Coastal Resilience & Urban Waterfronts

Ecologically Enhanced Tetrapods

CLIENTEtermar S.A.|
LOCATIONPort of Leixões, Portugal|
YEAR 2022

Etermar in Portugal enhanced traditional 40 Ton Tetrapods at the Port of Leixões with ECOncrete technology.

Etermar enhanced traditional 40 ton Tetrapod units with ECOncrete technology – additive and optimized surface design – to provide ecological uplift in this this exposed Atlantic Ocean port waterfront. (Image: Tetrapods deployed along the port waterfront, 2022)

The enhanced massive Tetrapods units are now providing habitat for sealife to settle in. (Image: Biological growth on Tetrapods 36 months after deployment, 2025)