Transnet announces company names for DCT project
Transnet has declared the companies name who are appointed to undertake the construction work to deepen the berths at Durban Container Terminal (DCT): Pier 2’s North Quay. By 2023, the port will be able to accommodate newer generation container vessels.
Sep 12, 2018: Transnet has declared the companies name who are appointed to undertake the construction work to deepen the berths at Durban Container Terminal (DCT): Pier 2’s North Quay. By 2023, the port will be able to accommodate newer generation container vessels.
The contract for the multi-billion-rand main marine construction works package has been awarded to CMI Emtateni joint venture (JV). The Level 2 BEE company comprises four entities - Italian construction company CMC Di Ravenna and its 51 percent owned by South African company CMI Infrastructure, which is a 10-year-old unincorporated JV with PG Mavundla Engineering. Also included in the partnership are Omame Emtateni Empowerment Group Consortium and Masinya Emtateni Empowerment Group Consortium.
An independent Environmental Compliance Officer (ECO) package was awarded to GIBB to audit environmental compliance on the project.
Transnet chief capital officer Krishna Reddy said the R7-billion mega project would help to sustain the existing container operations at the Port of Durban, specifically DCT Berths 203 to 205.
CMI will be responsible for the reconstruction, deepening and lengthening of berths 203 to 205 to provide safe docking capacity. Currently, Super Post Panamax vessels of 9,200 TEUs and larger take up two berths on the North Quay, shrinking port capacity, while larger vessels can only enter the channel at high tide. This results in delays and vessel queues at outer anchorage.
The marine infrastructure work will be executed in three successive phases – commencing with work on berth 205, followed by berth 204 and ending with berth 203. A new quay wall will be constructed 50 metre seawards of the existing quay wall, along Berths 203 to 205, and will provide sufficient water depth to safely accommodate larger post Panamax vessels. The existing quay wall will be deepened and lengthened which will allow for the simultaneous berthing of three 350m-long Post Panamax Vessels.
Seven existing 80 tonne ship-to-shore cranes at DCT: Pier 2 will be modified to suit the profile of the new quay wall structure and to serve berths 205 to 203.
An independent environmental monitoring committee (EMC) chair package has been awarded to Smith Ndlovu Summers Attorneys to oversee environmental compliance on the main marine construction works.
