21 July 2014, Doha, Qatar: Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine (N-KOM), a joint venture shipyard established by Nakilat and Singapore's Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M), has secured a contract worth 69 million Qatari Riyals to design and construct a floating jetty for Qatar Primary Materials Company (QPMC).

Scheduled for completion in early 2015, the floating jetty is the first project that N-KOM will be undertaking for QPMC.

The floating jetty situated in Ras Laffan Industrial City will be QPMC's second floating jetty in Qatar, with another jetty project ongoing in Lusail and Gabbro berths in Mesaieed. Serving as an offloading point for aggregates, the jetty will be in close proximity to the stockpile located within the industrial city.

N-KOM has been contracted for the engineering, procurement, installation and construction (EPIC) of the floating jetty. Once complete, the jetty will have an annual aggregates handling capacity of 7.8 million tonnes.

Commenting on the significance of the project to the country's infrastructure development, Chairman of QPMC Mr. Abdulaziz Al-Ansari said, "QPMC is honoured to be working with a home-grown company on our second floating jetty development project. We believe this contract will contribute towards the further strengthening of our business ties as well as our capabilities to support Qatar's construction boom by distributing gabbro storage areas within the state and to facilitate traffic routes between Doha and Mesaieed used by truck's gabbro transportation and convert them to other areas less dense traffic."

Chairman of N-KOM and Managing Director of Nakilat Eng. Abdullah Fadhalah Al Sulaiti said, "Through deployment of best international practices, N-KOM is committed to delivering a high-quality project to QPMC in a safe, timely and reliable manner. With our API-certification and a solid track record of infrastructure engineering and construction projects completed for local oil and gas players, our strategy is to continue providing world-class services to our local customers and to expand our scope become a strong international operator. Our commitment to providing high-quality products, to reliability and to safe operations will continue to allow us to position ourselves as the preferred shipyard delivering solutions."

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About Qatar Primary Materials Company (QPMC)
In August 2006, QPMC was established under Amiri Decree with a mandate to increase the port efficiency's and provide strategic stocks of raw materials and offer services to traders & importers of aggregates by developing suitable infrastructure at ports / jetties and storage, for the development of major construction projects in the country.

QPMC operates a world-class and one of the largest sand washing plants in Qatar to meet the needs of the construction industry in terms of washed sand. QPMC operates and manages the Gabbro port terminal at Mesaieed, a jetty project in Lusail, logistics and stockpile center in Mesaieed.

QPMC is also developing aggregates and sand quarries in UAE & OMAN, along with an efficient management of transporting of these materials to Qatar.

About Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine (N-KOM)
Established in 2007, N-KOM is a joint venture between Qatar's premier gas shipper Nakilat and leading offshore rig constructor and ship repairer Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd. From its strategic location in the heart of the Arabian Gulf and within the world-class Erhama Bin Jaber Al Jalahma Shipyard complex, N-KOM offers a comprehensive range of repair, conversion, maintenance and fabrication services for marine vessels, offshore and onshore structures.

For media enquiries please contact:
Miss.  Asma Syaghe - Head of Corporate & PR - QPMC
Tel: +974 6669 0758 
Email: syaghe@qpmcqatar.com

Ms. Fairuz Aledroos - Senior Marketing Executive - N-KOM
Tel: +65 8284 9156 
Email fairuz.aledroos@nkom.com.qa

Rebecca Watson - Communications Specialist - Nakilat
Tel: +974 4499 8111 
Email: rwatson@qgtc.com.qa

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