Sand & Gravel Supply
Llanelli Sand Dredging Ltd, a subsidiary of Westminster Dredging Company Ltd, has been supplying sea dredged sand to the local community since 1993.
The sand dredged from offshore is all landed at the company’s Burry Port site.
Sand is stockpiled at this site. This enables dredging to be restricted to two or three short periods each year, which together total no more than about eight to ten weeks. Dredging on the licence area only takes place for about 2 hours during each 24 hour period. For the remaining forty two weeks or so of the year, the dredger is employed on maintenance dredging and beach recharge projects elsewhere in the UK.
The dredged sand is used exclusively by the local building and construction industries, including ready mix concrete suppliers. The sand is supplied loose, and along with imported coarser aggregates, is bagged on site for supply to local builders merchants and other trade customers.