Project overview
Swanson Dock is an international shipping facility on the north bank of the Yarra River in Melbourne, Australia. It is one of several other docks that make up the Port of Melbourne, one of Australia’s largest ports for containerised and general cargo.
Swanson Dock East has a berth length of 2,900 feet (884 metres), six container cranes and 99 acres (40 hectares) of container storage, while Swanson Dock West has 3,097 feet (944 metres) of wharves, seven cranes and 84 acres (34 hectares) of storage space.
Project requirements
Grouting under the base plate of the crane rails with a low exotherm epoxy grouting system for high demand equipment.
Sika solution
Sika solution in this project was SikaDur-42 HP.
Project details
Project owner: Melbourne Port
Engineer: Aecom
Principal: McConnel Douglas
Contractor: Martinus Rail
Year: 2021
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