1. Departement Mobiliteit en Openbare Werken Maritieme Toegang AMORAS Antwerp Mechanical Dewatering, Recycling and Application of Sediment Ir Joris Dockx CEDA dredging days 2 October 2008

2. Departement Mobiliteit en Openbare Werken Maritieme Toegang Overview presentation AMORAS 1.History 2.Process 3.Naming 4.Partners

3. Departement Mobiliteit en Openbare Werken Maritieme Toegang Dredging needs - Yearly sedimentation –Major lock complexes 80%; –Sewagesystem; –spill during loading and discharge activities. - Sedimentation by shiptraffic “Best guess” 500.000 TDM/year

4. Departement Mobiliteit en Openbare Werken Maritieme Toegang Terrestrial Underwatercel Sediment Containment site Aquatic Today History

5. Departement Mobiliteit en Openbare Werken Maritieme Toegang Terrestrial Underwatercel ? Sediment Containment site Aquatic Future

6. Departement Mobiliteit en Openbare Werken Maritieme Toegang Terrestrial Underwatercel Sandseperation and Mechanical dewatering Sediment Containment site Re-use Aquatic Today Future

7. Departement Mobiliteit en Openbare Werken Maritieme Toegang History prospection 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 Lagoonfields Waaslandharbour (1989) Mech. dewatering beltfilterpress (1996) 2005 Underwatercel Delwaidedock (2003) Building of AMORAS (2008) 2010 Mech. dewatering chamberfilterpress pilottest (2000) Underwatercel Churchilldock (2007)

8. Departement Mobiliteit en Openbare Werken Maritieme Toegang State of affairs Past actions: –Prospection of dewatering technologies (1999) –Pilot test mechanical dewatering with chamberfilterpress (2000) –Comparison lagooning versus mechanical dewatering (2001) –Location study (2001) –Strategic Plan Right Bank (2002) –Pre design AMORAS (start of engineering sep. 2003) –Environmental impact study (2005) –Selection of candidates (2006-2007) –Building and environmental licence (2006-2007) –Invitation for tenders (2007) Future actions –Building AMORAS (2009 – 2010) –Exploitation AMORAS (begin 2011 for a period of 15 years) –Re-use filtercakes AMORAS asap.

9. Departement Mobiliteit en Openbare Werken Maritieme Toegang Location 10 km AMORAS Conference

10. Departement Mobiliteit en Openbare Werken Maritieme Toegang Dewatering area 20 ha Disposal area 30 ha Sandseperation area Piping 3.6 km Underwatercel

11. Departement Mobiliteit en Openbare Werken Maritieme Toegang Treatement proces

12. Departement Mobiliteit en Openbare Werken Maritieme Toegang Process related reuse

13. Departement Mobiliteit en Openbare Werken Maritieme Toegang First adventure of Suske and Wiske

14. Departement Mobiliteit en Openbare Werken Maritieme Toegang Partners Building administration:  Flemisch Government Administration, Department of Mobility and Public Works, Maritime Access. Stake holder: Port of Antwerp Contractor:  THV Jan De Nul - Dredging International (DEME), Envisan and DEC Engineeringbureau: TV MWH – Seghers Keppel Safety coördination: Coor nv Environmental Consulting: Bova M.C. nv