Saudi Aramco awards marine complex development contract

Saudi Archirodon Co and Huta Hegerfeld AG Saudia Co have been awarded a contract for dredging, reclamation and marine structures at the King Salman International Complex for Marine Industries in Saudi Arabia.    The consortium including Saudi Archirodon Company and Huta Hegerfeld AG Saudia Co. has been awarded a contract by Saudi Aramco for dredging, reclamation and marine structures for King Salman International Complex for Maritime Industries and Services in Ras Al-Khair, Saudi Arabia.
   The contract allows for the dredging and reclamation of approximately 37 million cubic meters of fill, in addition to ground improvement over an area of 7.4 million square meters, according to Saudi Aramco. Construction of 4,500 linear meters of concrete quay walls and wharves and 12,000 linear meters of rock revetments and breakwaters to protect the complex s also included in the contract.
   “It is an important milestone for King Salman International Complex for Maritime Industries and Services, the largest of its kind in the region.” said Ahmed Al-Sa’adi, Saudi Aramco’s senior vice president for technical services. “The Complex is in line with the Kingdom’s economic diversification objectives, it will position the Kingdom as a strategic logistics hub and will create vast job opportunities.”
   The initial phase of the contract will be completed by 2020, according to Saudi Aramco. “It is instrumental for the whole program as it will prepare the project’s land for subsequent construction of a dry dock and ship building and maintenance facilities,” the company said.
   First inaugurated in 2016, the complex “offers quality, efficiency and economies of scale, and when completed will offer vessel and rig build, maintenance, repair and overhaul services. The project will comply with all of the Saudi government’s environmental and sustainability requirements,” said the company.