This award is an extension on the existing contract currently being executed by Jan De Nul Group in consortium with CCC / STFA for the construction of a
new port and drydock complex at Duqm, covering the construction of breakwaters and quay walls, dredging, reclamation and slope revetment works.
With this extension of contract, the total investment for this new port complex executed by the CCC / STFA - JDN Consortium amounts to 1 billion Euro.
By extending the breakwaters, the port basin will be expanded significantly.
The Consortium has been given an additional two
years for the completion of the expanded port
complex.
Duqm Port Expansion
The major expansion of the Duqm port complex will
create adequate capacity to cope with future
expansions, as well as with the handling of larger
cargo vessels at the port.
The Omani Ministry of Transport and Communications
is the client for the Duqm port project.
Source: Jan De Nul, September 2008
620 million Euro expansion of Duqm Port (Oman) awarded to CCC / STFA - JDN Consortium
The additional works awarded cover extending the breakwaters and deepening the harbour basin and entrance channel.
The secondary breakwater
will be pushed further into the sea, and the main
breakwater will be lengthened.
Both breakwaters will
be extended from 5.3 km originally to 7.7 km.
The harbour basin will be dredged to -18 m (-16
m previously), and the entrance channel to
-19 m (-18 m previously).
Delivery is now foreseen for May 2012.
The port upgrade will enhance and improve
commercial operations at Duqm with an eye on the
potentially huge cargo volumes expected to be
generated by investments in major industrial,
petrochemical, mineral and fisheries projects, as well
as a free trade zone planned next to the port.
Royal Haskoning, in association with Khatib & Alami, are
consultants.