Multi-user offshore hub offers huge advantages: Bechtel

Bechtel, the global engineering, construction, and project management company, has created a revolutionary design for ports that could transform shipping in Africa. The multi-user offshore hub is designed for two or more users and consists of an offshore, smart terminal arrangement and docking system that can accommodate oceangoing vessels and barges. It has the potential to open new market opportunities for African ports by significantly increasing capacity and substantially reducing port construction and operation costs, the company believes.
Marco Pluijm, Bechtel’s senior ports specialist. said, “This solution could provide a reduction of up to 40 per cent in port infrastructure construction costs compared with building a traditional port and up to 50 per cent in operational cost savings as the hub can handle much larger Capesize and Valemax vessels, which result in economies of scale.”

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