EXCLUSIVE: Abu Dhabi receives bids for Delma port scheme

18 December 2017
Work entails the construction of 280-metre quay wall and 220-metre breakwater on the northern side of Delma port
Abu Dhabi Ports has received the technical bids for the marine works contract at Delma Port, located on the island some 42km off the Abu Dhabi coast.

No date has been announced for the submission of financial bids.

The contract entails the construction of a 280-metre quay wall and 220-metre breakwater on the northern side of the existing port.

MEED earlier reported the marine works project is estimated to cost between $150m and $200m.

In July, Abu Dhabi Ports officially opened a $46m multi-purpose port catering to cargo vessels, passenger ferries and fishing boats on the eastern side of Delma Island.

As of July this year, the upgraded port covers a total area of 280,725 square metres.

The port includes an administration building, a fish market, a public building, and a storage area for fishing equipment, an Adnoc marine fuelling facility, a ferry terminal building and a Critical Infrastructure and Coastal Protection Authority (CICPA) inspection facility.

The expansion of Delma Port is part of the plan to develop Abu Dhabi’s Al-Dhafra region. It is also in line with the Abu Dhabi Plan, which calls for an effective transportation system to serve the community and economy, with an emphasis on the development of sustainable sea transport.

Delma Island can be visited by taking ferries from Abu Dhabi’s Jebel Dhanna.

Abu Dhabi Ports, which earlier this year won the concession to operate and develop the container terminal at the Port of Fujairah, has  recently received government approval for the AED500m ($136m) infrastructure development at the port.

The firm, however, has yet to issue the tender for the contract to deepen the berth at the port  to 16.5 metres, build a 1 kilometre quay and construct a 300,000 square-metre storage yard at the container terminal.

Abu Dhabi Ports recently awarded local MUC Engineering the consultancy contract for upgrading the port’s container terminal.

 

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