Dredging starts at Devonport East
TasPorts’ contractors have started the dredging and reclamation works for the Devonport East Terminal 3 development.
QuayLink is a $240 million investment to upgrade the East Devonport port infrastructure and to future-proof Devonport as a tourism gateway for the next 50 years.
The JV company established by Hazell Bros Group Pty Ltd and Brady Marine & Civil Pty Ltd to complete the work is using a 150-tonne land-based long reach excavator, as well as a smaller long-reach excavator working from a floating barge.
TasPorts CEO Anthony Donald said the work – that would see about 45,000 cubic metres of material excavated – was expected to take two to three months to complete.
“The works will deliver a new berth pocket, wharf structure and reclamation area at the existing Berth 3E specifically designed for the new Spirit of Tasmania vessels,” he said.