UAE Business: NPCC breaks ground on new fabrication yard at key Saudi port – Gulf Digital News

UAE Business: NPCC breaks ground on new fabrication yard at key Saudi port – Gulf Digital News

Abu Dhabi-based National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC) has announced the groundbreaking for a new 400,000 sq m fabrication yard in Ras Al Khair port located in the Eastern province of Saudi Arabia.

NPCC, a subsidiary of National Marine Dredging Company, said 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.

The Abu Dhabi group said it will provide fabrication, maintenance, rigging and erection services, and be operational between all three phases of construction.

The first phase of the project will be completed by the third quarter of 2023, it added.

According to NPCC, the groundbreaking ceremony was attended by senior representatives from NMDC Group, Saudi Aramco and Saudi Ports Authority Mawani.

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.

National Marine Dredging Group CEO Engineer Yasser Zaghloul said: "The new fabrication yard builds on our longstanding relationship, ongoing growth journey and expansion strategy in the kingdom and complements our current projects in Saudi Arabia, which will add to our local competencies."

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