The Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management contract for Geraldton port project has officially been awarded. This was confirmed by the Western Australian Minister for Ports, Rita Saffioti.
The Mid West Port Authority’s (MWPA) $350 million Port Maximisation Project (PMaxP) has reportedly been awarded to BG&E Resources. The latter is a a multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy providing civil, structural, mechanical and electrical services.
The firm will be responsible for the Geraldton port expansion project’s supervision, management as well as coordination in construction. The project includes upgrading of roads as well as a new storage shed. Morover it includes the replacement of two aging berths that are not in use currently.
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Furthermore, the Geraldton port project will feature the installation of brand-new truck unloaders as well as conveyors. It will be executed over the next four years. Design works are underway and several forward works projects have already commenced onsite.
Aim for the Geraldton port expansion project
The project aims to solve the current port capacity constraints. Additionally, it strives to solve the port’s commodity separation and efficiency problems that limit the port. The problems result to a limitation of the port’s ability to cater to the forecast growth in the trade of various commodities within the Mid-West region.
Furthermore, the project aims to deliver export competitiveness and enable the facilitation of an export path. This will go a long way toward diversifying as well as expanding the resource sector activity. The results will be essential economic as well as financial benefits that include tax and royalty revenue alongside additional dividends.
