Boskalis wins $533m Oman port contract

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Boskalis wins $533m Oman port contract

Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has received a Letter of Intent to Award a contract for the development of the port of Duqm in Oman. The contract with a value of approximately EUR 480 million will be awarded by Sezad (Special Economic Zone Authority Duqm). The final award is subject to Sezad satisfying certain conditions.

The contract includes the engineering, design, procurement and construction of a bulk liquid berth terminal. The Port of Duqm is a an existing strategic dry dock and industrial free trade zone located in the Al Wusta Region between Muscat and Salalah and has been designated as a Special Economic Zone.

Various dredging & civil activities will be executed under the responsibility of Boskalis, including the deepening of the port basin to a depth of 18 meters, reclamation of new land, the construction of a quay wall with a length of one kilometer, a double berth jetty island and stone revetment. The dredging scope will be executed by the new mega cutter Helios, which will be taken into service mid-2017, and a jumbo hopper and medium-sized trailer suction hopper dredger.

Based on the current expectations, the design activities are due to commence in the coming weeks and equipment will be mobilized mid-2017. The project is expected to be completed in 2020.

About Boskalis

Boskalis has three divisions, each with its own operational support functions, such as tendering, engineering, fleet management and crewing:

Dredging & Inland Infra
Offshore Energy
Towage & Salvage

Boskalis operates in over 75 countries across six continents and has an extensive network of branches around the world. Our head office is located in Papendrecht, the Netherlands, where our campus houses all three divisions.

Source: www.boskalis.com

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