Bahamas port to accommodate world's biggest ships
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The Bahamas says a Dutch marine engineering company has won the contract to dredge 2 million cubic yards (1.53 million cubic meters) of sand and mud from a Nassau harbor to accommodate the world's largest ships. Robert Garraway is an engineer with the Ministry of Works and Transport. He says Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has been awarded the $45 million contract from a pool of five bidders.
Garraway said Monday that harbor dredging should be completed by November in order to handle Royal Caribbean's "Project Genesis" mega-cruisers, including the Oasis of the Seas, a 5,400-passenger ship due to arrive in December.
Boskalis is best known for dredging, but also builds harbors and waterways and provides terminal transport services.
Garraway said Monday that harbor dredging should be completed by November in order to handle Royal Caribbean's "Project Genesis" mega-cruisers, including the Oasis of the Seas, a 5,400-passenger ship due to arrive in December.
Boskalis is best known for dredging, but also builds harbors and waterways and provides terminal transport services.