Dredging Uses from pmgsocial media's blog

Dredging can be defined as the process of removing sediment from the banks or bottom of water bodies using dredges which create a vacuum to suck and pump out the debris. Dredging is vital for reshaping geographical features like drainage systems, improving navigation, building dams and dikes and also recovering minerals or marine fauna of commercial value. Sedimentation is natural, and sometimes excessive silt, sand, stones, and other debris accumulate on the bottom of canals, rivers, lakes, etc, reducing the waterways’ depths. This prevents ships from passing safely. Sediment accumulation also threatens marine flora and fauna - mechanical dredging.

Since we depend on waterways for maritime trade and transport, dredging becomes necessary. Many ports and harbours would not be able to accommodate massive ships without dredging. Regular maintenance dredging and deepening navigational channels are important to accommodate modern commercial ships. The dredge operator lowers it to the side of the body of water or its bottom. The rotating cutter bar uses its sharp blades to loosen the sediment on the bottom, and it is sucked in using a submersible pump. Ultimately, disposal barges or dump scows empty the material at the disposal area - mechanical dredge.

It involves excavating naturally deposited sediments or artificial debris, such as rocks, bottom sediments, construction debris, refuse, and plant or animal matter, from the bottom of shallow seawater or freshwater. Regular maintenance dredging is of enormous importance in coastal regions with sizeable tidal activity and in water bodies that are susceptible to becoming silted with sediments, sand and mud. The process combines the following three independent elements: excavation, transportation of excavated material, and usage or proper disposal of dredged material. For more information please visit our site https://www.Pacificmaritimegroup.com/