Rita Silveira Ramos graduated in Geomatics Engineering in 1997 and is a Member of Portuguese Order of Engineers. She has worked at the Port of Lisbon Authority (APL) since 2002 to the present in the Hydrography and Dredging department. She is involved with public tenders for dredging, participating in several projects and supervising the dredging works. She cooperates in maritime civil works, hydrodynamic and environmental studies and is co-author of APL’s Dredging Plan.