottom of the navigation channel. This project is in the final phase of its executive design.
Sources: APS/Datamar News