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AFRICA
MOTA-ENGIL BUILDS A BREAKWATER
AT PORT OF CABINDA
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK, AND ITS IMPORTANCE FOR THE DYNAMISATION OF THE ECONOMY IN THE PROVINCE OF CABINDA..
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The dredging and sand supply works should
be carried out in a phased manner, leading
to an actual operation period of approximately 12 months.
C abinda is one of the 18 provinces of Angola, located
in the north of the country, being the northernmost and also the
nation’s only enclave.
Bordering the Republic of Congo to the north, the Democratic Republic of Congo to the east and south and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, one of the province’s main limitations is precisely its isolation, due to the lacking road network (which is almost non-existent) connecting this province to the rest of Angola. In this context, the maritime route assumes an even greater relevance in the province’s development, since it can be the enabler in the transport of people and goods, thus reducing its insularity.
In order to increase the maritime flow in the province, it became clear that the port needed to be equipped with conditions that would enable the operation.
To that effect, EPC – Empresa Portuária de Cabinda decided to build a breakwater west of the floating dock already present in the Port of Cabinda. The purpose of this work will be to ensure adequate shelter conditions that will result in the improvement of the operating conditions of the current floating dock. For this purpose, EPC promoted the basic studies and commissioned the project (reference project) necessary for the construction
of this work.
The reference project was developed in July 2014, and the planned structural solution consisted of a sheet-pile curtain acting as a breakwater, locked by a reinforced concrete platform supported by piles. The adopted solution, to the detriment of a traditional solution of building a slope breakwater, in rock-fill, is justified by the strong limitation in obtaining good quality rock-fill in the area of Cabinda. On the other hand, the nature of the chosen structural solution
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