The Port of Rotterdam Authority will construct 16 tide pools along the north side of Calandkanaal. These pools ensure that water is retained for a longer time in the pools during low tide.
The pools will embed raw concrete basins in the banks of the waterway. The pools will become mini ecosystems, something that is largely absent in modern ports. ECOncrete will create the tide pools.
The Port of Rotterdam wants to increase the biodiversity and habitat options of organisms in the port area. For this reason it has taken a variety of measures.
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Namely, the “Green Gateway project”, material from other projects is used to construct parallel dams along a 5-km stretch on the southern end of Nieuwe Waterweg.
In addition, structure-enhancing measures are being realised around the columns of the Calandkanaal bridges, including “hulas” and “tide cups”.
