The tender for the designer and general contractor of the new deep-water quay at DCT Gdansk has been settled. The best offer was submitted by N.V. BESIX.
The BESIX Group, whose largest subsidiary is N.V. BESIX S.A., carries out large port, infrastructure, and road projects. Among the Group’s largest investments are the expansion of the Ras Laffan port in Qatar, the construction of a quay and dredging of the Sohar port in Oman, the construction of new quay walls and deepening of the Port Amazone in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and the expansion of the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium. As a consortium partner, N.V. BESIX was responsible for the modernization of the South Hook LNG terminal in the UK. The project, worth over EUR 250 million, included the demolition of existing structures, renovation and modernization of the quay, as well as the construction of a new 200-meter pier extension with double-sided mooring berths. The company operates in Europe, North and Central Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and Australia.
The new quay at DCT Gdansk, which will allow the terminal to increase its handling capacity to 3 million TEU (20-foot containers) in the first phase of the project, will be 650 m long. It will be equipped with 5 STS cranes, for which the tender was won by Liebherr Container Cranes Ltd., as well as 16 RTG cranes and additional equipment for handling operations in the storage yard. According to the construction schedule, the quay is to be ready by the end of 2016.