Dredging boat
Dredging

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Timescale: March 2004 - April 2005
Budget: £31,000
Partners: Glasgow City Council and Clydeport Operations Ltd
Lead: Clydeport Operations Ltd
Target: Completion of dredging to ensure the passage and visit of vessels to the upper harbour of the River Clyde.
Status: Complete: 04/ 2005
Activity:

To remove and level the natural fluvial deposits from the bed of the River Clyde and quay wall areas to assist with the passage and berthing of vessels at Stobcross Quay; Finnieston Crane; Princess Dock /Canting Basin entrance and Plantation Quay.

Three vessels carried out the work over the period of a fortnight.  This work should be sufficient to permit safe passage and berthing of large vessels, in this the upper harbour area of the River Clyde, for the next few years.

 

 

last updated: 12 October 2005