Blåvand Coastal Protection
5.4 km of coastal protection
Blåvand Beach in Denmark is a popular destination, especially for self-drive tourists in the summer. It is located not far from Esbjerg on the Danish West coast in Jutland and the sea here is rough but also beautiful with wide, sandy beaches and expansive dunes.
The sandy beaches are unique to Danmark. The sandy beach area is plain, beautiful, and magnificent, and it reaches 40 km. Blåvand is widely known for its children-friendly sandy beaches. There are no cars on the beach, and the waves of the North Sea slowly and silently lap against the shore of snow-white sand.
Here is no strong North Sea current and the shallow water makes the area ideal for children’s play. They can touch the bottom far out in the calm water – the unique quality at the North Sea.
The special conditions at the South Beach naturally have their cause – namely Horns Reef that reaches about 40 km into the Wadden Sea, thereby almost forming a lagoon.
Blåvand town, which from the early morning to the small hours is alive with tourists, is an active and nuanced shopping experience in the summertime. In the town, you’ll find an excellent relaxed atmosphere with cafés and restaurants.
As Blåvand beach is one of Denmark’s largest and important tourist areas, it is important to maintain its attractiveness, which is why regular coastal protection is required.
In 2022, Rohde Nielsen A/S was awarded a contract by Blåvand for the project consisted of 5.4km of coastal protection along Blåvand beach.
The challenge of the project was the water depth in the area, hence the need for TSHD Embla R and Magni R.
Tug boats Loke R and Vidar R placed 2 pipelines on the beach, one 1200m long and one 1500m long. On the beach, Subcontractor VG handled the sand and approximately 1700 meters of land pipe.
- Location: Danish West Coast (DEN)
- Scope: 275,000 m3
- Client: Danish Coastal Authority
- Year: 2022-2023
The fleet that made it possible
- Embla R
- Magni R
- Loke R
- Vidar R
- Hopper capacity
- 2,700m3
- Length overall
- 85.40m
- Breadth
- 17.40m
- Draught loaded
- 5.40m
- Draught unloaded
- 2.90m
- Dredging depth
- 32.00/52.00m
- Hopper capacity
- 1,570m3
- Length overall
- 75.49m
- Breadth
- 12.80m
- Draught loaded
- 3.80m
- Draught unloaded
- 2.00m
- Dredging depth
- 28.00/40.00m
- Length overall
- 22.15m
- Breadth
- 6.80m
- Draught
- 3.42m
- Main engine
- 2x448kW
- Speed
- 10.5kn
- Length overall
- 15.25m
- Breadth
- 4.65m
- Draught
- 2.00
- Main engine
- 447kW
- Speed
- 9.0kn
Other projects
Blåvand Coastal Protection
Explore Project
Purpose:
The project consisted of 5.4km of beach nourishment along Blåvand beach…
- Location:
- Danish West Coast (DEN)
- Scope:
- 275,000 m3
- Client:
- Danish Coastal Authority
- Year:
- 2022-2023
Island of Sylt 2023
Explore Project
Purpose:
To protect the beaches and coastline of the west coast…
- Location:
- Sylt (GER)
- Scope:
- 1,111,111 m3
- Client:
- Landesbetrieb für Küstenschutz, Nationalpark und Meeresschutz (LKN)
- Year:
- 2023
Kolobrzeg-Ekopark
Explore Project
Purpose:
To fortify the beach against winter storms from the Baltic Sea….
- Location:
- Kolobrzeg (POL)
- Scope:
- 180,000 m3
- Client:
- Maritime Authority of Szczecin
- Year:
- 2023
Stockton Beach Amenity Project
Explore Project
Purpose:
To preserve and protect the beach natural environment and character….
- Location:
- Stockton Beach, New South Wales (AUS)
- Scope:
- 130,000 m3
- Client:
- NSW Government
- Year:
- 2023
Föhr
Explore Project
Purpose:
The quantity reclaimed was 200,000 m3 through a sinker line…
- Location:
- Föhr, Germany
- Scope:
- 200,000 m3
- Client:
- Landesbetrieb für Küstenschutz
- Year:
- 2022
Colombo South
Explore Project
Purpose:
800,000 m3 of sand distributed on the beaches Kalutara, Angulana and Mt. Lavinia…
- Location:
- Kalutara, Angulana, Mt. Lavinia, Sri Lanka
- Scope:
- 800,000 m3
- Client:
- Coast Conservation Mgmt. Dept.
- Year:
- 2020
Séte Frontignan
Explore Project
Purpose:
Beach nourishment project to contain erosion and limit the risk of inundations….
- Location:
- Montpellier, France
- Scope:
- 180,000 m3
- Client:
- Sète Agglopôle Méditerranée
- Year:
- 2019-2020
KDI, Danish West Coast
Explore Project
Purpose:
A long-term Beach Nourishment contract at the Danish West Coast …
- Location:
- West Coast of Jutland, Denmark
- Scope:
- Between 950,011 m3 and 3,470,335 m3
- Client:
- Danish Coastal Authority
- Year:
- 2012-2019
Caparica Beaches
Explore Project
Purpose:
Dredging 1,000,000m3 of sand available in the access channel to the port of Lisbon…
- Location:
- Almada – Caparica, Portugal
- Scope:
- 1,000,000 m3
- Client:
- APL-Administracão do Porto APA
- Year:
- 2019
Marawila
Explore Project
Purpose:
Offshore sand mining and beach nourishment…
- Location:
- Marawila, Sri Lanka
- Scope:
- 800,000 m3
- Client:
- Coast Conservation Mgmt. Dept.
- Year:
- 2016-2017
Gold Coast Beaches
Explore Project
Purpose:
Dredging, Rainbowing and Bottom-dumping on the Gold Coast…
- Location:
- Gold Coast, Australia
- Scope:
- 3,000,000 m3
- Client:
- Council of the City of Gold Coast
- Year:
- 2017
Dutch Coast
Explore Project
Purpose:
Beach and foreshore nourishment on the Dutch coast…
- Location:
- Dutch Coastline, The Netherlands
- Scope:
- 10,377,900 m3
- Client:
- Rijkswaterstaat PPO
- Year:
- 2013-2017
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