Atlantic Dredging
Port Dredging & Marine Contractors
CSD “GAIA” at work in Marchica
Openning of new Channel
Development of the Marchica Lagoon
- An extensive investment program, of about eleven
billion DH, which foresees the construction of seven
cities situated on the shores of the lagoon of Mar
Chica (Nador Province), extending over an arc of 25
km of coastal land.
The opening of a pass to create a new access channel linking
the lagoon to the Mediterranean sea and improve the
circulation & the renewal of the lagoon waters.
circulation & the renewal of the lagoon waters.
Project Outline:
The project required:
The construction of two breakwaters of a length of
1450 m (East) and 1350 m (West ).
Dredging the foundation trench for the breakwaters
Dredging a 300m wide and 1450m long channel to
-6 m NGM for a total volume of 1,750,000 m3.
Land reclamation works with the dredged material
Creation of settlement ponds to increase retention
time, prior to returning waters to the Sea.
Main Contractor SOMAGEC SA –Morocco
Dredging & Reclamation works :
Atlantic Dredging & JDN
Duration :March 2009 to December 2010
The Project:
CSD “CRIOS” AT WORK -MARCHICA CHANNEL
Above:CSD “GAIA” Dredging the South entrance
