Isandlwana

Dredging Campaign a Success at Port of Mossel Bay

Isandlwana off Mossel Bay 2020

It should be smooth sailing for vessels navigating and berthing at the Port of Mossel Bay now that Transnet National Ports Authority’s Dredging Services concluded its 2019/20 dredging campaign, which ensured that sand trap and high spots within the port were successfully removed.

Dredging is a critical aspect of port maintenance and refers to underwater excavation that helps to ensure safe navigational channels and maintain port depths. The 2019/20 campaign made use of two dredgers – trail...

http://www.sashippingnews.com/2020/03/05/dredging-campaign-a-success-at-port-of-mossel-bay/

Isandlwana TSHD to Address Channel High Spots at Port of Mossel Bay

Shadrack Tshikalange

The Dredging Services division of Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has confirmed that its Isandlwana trailing suction hopper dredger has left the Port of Durban and will arrive in the Port of Mossel Bay on 09 December 2018 for approximately 10 days to address some high spots in the port’s entrance channel.

Dredging the high spots was a necessity ahead of an oil drilling expedition from December 2018 to March 2018 by petroleum refining company, Total, where supply vessels that support the...

http://www.sashippingnews.com/2018/12/14/isandlwana-tshd-to-address-channel-high-spots-at-port-of-mossel-bay/