Part of the dredged material will be reused for land reclamation to enable the development of a new deep-water port area. To execute the project, the joint venture will deploy a broad range of specialised equipment, including trailing suction hopper dredgers, backhoe dredgers, grab dredgers, and drill and blast platforms.
Mitigating measures during dredging will include the use of silt screens, bubble curtains, environmental buckets, turbidity monitoring and innovative dredging techniques to minimise impact.
Both companies previously completed preparatory dredging works in Luleå in 2024, removing approximately 1.5 million cubic metres of sediment, hard moraine soils and large boulders.