SINGAPORE:The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and the Dredging International Asia Pacific-Daelim Joint Venture (DDJV) have signed a contract for the Tuas Terminal Phase 1 reclamation, wharf construction and dredging project.
The Tuas Terminal Phase 1 project is large in scope, and entails the construction of a new port terminal with 20 deepwater berths having a total capacity of 20 million TEUs per year. The joint venture will be responsible for the erection of an 8.6km quaywall and its foundation, the dredging of the fairway and basins, as well as the reclamation of 294 hectares of new land. This major project is expected to complete within six years, and has been awarded to the joint venture for a contract value of €1.67 billion.
To achieve this, more than 80 million m3 of reclamation fill will be used, comprising dredged materials from the seabed, excavated materials from other land based projects and sea sand. Laid with a foundation of 222 caissons, each weighing about 15,000 tonnes, the quay wall will be fabricated at a temporary yard on site and transported using a newly constructed 20,000 tonne floating dock vessel.
One of the DEME Group’s most powerful rock cutter suction dredgers and a trailer suction dredger will also be deployed for the dredging works. The construction activities will be executed according to the strict environmental requirements specified and with continuous environmental monitoring supervision by an independent environmental specialist appointed by MPA.
The Government of Singapore will start to consolidate its container port facilities at Tuas from 2030. New technology will be introduced at the Tuas Terminal greenfield site to create a hypermodern, innovative and largely automated logistics hub. The consolidation will also free up existing port land near the city centre for future urban redevelopment. The Tuas Terminal Project, of which Phase 1 is a crucial milestone, will ensure that Singapore’s leading global hub port continues to have sufficient capacity in the long term to meet industry demand.
