NPCC hosts groundbreaking ceremony for new fabrication yard in Saudi Arabia’s Ras Al Khair port

NPCC hosts groundbreaking ceremony for new fabrication yard in Saudi Arabia’s Ras Al Khair port

Eastern Province, KSA: National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC), a subsidiary of National Marine Dredging Company (The Group), hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for a new 400,000 m² fabrication yard in Ras Al Khair port located in the Eastern province of Saudi Arabia. The ceremony was attended by senior representatives from NMDC Group, Saudi Aramco and Saudi Ports Authority Mawani.

The new yard, which will house the fabrication of jackets and platforms, is a state-of-the-art facility that will include automated workshops and an advanced marine system. It will provide fabrication, maintenance, rigging and erection services, and will be operational between all three phases of construction.

The first phase will be completed by the end of the third quarter of 2023. The capacity of the fabrication yard is expected to reach 60,000 tons per year by the end of the final phase, scheduled for 2026.

Ras Al Khair is Saudi Arabia's newest industrial port that serves more than 100 manufacturing projects and has an area of 23 km² and 14 berths equipped with assets to handle general and bulk cargos.

Eng. Yasser Zaghloul, the Group Chief Executive Officer at National Marine Dredging Group, said, “The new fabrication yard builds on our longstanding relationship, ongoing growth journey and