The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and the Dredging International Asia-Pacific-Daelim Joint Venture (DDJV) have signed[ds_preview] a contract for the Tuas Terminal Phase 1 Reclamation, Wharf Construction and Dredging Project.
It entails the construction of a new port terminal with 20 deep-water berths having a total capacity of 20mill.TEU per annum. The Joint Venture will be responsible for the erection of an 8.6-kilometre quay wall and its foundation, the dredging of the fairway and basins, as well as the reclamation of 294 hectares of new land, the DEME Group informed as one of the partners.
To achieve this, more than 80mill. m3 of reclamation fill will be used comprising dredged materials from the seabed, excavated materials from other land-based projects and sea sand. Laid with a foundation of 222 caissons each weighing about 15,000t, the quay wall will be fabricated at a temporary yard on site and transported using a newly constructed 20,000t floating dock vessel. The project is expected to complete within six years, and has been awarded to the Joint Venture for a contract value of approximately 1.67bn €.
