Mott MacDonald awarded design, engineering and project management contract
AquaChemie Middle East, a leading regional chemical distributor with an extensive supply chain network and manufacturing base across the GCC region, is to build a state-of-the-art chemical terminal facility at Jebel Ali Port in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Estimated to cost AED 150mn (USD 41mn), the one-of-its-kind facility will serve as a strategic gateway hub to enable and facilitate vital petrochemical trade across the GCC region and beyond. The new facility will benefit the global petrochemicals market valued at AED 146.5 trillion (US$ 539.3bn) in general and the UAE in particular.
AquaChemie Middle East has signed on Mott MacDonald, a renowned global engineering, management and development consultancy, for the design, engineering and project management of the chemical terminal, scheduled to be commissioned by mid-2021.
In its entirety, the new chemical terminal will also comprise bulk storage tanks for liquid hydrocarbons(approximately 30,000cbm total capacity) along with day tanks, chemical processing units, automated drumming lines, tanker loading-unloading gantry with top loading arms, covered warehousing for storage of NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) Class 1B and C chemicals.
“In addition to serving as a sales channel, the project will also allow regional petrochemical majors to market their various product lines in drums or intermediate bulk containers for distribution to the tertiary chemical industry,” remarked V. Anandkumar, Co-Founder and Director, AquaChemie Middle East.
“It will adhere to a fill locally and ship globally modus operandi by sourcing by-product streams available in the region at attractive terms, collecting them in storage tanks and exporting in bulk,” elaborated Subrato Saha, Co-Founder and Director, AquaChemie Middle East.
