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France

Gulf de Fos, Marseille, France Port Autonome de Marseille/Union Maritime Dragage Deepening of berth 95,000 cubic metres
Saint Malo, France Direction Departmentale de l’Equipement/Sodraco International SAS Drilling and blasting approximately 15,000 cubic metres of rock in harbour and approaches for ferry terminal
St Guenole, France Department du Finistere/MARC/Holland Dredging Drilling and blasting 25,000 cubic metres in entrance channel
St Nazaire 2, France Port Autonome de Nantes et St Nazaire/Atlantique Dragage SA Rock drilling and blasting in entrance channel 6,500 square metres
St Nazaire 2, France Port Autonome de Nantes et St Nazaire Rock drill and blasting in entrance channel 1,000 cubic metres
St Nazaire, France Port Autonome de Nantes et St Nazaire/Atlantique Dragage Rock drilling and blasting in entrance channel 22,000 square metres

Spain

Funchal, Madeira Secretaria Regional Do Social Da Regiao Autonoma Da Madeira/Termague Drilling and blasting trench for long sea effluent outfall pipe

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Portugal

Alcantara, Portugal Lisbon Harbour Authority/Somague-Somec Drilling and blasting for new berth area 20,000 cubic metres
Alcantara, Portugal Lisbon Port Authority/SOMEC Controlled drilling and blasting adjacent to new berth
Alcantara, Portugal Port of Lisbon/Obras Públicas Ferroviárias E Marítimas Unipessoal Lda Drilling and blasting 50,000 cubic metres of rock for new quay wall construction and berthing area including very strict controlled blasting techniques adjacent to quay wall.
Cascais, Portugal Portuguese Port Authority/SOMEC Hire of equipment for marine outfall
Cascais, Portugal

Local Authority/SOMEC

Drilling and blasting 20,000 cubic metres for marine outfall
Figueria da Foz, Portugal Direccao Geral dos Portos/CPTP Drill and blast to allow 600mm Diameter piles to go through boulder strewn overburden
Leixoes Harbour, Portugal Administration of the Ports of Douro & Leixoes/Sociedade Portuguesa de Dragagens, Lisbon Formation of berths for new tanker terminal 35,000 cubic metres
Leixoes Harbour, Portugal Douros & Leixoes Port Administration/Sociedade Portuguesa de Dragagens Deepening of harbour 63,000 cubic metres
Leixoes, Portugal Leixoes Port Authority/CPTP Drilling and blasting an area of 600 cubic metres immediately adjacent to quay wall. Very controlled blasting
Lagos, Portugal Sociedade Metropolitana de Construcoes Ltda (SOMEC) Drill and blast 20,000 cubic metres in shipping channel running adjacent to the town under strict vibration control
Sines, Portugal Administração do Porto de Sines/ Bento Pedroso Construcoes-Etermar-Somague JV Drilling and blasting approximately 50,000 square metres of rock to deepen port.
Sines, Portugal Gabinette de Area de Sines/Baggermaatschappij Bos enKalis bv Harbour deepening. Drill, blast and dredge 100,000 m3
Tapada do Outeiro, Portugal

Powergen plc/CPTP

Drilling and blasting trenches to facilitate cofferdam construction. Controlled blasting adjacent to power station.
Tua, Portugal Gabinete da Navegabilidade do Douro/Sociedade Portuguesa de Dragagens Lda Drilling and blasting of 17,000 cubic metres of rock in riverbed in connection with the improvement of navigation and flow regime of the River Douro
Viana do Castelo, Portugal Ministério do Equipamento, do Planeamento da Administração do Territorio Direccao-Geral de Portos, Navegação e Transportes Marítimos/ Sociedade Portuguesa de Dragagens Drilling and blasting 18,000 cubic metres of rock for deepening entrance channel to harbour

Spain

Burela, Spain Burela Harbour Authority/SEDRA Supervisory services
Cadiz, Spain Astelleros Espanoles/Helma-Boka SA Deepening berthing facility for dry dock 21,000 cubic metres
Gijon, Spain Ministry of Public Works and Transport/Dragados y Construcciones SA Drilling and blasting 1,126 lin metres of rock in marine trench for effluent sea outfall
Santander, Spain Cantabria Regional Council/Dragados y Construcciones SA Drilling and blasting rock in offshore trenches, approx 650 linear metres for storm and sewer outfalls.
Santander, Spain Port of Santander/Jan de Nul-Corsan JV Drilling and blasting 35,500 cubic metres to facilitate widening and deepening entrance channel to port
Santander, Spain Port of Santander/ UTE Bahia Drilling and blasting 30,000 square metres of rock to deepen and widen port access channel.

Solvay Outfall, Nr Santander Spain

UTE Emisario Solvay Drilling and blasting 485 linear metres of offshore trench
Algeciras, Spain Principality of Monaco/Dragados Drill and blast in entrance to dry dock to permit float out of 300m long concrete caisson
Las Palmas Gran Canaria Port of Las Palmas/Dragados Drill and blast 16,500 square metres in caisson trench, berthing area and turning circle

Sweden

Gothenburg, Sweden Gothenburg Harbour Authority/James Contracting & Shipping Company Deepening of main shipping channel 12,000 cubic metres