Tons of sand to be used in the construction of the new runway of Istanbul Airport were drawn from the Black Sea and conveyed to the land through pipes.
Tons of sand to be used in the expansion of Istanbul Airport and the construction of a new runway were pulled from the Black Sea by the ship named Charles Darwin and conveyed to the land through pipes. The working process of the giant ship was viewed from the air.
Istanbul Airport, which is the 7th busiest airport in the world and the construction work of the 2nd terminal building and other runways is ongoing, is aimed to reach a capacity of 200 million passengers when all stages are completed. There will also be 6 independent runways. For the airport construction and new runway works, sand was drawn from the bottom near Karaburun in the Black Sea by the ship named Charles Darwin. Tons of sand were collected in the hull of the ship and then transferred to land through the pipe system prepared at the İGA Port on the coast. The sand transfer process, which took approximately 3 hours at the port, was carried out with the help of 700 meters long pipes. The process of transferring tons of sand to land was reflected in aerial images. The ship, which transferred sand approximately 3 times a day, worked in the region for approximately 1 month. The ship can do the work of an average of 20 sand ships and carry the sand at once.
“He alone does what 20 ships do”
Talking about the technical features of the ship, Transbosphor Maritime Director Nuri Mert Can said, “Charles Darwin is one of the world’s largest Dutch naval construction companies. With its 183-meter and 30 thousand 500 cubic meter dredging capacity, it is one of the ships that can offer the largest capacity and fastest solution in its field. While this ship can dredge up to 58 meters in its standard form, it can also reach a capacity of 30 thousand 500 cubic meters with the addition of dredging equipment up to 93 and a half meters.
This means that the capacity of approximately 20 or more sand ships to pick up the sand from the seabed and bring the sand that can be used on the third runway of the airport construction on land can be done with a ship that can allocate power to scan 15 thousand kilobytes of 183 meters in a ship, and this means that with a single ship, this amount of sand can be transported both to the port for the entry of tankers. “It is seen as the right ship choice to meet the needs as it cleans the mouth and can efficiently bring the sand to be used in construction in the same area,” he said.
“It is a very logical choice to use it in a project in the region.”
Stating that using the ship was a very correct choice, Can said, “It is a ship designed to send sand to land with high efficiency, especially in shallow water dredging, for this type of work. It is a very logical choice to use it in a project in the region. Many examples in the world have been used in port dredging, especially the sand from the sandy area, both in the development of the port and in the construction in the region. “This eliminates the logistical burden of sand to be transported from outside, and it makes much more sense to destroy the sand that has already come out of the sea or send it to another place and use it in a construction site in the region,” he said.
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