en.Wedoany.com Reported - In port maintenance operations, dredged material from Harwich, UK, is being used for the ecological restoration of local salt marshes. Boskalis, the company responsible for the project, is using the trailing suction hopper dredger Sospan Dau to strategically place dredged sand, clay, or silt to raise the elevation of the Copperas Bay salt marsh.

Boskalis notes that salt marshes are among the most valuable coastal habitats, providing homes for wildlife, absorbing carbon, and acting as natural buffers against erosion and flooding, but they are currently under increasing pressure. Through the Beneficial Use of Dredging (BUDS) project, Boskalis and its client, Harwich Haven Authority, are using material generated from maintenance dredging to protect and strengthen fragile salt marsh habitats.

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