DEME/Boskalis joint venture wins work in Mexico

The contract covers dredging works for an LNG terminal on the west coast of Mexico. The work will be executed by DEME in a joint venture with Boskalis.

The contract was signed early this month and work was due to start immediately. DEME will deploy a large cutter suction dredger and a large trailing suction hopper dredger. The cutter suction dredger Vlaanderen XIX has been working in Central and South America for some time, recently participating in widening and deepening works at the Pacific side of the Panama Canal, and at PSA’s Rodman quay in Panama.

The new assignment requires dredging an access channel, the creation of a turning basin and a mooring area for the new LNG terminal at Manzanillo in the Cuyutlan lagoon.

The terminal will be operational by the end of 2011 and will import LNG from Camisea in Peru.

A total of 12.5 million m³ will be dredged by the consortium. The dredged material will be moved to a temporary location in front of the beach to then be re-dredged by a trailing suction hopper dredger and be deposited in an assigned offshore area.

The contract was awarded by the Ministry of Communication and Transport of Mexico (Secretaria de Communicaciones y Transporte).