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Line of Business
Oil & Gas
Oil Berth at Visakhaptnam Harbour
| Client | : | Visakhapatnam Port Trust, India |
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: | Visakhapatnam Port Trust, India |
| Year of Completion | : | 1985 |
| Location | : | Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Project Brief | |
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Casting of 40 nos. caissons ( 9000 mm dia. ) |
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Dredging work upto 150000 Cum. ( upto 21m below high water level ) |
| During construction of oil berth at Visakhapatnam, several novel methods of construction were adopted by AFCONS, such as |
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Construction of Concrete Caissons without use of any Dry dock. |
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Use diving bell to level the caisson bed, where workers worked in dry condition under 21 m of water. |
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Dredging the area from 10 m to 21 m below high water level useing dredgers manufactured by AFCONS. |
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This oil berth is a part of entire oil conveying in system to HPCL Refinery at Visakhapatnam, consisting of this berth, a submarine oil pipeline in the entrance channel, a trestle bridge to carry the pipeline up to land and 7.0 Kms of cross country pipeline over the land. |