Breakwater Caspian Sea
An existing port in the Caspian Sea is being enlarged For this purpose two large breakwaters are being built to be able to enlarge the port. Both breakwaters have a length of over 1 km, and will be built using Xbloc armour units. The breakwaters will have a core of geocontainers
Project Milestones
| May 2009: | Physical model testing |
| December 2009: | Start of Xbloc® production |
Project Details
| Design significant wave height: | 5.2 m |
| Water depth: | 10 m |
| Xbloc sizes: | 2.0, 2.5, 3.7, and 4.6m3 |
