Anchor channels for the Jade-Weser-Port
The Jade-Weser-Port in the coastal city of Wilhelmshaven is regarded in Germany as a project of the century. Precast concrete elements were fixed on the seabed with anchor channels from Jordahl.
The only tide-independent deep-water container port in Germany opened for business in the fall of 2012 in Wilhelmshaven, following a 7-year planning, approval and tendering phase, and a construction time of four and a half years.
With an investment of EUR 480 million (total investment volume around EUR 950 million), a quay of 1,725 m length was created. Sand had to be piled onto the surrounding embankments and an area of 360 ha reclaimed, to the most part by spraying on 46 million m3 of sand.
For the quay of 1.7 km length, a steel sheet pile wall had been specified, whose individual piles were...
