English
Elaboration of the draft design for the ship access channel reconstruction has begun. The project aims at deepening and widening of the Port of Riga harbour entrance access channels, in order to provide secure services to vessels with maximum length of 260 m, beam up to 48 m, and draft up to 15 m.
Mr. Ainārs Šlesers, the Freeport of Riga Chairman of the Board emphasizes: "The deepening of the port aquatorium and berths has been going on for several years already, however with the implementation of this project we want to provide conditions that every ship with the draft corresponding to the depth of the Baltic Sea could enter the Port of Riga. I want to remind that the depth of the Danish Straits is 17 m only; therefore, only the vessels with draft up to 15 m can enter the Baltic Sea. The Port of Riga is going to comply with these standards."
