Case Study
Asphalt Surface on Quaysides Where Containers are Loaded and Unloaded
Background In summer 2010, quays 34 and 35 in the eastern section of the Port of Southampton were given a new asphalt surface. The two quays cover an area of around 40 acres, where Wallenius Wilhelmsen, one of the world’s leading operators of ro-ro vessels, has its operations. The contractor Aggregate Industries opted for an asphalt solution that was different from the one originally envisaged by the port’s owners. But after showing that t