Ro-Ro Dieppe

Location: Dieppe, France

Project Value: £7 million

Service: Marine civil and structural design

Team 

Client: ChambredeCommerceetd’IndustrieTerritorialede Dieppe

Contractor: Marine Development (Glasgow)Ltd

Description

This was the first link span inthe world capable of accommodating Stena’s new HSS. Kashec developed a systemat the sea end of the linkspan to raise a section of the front end of the linkspan in order to cater for high free board of Stena HSS. This innovationdeveloped by Kashec enabled the link span to be used for the conventional ferryas well as for the Stena HSS.

Project Design

Kashec provided full marinecivil and structural design services for this scheme. The structure consistedof a 85 metre long integral pontoon and approach ramp designed using a boxgirder structural steel construction.