In line with the recently approved sand berm plans by the President of the US, the State of Louisiana has contracted Royal Boskalis Westminster to deliver sand for berms to protect the Louisiana coast from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
The Boskalis trailing suction hopper dredger Stuyvesant, which sails under the American flag, has already been deployed. The sand berms, which will be approximately 75 km long, will be positioned to the south of New Orleans, in line with the Chandeleur Islands and stretching from East Grand Terre island to Sandy Point. The sand berms, 6 feet high, will help block the oil from entering the state’s more fragile and harder-to-clean marshes.
Boskalis will also assist in the installation and deployment of the rigid sweeping arms made available by the Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management.
Picture: Trailing suction hopper dredger Stuyvesant (https://www.boskalis.com/vervolg_1kolom.php?pageID=1054#Sleephopperzuigers[Boskalis])
