Sim Chi Yin A drone shot of a bank of sand surcharge used in a massive reclamation project being done around Singapore's new port in Tuas, the country's westernmost area. The first phase of the 30-year project
(...) will go into use by the early 2020s and it will eventually become making it the largest single container terminal in the world. In the on-going first phase of construction alone, 294 hectares of land is being reclaimed. Sand, due to its porous nature is used to cover and weigh down on reclamation fill material in order to compact it and remove
pressure from water trapped within. Of some 100 cubic meters of reclamation fill material required for the current pier being built -- the second of what will eventually be four piers -- 70 percent will be from material dredged from the seabed or excavated from other local infrastructure projects like subway tunneling. Tuas, Singapore. 2017. From "Shifting Sands", 2017 — on-going. © Sim Chi Yin | Magnum Photos
