Van Oord has been awarded a contract to deepen the access channel to the port extension of Burgas, Bulgaria. Client is the Bulgarian Ministry of Transport. Van Oord is subcontractor of Cosmos Shipping AD. The total value of the contract amounts to EUR 1.7 million. The execution of the contract starts mid September and is scheduled for completion mid October.

 The project involves dredging part of the access channel to the port extension of Burgas to a depth of some twelve metres. The total quantity amounts to 500,000 cubic metres. Van Oord will deploy the trailing suction hopper dredger HAM 310.

Van Oord is a dredging and marine contractor with a focus on dredging, coastal engineering and offshore. Van Oord employs 2,800 people in some twenty offices around the world. The company owns the largest state-of-the-art fleet in the world. Van Oord is the result of the merger between Ballast Ham Dredging and Van Oord ACZ in December 2003.