North East File Collection - NEFC

Initial Application - Submitted 27-May-2025

Tees and Hartlepool Maintenance Dredge Disposal

Renewal of the current maintenance dredge disposal licence L/2015/00427/7 which has been on-going over many years. This application is for a 10 year maintenance dredging disposal licence commencing 1st January 2026 and ending 31st December 2035.

The Tees Maintenance Dredging Protocol (MDP) Baseline Document has been updated for this application, it is attached below and referred to throughout the application.

Works are performed on a daily basis throughout the year and covered in the Tees MDP Baseline Document. The renewal applies to the next 10 years.

PD Teesport Limited employs two trailing suction hopper dredgers (TSHD) of 2,000m3 and 1,500m3 hopper volume to maintain depths within the navigable channel and berths within the Tees and Hartlepool. Both are traditional suction dredgers with active bottom door dumping systems, the only variation being the vessel hopper capacity. The suction dredgers operate on a nominal production time 12.5 hours per day for six days per week. This can, for a limited period, be increased to 24 hours and seven days per week where sudden increases in deposition rate occur, primarily following storm conditions.

Mr Andrew Ridley / 01642 877103 / andrew.ridley@pdports.co.uk

PD TEESPORT LIMITED / CRAFT DEPOT VULCAN STREET MIDDLESBROUGH / TS2 1LX

Date application submitted: 27-MAY-2025 Date application validated: 04-JUN-2025

Status: Submitted (Consultation open)

MLA/2025/00263

Initial Application - Submitted 27-May-2025

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