Lock gate Pierre Vandamme lock Zeebrugge comes home again

At 4am this morning, rolling of trolleys started under the renovated lock gate at ICO’s Bastogne terminal in the rear port. “After that, the 2,500-tonne hulk was lifted and sailed to the Pierre Vandamme lock by hoisting gantry ‘Rambiz’ (pictured). Currently, the lock gate is being carefully lowered back into place. This operation takes 14 hours and involves 50 people,” said Jan Goemaere, cell head of Ports and Districts Coast – Maritime Access of the Department of Mobility and Public Works. The hulk is 25 metres high, 66 metres wide and 11 metres thick.