Dubai is the site of many of the world’s largest artificial islands, including The World, and the Palm Islands. In the city’s never ending succession of larger and larger projects, bigger things are soon to come, including The Universe islands, and the Dubai Waterfront. The latter is potentially the largest man-made development project ever, let alone the largest group of artificial islands. All this, as well as the myriad of bays being created, and creeks filled in, has necessitated the large-scale movement of sand – dredging.

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