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In the port of Livorno, the reification works of Pier 13 have begun
Corsini: it is a very important intervention for the safety of navigation and the enhancement of the capacity to accommodate larger ships
February 10, 2021
The start of the work follows the arrival, two days ago, of the Francesca floating platform of the Sales company, equipped with of stabilizing pylons. The vehicle has a large excavator on board equipped with a jackhammer that will proceed to demolish the 35 meters of the Pier. The demolition residues will then be salted using another floating pontoon equipped with cranes and transported to the dwelling.
The intervention is prodromic to the execution of dredging of 80,000 cubic meters of sediment that will serve to reshape the bottom at a depth of -13 meters over an area of about 24,000 square meters, with a further re-framing of the access to the Tuscan dock that will allow access by ships container container even from 11,000 teu.
The works entrusted to the Sales company will have a total cost 100,000 euros, while the amount provided for in the contract for the dredging is around 1.2 million euros.
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