In future, large ships and pushed convoys will also be able to navigate the canal

The Datteln-Hamm Canal has connected the eastern Ruhr area with the West German canal network since 1914. In order to be navigable for large motor cargo ships up to 135 metres in length and pushed convoys up to 186.5 metres in length, it has been widened and deepened for several years on its western section, starting at the branch from the Dortmund-Ems Canal in Datteln to the Hamm city harbour.

The entire stretch has been divided into 18 sections. Lot 6 West comprises a section around 1.1 kilometres long in the Hamm city and port area. The existing bank wall and the old embankment will be replaced by a recessed and anchored sheet pile bank. In order to create the required water depth, the canal bed will be excavated and secured. An enlarged turning area for the ships is also being created on the south bank.

Expertise and experience guarantee quality

The challenging subsoil consists of gravelly-silty sands of varying thickness. Beneath this is clay marl. The permanent strand anchor is particularly suitable due to its individual adaptation to a wide variety of subsoil conditions. The back anchoring is carried out on the north bank with 421 anchors up to 30.5 metres long and on the south bank with 125 anchors up to 26 metres long.

An earth embankment on the north bank limits the space so that the boreholes for the majority of the anchors are drilled below ground level using a drilling excavator. On the south bank, the anchors are produced partly from the bank and partly from a floating pontoon using a standard anchor drilling rig.