Royal Boskalis Westminster has received a letter of intent for the award of a €480m (£419m) contract for work at Duqm port in Oman.

The project involves the engineering, design, procurement and construction of a bulk liquid berth terminal. Boskalis will carry out various dredging and civil activities including the deepening of the port basin to a depth of 18m, reclamation of new land and the construction of a 1km quay wall, a double berth jetty island and stone revetment.

Boskalis’ dredging will be executed by its new mega cutter Helios, which will be taken into service mid-2017, and a jumbo hopper and medium-sized trailer suction hopper dredger.

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