General information The Muuga Coal terminal, sited on a bay, East of the existing port of Muuga, is to handle some five million tons of Siberian coal a year for destinations worldwide. The coal is shipped to Muuga by rail. Future developments may include container berths and steel facilities. The main contractor for the development of the Muuga coal terminal was the Estonian project management group A.S. Merko Ehitus. The dredging subcontract was awarded in late May 2003 to Terramare Eesti O.Ü., the Estonian arm of the Finnish-based Boskalis group company Terramare Oy. ContraCt speCifiCations The scope of works included the dredging of one million cu m of clay to create Muuga’s access channel, plus another 1.5 million m 3 for three large berths. The soil was varying from

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