Royal Boskalis lands dredging, reclamation contracts in Nigeria
Dutch firm Royal Boskalis Westminster has been awarded a series of port dredging and land reclamation contracts in Africa, Worldcargonews reported.
Nigerian state governments and port authorities have awarded the company contracts worth a total of €90M.
The firm highlighted a contract from Prodeco International Ltd for land reclamation and dredging at the Federal Lighter Terminal and the Federal Ocean Terminal of Onne Port in the Niger Delta.
The work, which is part of a project to increase the capacity of Onne, is expected to take up to three years. Royal Boskalis already undertakes work in Nigeria for the oil and gas industry.
All of its other Nigerian contracts relate to work in the Niger Delta, which is attracting great investment as the federal government seeks to encourage development in the troubled region in order to pacify militant groups opposed to the operations of oil and gas companies.
Royal Boskalis will dredge canals in the area in order to open it up to trade. The company is also currently lengthening the breakwater at the port of Point Noire in the Republic of Congo, otherwise known as Congo-Brazzaville.
A total of 250,000t of local quarried material and 25,000t of X-blocs will be put in place by the end of 2012. The project is being undertaken for the port authority of Pointe Noire, but will benefit the private sector consortium that is developing a new container terminal at what is Congo-Brazzaville’s biggest port.
The Dutch firm will also start work on expanding Tanger-Med in Morocco in June next year. An estimated 5M m3 of material will be sourced offshore and backfilled behind the quay walls.
Nigerian state governments and port authorities have awarded the company contracts worth a total of €90M.
The firm highlighted a contract from Prodeco International Ltd for land reclamation and dredging at the Federal Lighter Terminal and the Federal Ocean Terminal of Onne Port in the Niger Delta.
The work, which is part of a project to increase the capacity of Onne, is expected to take up to three years. Royal Boskalis already undertakes work in Nigeria for the oil and gas industry.
All of its other Nigerian contracts relate to work in the Niger Delta, which is attracting great investment as the federal government seeks to encourage development in the troubled region in order to pacify militant groups opposed to the operations of oil and gas companies.
Royal Boskalis will dredge canals in the area in order to open it up to trade. The company is also currently lengthening the breakwater at the port of Point Noire in the Republic of Congo, otherwise known as Congo-Brazzaville.
A total of 250,000t of local quarried material and 25,000t of X-blocs will be put in place by the end of 2012. The project is being undertaken for the port authority of Pointe Noire, but will benefit the private sector consortium that is developing a new container terminal at what is Congo-Brazzaville’s biggest port.
The Dutch firm will also start work on expanding Tanger-Med in Morocco in June next year. An estimated 5M m3 of material will be sourced offshore and backfilled behind the quay walls.