Port of Veracruz Dredging Contract

Jan De Nul Group, a dredging company, won a contract for deepening the Port of Veracruz. The contract value is about 60 million euros (the U.S. $65.5 million).

The contract includes dredging of the access channel and the turning basin, and in total, 13 million cubic meters will be removed and reclaimed. On top of the reclaimed areas, five new port terminals will be built, which will be able to handle up to 100 million metric tons per year.

The works are scheduled to commence in the summer and will be completed in March 2018.

The news is collated by Globaldredge.com – Dredging Pipeline Supplier