Royal HaskoningDHV has reported that its client Olam International Ltd, together with GSEZ Ports partners – the Republic of Gabon and the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) – have completed the GSEZ Mineral Port and New International Port of Owendo in Gabon after 18 months of construction.
Both ports are fully operational, the company said. They are located in the estuary of the Komo River, and required a total investment of US$500M.
Royal HaskoningDHV assisted GSEZ in drafting the port Master Plan, undertaking the feasibility design of the new mineral port, and developing detailed specifications for the geotechnical surveys to be carried out. Construction of the new commercial port was awarded to Afcons Infrastructure, the Mumbai-based construction company that is another client of Royal HaskoningDHV.
Satish Gaddam, Afcons’ design manager, said: “We have been working with Royal HaskoningDHV for the past decade, and the Port of Owendo, which is dedicated to containers and general cargo, is certainly one of the most ambitious and significant projects of our collaboration to date.”
The port’s facilities include a 6.5-ha area for marine cargo handling, and a CY on a reinforced concrete deck. Onshore facilities include around 10-ha for storage of grain and palm oil, ancillary structures such as a boiler, a pump house and laboratories, as well as water supply tanks and a storm drainage system.
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