Mott MacDonald wins AquaChemie’s Dubai terminal contract

Mott MacDonald wins AquaChemie’s Dubai terminal contract

Mott MacDonald, a renowned global engineering, management and development consultancy, has been awarded a major contract by UAE-based AquaChemie Middle East for its new chemical terminal at Jebel Ali, Dubai.

As per the deal, Mott MacDonald will be providing design, engineering and project management services for the strategic facility, which is scheduled to be commissioned by mid-2021.

 

A leading regional chemical distributor with an extensive supply chain network and manufacturing base across the GCC region, AquaChemie Middle East said the one-of-its-kind chemical terminal will be built at a cost of Dh150 million ($40 million).

It will serve as a strategic gateway to enable and facilitate vital petrochemical trade across the GCC region and beyond, said a statement from the UAE company.

The new chemical terminal will leverage its prime site location at Jebel Ali Port operated by DP World, including multiple jetty pipelines, along with other crucial existing utility and building support infrastructure.

The new facility will benefit the global petrochemicals market valued at Dh146.5 trillion ($539.3 billion) in general and the UAE in particular, it stated.

In its entirety, the new chemical terminal will comprise bulk storage tanks for liquid hydrocarbons(approximately 30,000 cu m total capacity) along with day tanks, chemical processing units, automated drumming