Venezuela · South America · VEMIV
Puerto Miranda
Canal or Lake · Small harbour · Caribbean Sea; North Atlantic Ocean
Port information
- Channel depth
- 11 m
- Anchorage depth
- 9.4 m
- Berth depth
- —
- Tide range
- 1.5 m
- Max vessel draught
- 11.4 m
- Water
- fresh
- Likely soil (estimate)
- Silt / mud, Clay
- Position
- 10.767, -71.567
Dredgers that can do the job here
- TSHDTrailing suction hopper · Small–medium (1,000–5,000 m³)
Loose sand or silt in open water. Can work while ships keep moving and carry spoil long distances.
- WIDWater injection · Water injection
Cheap upkeep for fine silt in channels with a current.
- CSDCutter suction · Medium (400–550 mm)
Deepening work where spoil is pumped through a pipeline to land.