Important award for Ballast Ham Dredging in Malaysia

The port of Tanjung Pelepas is situated in the south of the Malaysian peninsula, on the Straits of Malacca, one of the busiest shipping routes in the world. The container terminal will offer space to eight container carriers. The total dredging contract value amounts to EUR 265 million. The execution of the project starts immediately and is scheduled for completion in July 2004.

The project involves reclamation of 33 million cubic metres of sand fill to extend the existing container terminal and deepening of the access channel to -16 metres by removing 39 million cubic metres of soft mud. Subsoil consolidation of the new container area will be realised through the installation of vertical drains and deep compaction. A 4 kilometres long shore protection will safeguard the terrain.

In the late nineties Ballast Ham Dredging was also involved in the execution of phase 1 of the construction of this container terminal.

The joint venture will deploy a variety of dredging equipment including five large trailing suction hopper dredgers and a cutter suction dredger.

Ballast Ham Dredging is a dredging and marine contractor with a focus on infrastructural projects: land reclamation, construction of coastal airports, coastal and shore protection, construction and maintenance of harbours and waterways and offshore-related seabed activities. In some twenty offices around the world Ballast Ham Dredging employs 2,200 people. Ballast Ham Dredging owns a modern and diversified fleet of dredging equipment.The company is able to execute projects of any specification and size anywhere in the world.

For further information:

Genarda Brinkers, Ballast Ham Dredging Public Relations, telephone: +31 10 4478596