New Xbloc® application in Georgia, Asia Minor
24 april 2006
Gouda, the Netherlands - Delta Marine consultants bv (DMC) has granted the contractor Boskalis International BV a licence for the application of the Xbloc armour unit for the rehabilitation of the breakwater of Port of Poti in Georgia, Asia Minor.
The existing breakwater has a length of 1800 m and is currently protected by an armour layer of concrete cubes. The rehabilitation of the first section of the breakwater, for which 2 m3 Xbloc armour units will be applied, will be executed in the coming 18 months. The design was tested at Delft Hydraulics, the Netherlands. These tests were witnessed by the representative of the Port of Poti.