Port of Figueira da Foz resumes dredging to regain maritime access

The port of Figueira da Foz resumed dredging work on the bar and access channel, in an operation aimed at recovering maritime accessibility conditions after a period of heavy silting that restricted the entry and exit of ships.

The intervention takes place during a phase of improvement in the state of the sea, taking advantage of a window of favorable conditions that allows the work to be carried out with greater continuity. This context is seen as decisive to accelerate an operation considered essential to restore greater regularity to the functioning of the port infrastructure. With the swell decreasing, it was possible to improve the depth levels available in the bar, an important step towards reestablishing minimum navigability conditions.

Replenishing the operational draft is, in this case, a central factor in ensuring predictability during calls and reducing the constraints felt by port activity. The situation once again highlights the vulnerability of some ports to silting and changing maritime conditions. In Figueira da Foz, dredging thus plays a decisive role not only in maintaining current operations, but also in preserving the competitiveness and reliability of maritime access.

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