North Sea Port is building a new 800m long quay at Quarleshaven in East Vlissingen. This will enable the firm Bulk Terminal Zeeland to expand its operations. As a result Shipyard Reimerswaal’s quay will also be extended. North Sea Port is investing a full EUR40 million in new port infrastructure here.
The new quay will partly replace the old quay at Bulk Terminal Zeeland, that is being demolished. Transhipment company Bulk Terminal Zeeland will see its quay extended from 250m to 440m. This will provide more space for the transhipment of dry bulk such as wood pellets, gypsum, raw materials for the steel industry, organic agricultural products and boulders for reinforcing offshore wind turbines. The construction of the new quay will also free up an additional 10ha of land for allocation to Bulk Terminal Zeeland. The new quay will also connect to Shipyard Reimerswaal’s terminal, which will acquire an additional 40m of quayside once it is complete. As a result, the ship maintenance and repair company will have a total of 425m of quayside.
Next to this, there will be enough space left between the terminal and Shipyard Reimerswaal for a new company to use. Various types of seagoing vessels will be able to moor at the new quay, for example project cargo vessels, heavy-lift vessels, bulk carriers, fruit carriers and tankers with a draught of up to 12.5m, as well as inland vessels. There is potential to increase the water depth by two metres at a later date. The quay will be reinforced and made suitable for loads of up to 5t per m2. "Part of the quay will be made accessible and prepared for potential customers who want to establish operations at Quarleshaven", says Daan Schalck, CEO of North Sea Port. “This represents an efficient use of our port infrastructure.”
A consortium made up of Werkendam hydraulic engineers Hakkers and De Klerk will start construction of the new quay in late March 2022. Hein van Laar, commercial director of Hakkers notes, “Following on from previous successful projects in Vlissingen, Hakkers and De Klerk are very proud to deliver this new project for North Sea Port. It demonstrates our strengths as a construction and hydraulic engineering partnership with all the necessary disciplines in-house." The new quay will be completed by the end of 2024. As a result, the quay on the south side of Quarleshaven will be a total of 1,200m long.
