18 Mar 2019 / Adelaide, Australia
Flinders Ports will commence an $80 million channel widening project at Port Adelaide after obtaining a dredging licence from the Environment Protection Authority (EPA).
The project will widen the Port’s Outer Harbour shipping channel and swing basin to accommodate the world’s largest cruise ships and the larger, more efficient ‘Post Panamax’ container ships, which are increasingly dominating global containerised cargo transport.
Port Adelaide is the only Australian capital city port unable to accommodate the larger ships, with the dredging program aiming to protect South Australian tourism and trade and avoid shipping company diversions to alternative Australian ports or land routes for important export trade. The expanded channel will also open Adelaide up to the world’s largest cruise liners and underpin a stronger tourism industry.
Flinders Ports has contracted dredge contractor Boskalis to undertake the channel widening project. Dredging is due to commence in early June and should take three months to complete.
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