Wouter Schiettecatte
Wouter Schiettecatte graduated with an MSc in Applied Biological Sciences at Ghent University, Belgium. He then worked as a research assistant at Ghent University (Department of Soil Management and Soil Care), where he obtained his PhD in 2006. In 2007, he started working for Jan De Nul as site engineer at the Marine Environmental Department, mainly in New Caledonia and Panama.
Articles By Wouter Schiettecatte
SENEGAL, NDAYANE PORT CREATING A COMMUNITY-BASED SUSTAINABLE IMPACT
How can we balance the economic benefits of a large port development with measures that protect society and the environment? The deep-water port of Ndayane, 50 kilometres south of Dakar, is a practical example. Developed by DP World, with dredging and reclamation works being done by Jan De Nul, this port facility aims to boost trade and drive economic growth in Senegal, while also showing how major infrastructure projects involving challenging dredging and reclamation activities can create added value for local communities and the surrounding environment.
Dredging in New Caledonia at a Unesco-IUCN World Heritage Site with Care for Nature
Dredging for a new port complex in a remarkable, protected marine environment required adherence to very specific thresholds and an intensive Environmental Management Plan (EMP) that included mobile monitoring as well as daily visual observations of turbidity levels around the dredging works and the disposal zone.