The Norwegian Coastal Authority has released details of the works that it intends to have done at Sandnes Port Terminal, the ’natural centre’ of sea logistics in the area, it says.
Sandnes, which is in the south west not far from Stavanger, serves as a back-up port to Stavanger, accommodating ships when its larger neighbour is too busy.
Now the plan is to expand it so that it can accommodate more, and work will include making land more available to ships that are docked as well as increasing capacity for other ships.
Approximately 27 friction piles at around 60 metres per pile, in total 1,600 metres of piling, will be needed, with an existing dyke demolished and a new quay developed with conduits and manholes.
A new quay cover will be anchored at the existing quay, and crane rails assembled to extend those already there.
”The project has a flexible start-up date and the construction period is estimated to be approximately seven months,” the Norwegian Coastal Authority, which has provided grants for the scheme, says. “The contracting authority has a deadline that the project shall be completed by 30 November 2025.”
The Port of Sandnes was granted small seaport city status in 1860, when the municipality had just 440 residents.
In 2020, most of the municipality of Forsand was merged with Sandnes to become the larger municipality it is today.
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