Innovations in breakwater design

OCP, a global leader in the phosphate and phosphate derivatives markets, is planning a new dry bulk facility off the western coast of Morocco at Laayoune. As part of this project, Royal HaskoningDHV prepared the preliminary design of an offshore breakwater to protect the dry bulk facility. Deltares then verified stability and overtopping performance using 2D and 3D physical models which allowed the optimisation of the design of the offshore breakwater.