London Gateway dredging to begin

DEME won the dredging contract as a joint-venture with the contractor Laing O’Rourke Infrastructure Limited back in 2008 but the future of the project was subject to review as a direct result of the global economic crisis the continuing market downturn.

In January this year DP World committed itself to starting work on the construction of essential infrastructure for the planned port and logistics park. However, the main civil works, including the quay wall construction and pavements, have been deferred for eight months.

‘London Gateway’ is located at the former Shell Haven site, 25 miles downstream of the City of London. The €442m (US$603m) works have to be completed by the end of end 2014, a period of 54 months from the start of dredging.