Mussafah canal: NMDC awarded Dh1.5b contract

Abu Dhabi:  The Abu Dhabi-based National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC) has been awarded an Dh 1.5 billion contract by the Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council (UPC) to construct the Mussafah canal.
 
The project will play a key role in the development of Mussafah Industrial City by allowing ships of up to 9 meter draft to pass.

According to NMDC's Chairman Mohammad Thani Murshid Al Rumaithi, the canal will be 63.5-kilometer long, 200-metre wide, with a depth of 9 metres.

"The project entails dredging of 65 million cubic meters of soil, using the latest cutting and suction dredgers. It is scheduled to be completed by the end of June 2010," added Al Rumaithi.