Caspian Sea
An existing port in the Caspian Sea was enlarged. For this purpose two large breakwaters were built to be able to enlarge the port. Both breakwaters have a length of over 1 km, and is built using Xbloc armour units.
2D model testing has been carried out at the laboratory of DMC in Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Location
Project milestones
- Physical model testing: May 2009
- Start of Xbloc production: December 2009
- Start placement: January 2011
Project details
- Hs = 5.2 m
- Water depth = 10 m
- Length of breakwater = 2 km
- Size of Xblocs = 2.0, 2.5, 3.7 and 4.6 m3
- Number of units = 28,000
