Dredging Today27 Jul 2026Clients
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More than 1,000 people are directly employed on the project as construction accelerates following the early completion of the dredging, which removed a 5‑kilometre navigation channel, 600‑metre turning basin and 875‑metre berth pocket — more than 95 % solid rock with compressive strength above 100 MPa, cut without blasting by two of the world’s largest cutter suction dredgers — allowing quay and marine works to start 13 months early toward a 2028 port opening. The USD 1.2 billion deep‑water facility at Ndayane, 50 kilometres from the capacity‑constrained Dakar terminal, will serve as Senegal’s principal container gateway with a 20‑metre‑deep channel capable of handling two Triple‑E‑class vessels simultaneously.