METHOD FOR DELIVERING LARGE QUANTITIES OF UNDER WATER SOIL TO A RECLAMATION AREA

摘要

THE INVENTION RELATES TO A METHOD FOR DELIVERING LARGE QUANTITIES OF UNDER WATER SOIL AND/OR ORE BEARING SOIL FROM LONG-DISTANCE BORROW AREAS TO A RECLAMATION SITE. THE METHOD COMPRISES THE STEPS OF MOORING AT LEAST ONE SEAGOING TRANSPORT VESSEL (1) WITH A SIZE CONSIDERABLY LARGER THAN THE SIZE OF A DREDGING VESSEL (3) AND ADAPTED TO RECEIVE A LARGE QUANTITY OF SOIL IN THE VICINITY OF THE AT LEAST ONE BORROW AREA, PROVIDING AT LEAST ONE DREDGING VESSEL THAT DREDGES SOIL AT THE AT LEAST ONE BORROW AREA AND TRANSPORTS IT TO THE TRANSPORT VESSEL, LOADING THE SOIL INTO A BUFFERING VESSEL (4) OR INTO THE TRANSPORT VESSEL (1) DIRECTLY, TRANSPORTING THE SOIL IN A TRANSPORTABLE STATE TO THE LONG DISTANCE RECLAMATION SITE WITH THE AID OF THE TRANSPORT VESSEL, MOORING THE TRANSPORT VESSEL IN THE RECLAMATION SITE, AND UNLOADING THE SOIL FROM THE TRANSPORT VESSEL TO THE RECLAMATION SITE. FIGURE 2.