CASE HISTORY

Rev: 01, Issue Date 10.07.15

EXTENSION OF EXISTING BREAKWATER, CONSTRUCTION OF BEACH PROTECTION

BUND AND GROYNE USING GEOTEXTILE TUBES
PETRONET LNG LIMITED, KOCHI, INDIA

ENVIRONMENTAL / COASTAL PROTECTION WORKS

Product: MacTubes, MacBags
Problem:
Petronet LNG Ltd. Terminal at Puthuvypeen, Kochi is having a capacity of 5 MMPTA which meets the enormous
demand of natural gas for power, fertilizers, petrochemicals and various other industries in
southern states of
India.
Halting of ships at the receiving trestle was facing problem due to accumulation of enormous amount of silt in the
trestle zone. The amount of money and time spent on
dredging of accumulated silt in the vicinity of trestle was
huge. Besides, was repetitive activity.
So, the main objective of the project was to provide long
term solution for achieving required tranquility at the LNG
Jetty, reduce siltation and protect beach from erosion.
Photo 1 : Protection Bund - structure

Solution :
Existing rubble mound breakwater was planned to be
extended towards sea by about 500m using Geotextile
Tubes. The purpose was to reduce the siltation in the LNG
basin. A Protection Bund of length about 500m was
planned Using Geotextile Tubes and Geotextile Bags at
the back of LNG basin to prevent the erosion of beach.
Protection Bund restricted the progressive movement of
the high tide line towards LNG basin.
A Groyne of 150 m was constructed using Geotextile
Tubes to trap the silt that gets drifted and accumulated in
the trestle zone. Groyne structure installed in parallel with
trestle restricted the movement of the silt. Groyne is provided to trap the silt which may get deposited in trestle
area.

Photo 2 : During construction of Groyne structure

Scope of work included construction of Beach Protection

Bund, Groyne and extension of existing rubble mound
Breakwater using Geosystems and placing of Marker
Buoys along the extended Breakwater to prevent any
moving craft such as fishing boat etc. on it.
Client: : Petronet LNG Ltd.
Contractor: Maccaferri Environmental Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Product used:
MacTubes = 9.42 m circumference Tubes = 177 Nos
3.14m circumference Tubes = 72 Nos MacBags = 0.7 m x 0.4 m x 0.15 m Layflat size = 92800 No's
Start of Construction : April 2014
End of construction : January 2015

Photo 3 : During Construction of Breakwater structure

Photo 4 : Plan drawing of the project

Photo 5 : Cross section Drawing of Protection Bund

Photo 6 : Cross section Drawing of Groyne at CH 156.000

Photo 7 : Cross section Drawing of Breakwater structure at CH 500

Installation of Geotextile Tubes:

The LNG terminal at Puthuvypeen is a estuary zone
where the water of Periyar River flows in the sea. The
installation of the Onshore structures Groyne and Protection Bund structure was easy. For the breakwater
structure which extended into the sea for 500m length,
the tubes were to be installed 1m underwater near shore
and 3.5m underwater offshore. This needed utmost expertise for accurate installation and safety of installers.
Four number of the divers were required for the deployment and the installation of the Geotextile tubes. Few
members were deployed for sieving and slurry preparation
The equipment's such as Hydraulic pump, Booster
Pump, Hooper Arrangement were used for the installation purpose.

Photo 8 : Transfer of tubes into the sea using pontoons

Photo 4 : Plan drawing of the project

Photo 9: Deployment of Geotextile tube in the sea

Installation of Geotextile tubes for the Breakwater structure was a challenging task. The alignment of the Breakwater was in wave breaking zone. Hence, it was found difficult to deploy the tubes. The time period available between the successive tidal occurrence was observed to be
less.
The behavior of sea is observed to be most harsh during
the spring tides. Hence above all were the challenges
faced during the underwater installation.
Therefore the time available for divers to deploy the tube
in position was less.

Photo 10 : Hydraulic filling of Geotextile Tube

Photo 11 : During construction of Protection Bund

Photo 12: Siltation at Groyne structure after construction

Photo 13 : After construction of 500 m long Protection Bund structure

Achieved Benefits :

Reduced the siltation at trestle location by the installing combination of the structures.

The system posed characteristics of sustainability and Eco Friendliness.

Aesthetically Pleasing

Ease in the Installation, hence time consumed is less

Monolithic, Versatile and Flexible in nature.

Present Status of Project :The project is completed successfully overcoming all challenges and the structures are serving the purpose.
Growth of vegetation on the MacTubes is observed along with siltation.

Maccaferri Environmental Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

14th Floor, Vatika Professional Point, Golf Course Ext. Road - Gurgaon 122001
Tel. +91- 124 - 4398400, Fax: +91- 124 - 4398444
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