Albatros dredge back in Gisborne for month-long contract

The Albatros is busy on a month-long dredging contract at the port, moving material from the Wharf 7 area. Photo / Murray Robertson

Trailing suction dredge Albatros came back to Eastland Port last Wednesday to begin a month-long project to shift silt from the port area and harbour approaches.

The Albatros was last in Gisborne in September.

The Albatros dredge on a previous visit to Eastland Port. Photo / Liam Clayton

“The dredge started work in the harbour basin alongside Wharf 7 and 8,” Eastland Port chief executive Andrew Gaddum said.

“It will do the whole berth area and turning basin and then proceed out into the navigation channel.

“She will be here for the next month,” Gaddum said.

The Albatros has been to Gisborne several times before and this time the dredge job is a big one – an estimated 100,000 tonnes of silt being shifted. Photo / Murray Robertson

“We hope to see around 100,000 tonnes of silt shifted as we prepare to get the newly rebuilt Wharf 7 ready to receive log ships.”