10 March 2011
MUSCAT -- The Duqm dry dock project is in its final stages of implementation. The Government of the Sultanate during the coming days will receive the project and begin trial run. The first ship to be handled is the giant Mona Lisa owned by a Greek company.
The total area of the dry dock is 1.2 million square metres. The infrastructure facilities, already completed, include buildings, roads, electricity and water supply, sanitation, communications, internal roads management and staff offices, restaurants, workshops, housing for workers, health clubs, sports and entertainment facilities.
Other facilities include water and electricity stations, headquarters for internal and external communications for operations and communication between the crew and control centre. The second part of the dry dock is the superstructure, which ensures the implementation of 17 projects related to supplies, equipment and machinery for dry dock operation.
The building of factories to produce gas to be used in cutting iron and welding equipment are also completed in addition to plants for the production of carbon dioxide and oxygen.
High-quality devices for controlling electricity that measure up to 40 MW have also been manufactured for the management of electricity required for operation in addition to building an air compressor plant to be used in cleaning surfaces of ships, as well as building a plant to treat waste water from the vessels for easy re-use.
This is besides building substations for distribution of water and sewage plants, water filtration and treatment and other mechanisms necessary for the operation.
MUSCAT -- The Duqm dry dock project is in its final stages of implementation. The Government of the Sultanate during the coming days will receive the project and begin trial run. The first ship to be handled is the giant Mona Lisa owned by a Greek company.
The total area of the dry dock is 1.2 million square metres. The infrastructure facilities, already completed, include buildings, roads, electricity and water supply, sanitation, communications, internal roads management and staff offices, restaurants, workshops, housing for workers, health clubs, sports and entertainment facilities.
Other facilities include water and electricity stations, headquarters for internal and external communications for operations and communication between the crew and control centre. The second part of the dry dock is the superstructure, which ensures the implementation of 17 projects related to supplies, equipment and machinery for dry dock operation.
The building of factories to produce gas to be used in cutting iron and welding equipment are also completed in addition to plants for the production of carbon dioxide and oxygen.
High-quality devices for controlling electricity that measure up to 40 MW have also been manufactured for the management of electricity required for operation in addition to building an air compressor plant to be used in cleaning surfaces of ships, as well as building a plant to treat waste water from the vessels for easy re-use.
This is besides building substations for distribution of water and sewage plants, water filtration and treatment and other mechanisms necessary for the operation.
© Oman Daily Observer 2011
