The winning consortium will be selected by February 2009 and will form a 30-year public-private partnership (PPP) with the Jordanian government to design, build, finance and operate the New Port of Aqaba.

The new facility, built in the city’s southern industrial zone, will incorporate a general cargo and roll-on, roll-off terminal, a grain terminal and a ferry terminal.

Nine groups originally submitted financial and technical qualifications for the project. The four consortiums which were prequalified are:

• KGL:
  KGL Investment (Kuwait)
  Gulf Stevadoring & Contracting Company (Saudi Arabia)
  Instrata Capita (Bahrain)
  Arcadis Nederland (Netherlands)
  Materials Handling Consultants (Netherlands)
  Kuwait & Gulf Link Transport Company (Kuwait)
  MNO Vervat (The Netherlands)
  Drewery Shipping Consultants (UK)
  Marco Stevadoring (The Netherlands)

• Ayla New Port:
  Bouygues Travaux Publics (France)
  Louis Dreyfus Armateurs SAS (France)
  Consolidated Consultants Engineering & Environmental (Jordan)
  Ove Arup & Partners International (UK)

• Aqaba Port Investment Company:
  Saudi Oger Ltd (Saudi Arabia)
  Mubadala Infrastructure Partners (UAE)
  Abu Dhabi Investment Company (UAE)
  Noor Jordan Kuwait Financial Investments (Kuwait)
  Joannou & Paraskevaides Overseas Ltd (UK)
  J&P Avax SA /Athena SA (Greece)
  Louis Berger (US)
  Abu Dhabi Terminals (UAE)
  J&P International (UK)

• UDC:
  United Development Company (Qatar)
  Rent-A-Port (Belgium)
  Antwerp Port Consulting (Belgium)
  Ackermans and Van Haaren (Belgium)
  Compagnie D’Enterprise CFE SA (Belgium)