Jurong Port has awarded a S$30 million contract to a consortium led by McConnell Dowell to design, supply and install a new cement handling system, Businesstimes reports.
Jurong Port earlier said it will be developing a new S$100 million cement terminal to expand the handling capacity of its existing cement facility by 50 per cent.
The new cement handling system, based largely on equipment and technology from IBAU Hamburg, will take 18 months to complete. It will be fully operational from the second half of 2013.
The consortium members are McConnell Dowell; a major multi-national contractor, IBAU Hamburg; a global cement equipment company, and a local company, Aggregate Engineering.
Jurong Port is Singapore's main gateway for the import and export of general and bulk cargo.
More than 90 per cent of the cement requirement of Singapore's construction industry is imported through Jurong Port.
Jurong Port earlier said it will be developing a new S$100 million cement terminal to expand the handling capacity of its existing cement facility by 50 per cent.
The new cement handling system, based largely on equipment and technology from IBAU Hamburg, will take 18 months to complete. It will be fully operational from the second half of 2013.
The consortium members are McConnell Dowell; a major multi-national contractor, IBAU Hamburg; a global cement equipment company, and a local company, Aggregate Engineering.
Jurong Port is Singapore's main gateway for the import and export of general and bulk cargo.
More than 90 per cent of the cement requirement of Singapore's construction industry is imported through Jurong Port.